The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [It only remains to be said that Mr. Elder has written to Baron von Müller, of Melbourne—a gentleman whose intense, practical, and self-denying interest in the cause of exploration in Australia it is ...

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72.09.00b

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Thomas Elder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-09 [72.09.00b]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-09-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from the end of a long article, 'The great western exploration', Evening journal (Adelaide), 19 September 1872, p. 2, discussing the expeditions led by Warburton and Gosse.

[It only remains to be said that Mr. Elder has written to Baron von Müller, of Melbourne—a gentleman whose intense, practical, and self-denying interest in the cause of exploration in Australia it is the simple duty of the colonies to acknowledge—offering to supply camels for the use of any expeditions that the Eastern Colonies may see fit to organize for the further examination of the country lying to the eastward of the Central Australian Telegraph. It is to be hoped that this offer will be taken up, and that our neighbours will thus assist in completing the task of letting daylight into every part of the continent. In the interests of settlement, as well as of science, this work, so big with importance to the future of New Holland, ought not to be longer delayed.]