The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Dr ¶ Mueller ¶ stated that he had recently received a letter from Sir Henry Barkly, stating that the animals sent per Robert Passenger on her last trip ¶ Animals not identified. ¶ had been forw...

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64.05.00b

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Henry Barkly to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-05 [64.05.00b]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-05-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see the report of the meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria held on 28 June 1864 (Age, 30 June 1864, p. 4). The letter is dated to May 1864, since the fastest passage times from St Louis, Mauritius, to Melbourne were about four weeks.

[Dr Mueller stated that he had recently received a letter from Sir Henry Barkly, stating that the animals sent per Robert Passenger on her last trip

Animals not identified.

had been forwarded on to Bourbon,

Now Réunion, Indian Ocean.

as requested.]