The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [The Hon. W. Macleay read a letter from Baron Ferd Von Mueller, of Victoria, K.C.M.G., expressing his sympathy with the society in the loss sustained in the late disastrous fire. ¶ ]...

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82.09.00f

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William John Macleay, 1882-09 [82.09.00f]. 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//letters/1880-9/1882/82-09-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the special general meeting of the Linnean Society of New South Wales on 27 September 1882 (Sydney morning herald, 28 September 1882, p. 8).

[The Hon. W. Macleay read a letter from Baron Ferd Von Mueller, of Victoria, K.C.M.G., expressing his sympathy with the society in the loss sustained in the late disastrous fire.

A fire on 22 September 1882 completely destroyed the 'Garden Palace', the 'temporary' building erected for the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879-80 that was subsequently used to house a variety of government offices and other facilities, including the office and museum of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Sydney morning herald, 23 September 1882, p. 8).

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