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81.00.00fPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Hermann Rieck, 1881 [81.00.00f]. 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/81-00-00f>, accessed September 11, 2025
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Of Coff’s Harbour, NSW. Letter not found. For the text given here, see
Australische Zeitung
, 23 December 1896, p. 11. In his article on ‘Gold an der Nordkuste von Neusüdwales’ [Gold on the north coast of New South Wales], Rieck introduces the text as
follows: ‘Baron von Müller, schrieb mir im Jahre 1881, als ich ihm meine Niederlassung hier mitteilte und
ihm die wunderbare reiche Flora dieses Landstriches beschrieb, ua.’ [Baron von Mueller
wrote to me in the year 1881 when I informed him of my settling here and described
to him the wonderful rich flora of this district &c.].
Do let something of your beautiful native forest stand, dear compatriot Rieck, and
do not ruthlessly clear, otherwise you will certainly spoil the beautiful, mild climate
&c.