The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Mr. Green, the postmaster at Hay, has forwarded specimens from this locality to Professor Müeller, who pronounces them to be genuine nardoo, similar to that eaten by the unfortunate explorers. ...

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61.01.00a

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[...] Green to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-01 [61.01.00a]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-01-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Nardoo'. Sydney morning herald, 29 January 1862, p. 5. Green has not been further identified.

[Mr. Green, the postmaster at Hay, has forwarded specimens from this locality to Professor Müeller, who pronounces them to be genuine nardoo, similar to that eaten by the unfortunate explorers.

Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills and John King (1832-1872) when they had exhausted the food supplies left for them at Cooper's Creek after returning from the Gulf of Carpentaria, ate ground sporocarps of Marsilea drummondi; only King survived to be rescued. See also B61.04.03.

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