Document information

Physical location:

GRG 35/20/45, outward letterpress copy book, p. 946, Department of Lands, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 81.03.03

Preferred Citation:

George Goyder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-03-03. 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/1880-9/1881/81-03-03-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

3.3.81
My dear Baron Müeller,
I enclose plans asked [for]
1
It is not known what plans and other documents were requested and supplied. M to G. Goyder, 12 April 1881 (in this edition as 81-04-12b) acknowledges receipt.
and beg to return many [thank]s for the circular from F. W. Breithaupt & Sohn,
2
A long-established firm in Kassel supplying precision measuring instruments, especially optical instruments for surveying.
with whom I shall take an early opportunity of communicating on the subject of the instruments in question.
I hope your conjectures respecting Skuthorpe
3
M was seeking support for a search for the remains of August Classen, a member of the lost Leichhardt expedition, after J. R. Skuthorpe claimed he had recovered the diaries of Leichhardt and Classen and the grave of Classen; see M to G. Berry, 12 December 1880. For an account of the Skuthorpe claims and aftermath, see Lewis (2013), pp. 265-80. See also M to E. Behm, 12 April 1881, and notes thereto.
may be realized. —
Believe me
Very sincerely yours
G. W. Goyder
Surveyor General S.A.