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A38, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch), Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.07.11Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1887-07-11. 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/1880-9/1887/87-07-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS annotation: 'ansd
12/7/87
'. Letter not found.
Should you wish to arrange for our quarterly meeting early, dear Mr Macdonald, I will
at any time send young Mr French for a day to help you. It would be well, that the
paper on the exploration of East Gippsland should soon be read, as otherwise we might
be anticipated by the daily journals.
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See M to A. Macdonald, 26 May 1887. Merrall (1888) was read by the Secretary, Macdonald, at the meeting of the Victorian
Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia held on 9 August 1887 (Argus, 11August 1887, p. 5).
Regardfully
your
Ferd von Mueller.