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Director’s letterbooks, MVS 2/1 3, . 227, Melbourne Museum. 68.02.04aPreferred Citation:
Frederick McCoy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-02-04 [68.02.04a]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-02-04a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
N. M.
4/2/68
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National Museum.
My dear Dr Mueller.
I beg to ack.
with many thanks the Skull of Crocodilus Porosus & the Bats reptiles & shells you
were so kind as to send the Museum from Capt. Cadells expedition.
Would you pray inform me if you have seen the specimen of Casuarius Australis, or
know where it is as many people have written to me on the supposition that it was
in this Museum
2
acknowledge.
3
In 1867 Francis Cadell was appointed by the South Australian Government to lead an
expedition to the Northern Territory to choose a site for the capital and an area
for agricultural settlement.
I remain &c
F. McC.
Dr Mueller
Botanic Garden