The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Recommends that Australian Govts purchase the Leichardt ¶ i.e. Leichhardt. ¶ ¶ relics at a moderate sum] ¶ Presumably the articles claimed to have been discovered by the cattleman J. R. Skuthorpe...

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Physical location:

No. 8905, vol. 1881 V, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 81.09.29

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant, 1881-09-29. 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/1880-9/1881/81-09-29-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 29 September 1881.

[Recommends that Australian Govts purchase the Leichardt

i.e. Leichhardt.

relics at a moderate sum]

Presumably the articles claimed to have been discovered by the cattleman J. R. Skuthorpe but that he failed to produce when asked to do so (D. Lewis (2013), pp. 262-82).