The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 8/2/72. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2. inst, ¶ intimating your intention to cause the country between the River Finke ¶ and L...

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Physical location:

GRG 24, Chief Secretary's Office, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 72.02.08

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Ayers, 1872-02-08. 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/1870-9/1872/72-02-08-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden

8/2/72.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2. inst,

Letter not found; However, see M to H. Ayers, 28 January 1872.

intimating your intention to cause the country between the River Finke

NT.

and Lake Eyre to be searched for any possible vestiges of the party of the explorer Leichhardt.

Allow me to thank you for the very handsome manner, in which you have instituted this measure, and let me hope, that while it will contribute to disclose the fate of the lost explorers, it will add also to the knowledge of a new and important tract of country for the advancement of settlement and geography.

On 16 February 1872, Ayers minuted: 'Seen'. See also M to A. Blyth, 15 January 1872.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller M.D.

The honorable the Chief Secretary &c &c

Adelaide.