The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Mildura ¶ 29 Augt [1861] ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ The camel that came in at Mt Murchison ¶ is travelling up the Darling towards Fort Bourke, ¶ and I hear by letter, that another camel has come in at M...

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Physical location:

MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/2, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 61.08.29b

Preferred Citation:

Hugh Jamieson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1861-08-29 [61.08.29b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1861/61-08-29b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Mildura

Vic.

29 Augt [1861]

editorial addition.

Dear Dr Mueller

The camel that came in at Mt Murchison

See H. Jamieson to M, 26 July 1861.

is travelling up the Darling towards Fort Bourke,

NSW.

and I hear by letter, that another camel has come in at Mr. Samuel Smiths Station near Fort Bourke.

Further particulars I will with pleasure forward to you whenever they reach me.

Pray excuse haste as I write to save this mail.

With kind regards and in which my Brother Bushby who has just returned from England desires to join

Yours Sincerely

H. Jamieson

MS annotation: 'H. Jamieson 29th August '61 | lost Camel'.