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Physical location:

E1652/1/1878/2801, National Archives of Australia, Darwin. 78.01.30c

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Surveyor General of South Australia, 1878-01-30 [78.01.30c]. 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/1870-9/1878/78-01-30c-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. 2801 of
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containing 50 square miles £1 :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.:— £ 1 : 5/ : –
[illegible initials] pr Surveyor-General.
25/4 1878
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Received the above amount of £ 1 : 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
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Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.
In the original sketch the line above which ‘2800’ is written, from the western boundary to the coast, is approximately 6.7 cm long. The number ‘2800’ corresponds to the land applied for in M to the Surveyor General of South Australia, 30 January 1878 (in this edition as 78-01-30b), but it is difficult to reconcile this with the sketches given there and in the other two applications lodged on M’s behalf on the same day (in this edition as 78-01-30 and 78-01-30a).
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