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72.08.06b

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Ernest Giles to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-08-06 [72.08.06b]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-08-06b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Herald (Melbourne), 7 August 1872, p. 2. It was reprinted as 'Exploration of Western Australia', Bendigo advertiser, 9 August 1872, p. 3. See also M to J. Drummond Jr, 7 August 1872 (in this edition as 72-08-07e).
[ Baron Von Mueller has received a telegram dated th e 6 th instant, from Charlotte Waters,
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SA.
on the trans - Australian line , sent by Mr. Ernest Giles, who head s an e xploring and scientific party. It states that the party had reached that station on Sunday last, all well , and were about to start for the country about the Hope River.
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Central-west WA, ultimately a tributary of the Murchison River.
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