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Physical location:

Acc. 49, vol. 39, no, 286,Colonial Secretary’s Office letterbooks, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth. 65.05.19b

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Frederick Barlee to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-05-19 [65.05.19b]. 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/1860-9/1865/65-05-19b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

19th [May 1865]
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MS is a letterbook where dates are kept in running order down a page.
Dr Mueller F.R.S.
Melbourne
I have to acknowledge your letter of the 24th Ultimo,
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See M to F. Barlee, 24 April 1865.
and to convey to you the best thanks of His Excellency Governor Hampton for your promise rigorously to examine the specimens of Poison Plant forwarded to you in March last,
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Letter not found.
and to report the result of your investigations for His Excellency's information.
I am now directed to transmit some additional specimens of supposed Poison Plants collected in the newly explored North and East Districts of this Colony, which his Excellency trusts will be of interest in your scientific pursuits.
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Marginal annotation by Barlee: 'Separate parcel'. Letter not found, but see M to F. Barlee, 26 July 1865.
The Specimen from the North District was found in the vicinity of Camden Harbor
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Site of a short-lived settlement on the Kimberley coast, NW Australia.
and that from the East District in that portion of the Colony at present being explored by Mr C. C. Hunt, whose route may be seen marked on the enclosed Map, and a Copy of whose remarks I do myself the honor to enclose.
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Enclosures not found.
F. P. B.