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Colonial Secretary's Office - letters received, acc. 36, vol. 695, f. 173, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth. 71.10.10a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-10-10 [71.10.10a]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-10-10a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

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Text is an annotation by M on a letter sent to Barlee by Charles Gill and forwarded by Barlee to M for advice. Gill had written from Murchison, WA, on 7 August 1871, enclosing a specimen of bark from a shrub growing at Shark Bay that he believed could have commercial value as rope.
It is impossible to judge from a small piece of bark what plant may have furnished it. Mr Gill assuredly might have pressed a small branch with flowers or fruits into his notebook, when the precise name of the shrub could have been ascertained I believe it to be got from a species of
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