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65.12.00

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Ferdinand von Mueller to a friend in Sydney, 1865-12. 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/1860-9/1865/65-12-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The search for Leichhardt', Sydney morning herald, 29 December 1865, p. 4 (B65.12.02). The text is introduced with the following comment: ‘Dr. Mueller, of Melbourne writes to a friend in Sydney’.
[Sir William Macarthur sends our committee
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Ladies' Leichhardt Search Committee.
£10, and other contributions are still coming in. Dr. Barth, the great African explorer, and President of the Geographical Society of Berlin, writes per last mail most encouragingly to the Melbourne Ladies’ Committee, and promises his best exertions on the Continent of Europe for the support of the Search Expedition.]