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66.02.00a

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Charles Tyers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-02 [66.02.00a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-02-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from the Gippsland guardian, 16 February 1866, p. 2. It is reprinted in Geelong advertiser, 22 February 1866, p. 2.
[Mr Tyers informs us that two of the hog deer which were let loose at Cape Liptrap in October last,
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The Acclimatisation Society of Victoria asked for, and was granted, permission to use the steamer Pharos to take eighteen hog deer to Cape Liptrap, Vic, on 10 October 1865 (Age, 4 October 1865, p. 7).
have found their way thence to his residence.
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"Seabank" Old Port, near Port Albert, Vic. (ADB), about 90 km from Cape Liptrap.
The doe is remarkably docile and quiet, but the buck is rather spiteful. Being afraid they would be destroyed either accidentally or intentionally, Mr Tyers has written to Dr Mueller, to ask what had better be done with them.]