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Physical location:

E1652/1/1878/2800, National Archives of Australia, Darwin. 78.01.30b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Surveyor General of South Australia, 1878-01-30 [78.01.30b]. 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/1870-9/1878/78-01-30b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Annotated: 'Copy for Adelaide'.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
APPLICATION FOR LEASE OF PASTORAL LANDS, UNDER ACT 48, 1876.
Term twenty five Years from 1st April 1878
Application No . 2800 of
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containing 90 square miles £2 :5/ - Dated 30 January 1878
I Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller of Melbourne Victoria do hereby make application for a Lease of a certain portion of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Northern Territory of South Australia, the situation and boundaries whereof are shown in the Plan hereto annexed, to which I have affixed my signature; and I make the above claim under clause 4 of the Regulations now in force (dated 28th December, 1876).
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See notes to M to the Surveyor General of South Australia, 30 January 1878.
F. J. H. von Mueller
by his agent F Krichauff
Witness—
James Binnie
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Telegram under clause 5, sent to Northern Territory, dated 30th January 1878
Approved by Government Resident, vide Telegram dated 1878.
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Forwarded to Treasury for receipt of first year's Rent, viz.:— £ 2 : 5/ : –
[illegible initials] pr. Surveyor-General.
25/4 1878.
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Received the above amount of £ 2 : 5/: – this 25th day of Apl 1878.
C.R.T.
pro Treasurer.
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being the holder of a preferential right to a lease of Run No. , do solemnly declare that the said Run has been stocked, and continues to be stocked to the extent required by clause 2 of the Regulations under "The Northern Territory Land Act, 1876."
(Signature) __________________
Declared before me at this day of , 18 .
(Signature) _______________ J.P.
Near the Mouth of the Roper River
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Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.
In the original sketch the vertical boundary is 7 cm (slightly less than 3 in) long.
SCALE:— Four miles to one inch
I accept the above diagram as my act and deed.
F. J. H. von Mueller
by his agent F Krichauff