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Unit 3, VPRS 927/P0000 Correspondence relating to various exhibitions, Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria. 67.04.21e

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Knight, 1867-04-21 [67.04.21e]. 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/1860-9/1867/67-04-21e-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Easter day 1867
Sir
Be so good to allow bearer to take away Mr Diggles ornithological work
1
Silvester Diggles had exhibited 'specimens of a serial work on the ornithology of Australia' in the Queensland court, i.e. the portion of Diggles (1866-70) that had been published by then (Intercolonial exhibition of Australasia (1867), Catalogue, p. 94).
sent from Brisbane, that Gentleman having directed its sending to Mr W. Johnson
2
Not unamiguously identified.
of St Kilda
Obediently
Ferd. Mueller
Commiss. for Queensland
The Secretary of the Intercol. Exhib.