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ML MSS.2134/1, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney. 85.05.18a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Pulsford, 1885-05-18 [85.05.18a]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-05-18a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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For a summary of this telegram, see ML MSS.853/2 letter register, no. 536, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch), Mitchell Library: 'Surgeon'.
SYDNEY MAY 18 1885.
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Telegraph Office date stamp.
TELEGRAM from MELBOURNE Station,
Addressed to Edw Pulsford Secy Geographic Socy Sy.
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Secretary Geographic Society Sydney.
Doctor Bernays accomplished Surgeon has an idea of joining expedition
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The expedition to New Guinea being organized by the New South Wales Branch of the Geographical Society of Australasia. See M to E. Pulsford, 13 May 1885, and E. Pulsford to M, 15 May 1885 (in this edition as 85-05-15a).
he will write doctor Belgrave
Baron Von Mueller