The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Baron von Mueller has received further telegrams from Mr. Ernest Giles, ¶ See also E. Giles to M, 13 July 1874 (in this edition as 74-07-13a). ¶ which give his remotest western longitudes at 12...

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Ernest Giles to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874-07-14 [74.07.14d]. 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/1870-9/1874/74-07-14d-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Telegrams not found. For the text given here, see ‘Mr. Giles’s Explorations’, Daily telegraph (Melbourne), 15 July 1874, p. 3.

[Baron von Mueller has received further telegrams from Mr. Ernest Giles,

See also E. Giles to M, 13 July 1874 (in this edition as 74-07-13a).

which give his remotest western longitudes at 125 deg. and this at two different points in the desert, at the northern of which he sighted distant hills, which he could not reach, he being then in distress, and having no camels at his disposal.]

The article continues with a survey of recent expeditions in central Australia by Giles, Forrest and Gosse.