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FNCV 015-028, Archives, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne. 87.08.10

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Francis Barnard, 1887-08-10. 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/1880-9/1887/87-08-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

10/8/87.
Your letter, dear Mr Barnard,
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Letter not found.
I handed to Mr Macdonald last evening, so that he may bring before the next Council meeting of the geographic Society
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The Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
the proposition made by the Club. The Council will very soon come together. Individually I will give the proposition my best support, that large reserves should be made at the Promontory;
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Wilson's Promontory, Vic. For the Council's support for the reservation of Wilson's Promontory, see M to F. Barnard, 1 September 1887.
but I would advise, that the Club also press for extensive reservations in the Waratah-Country of East Gippsland,
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Vic.
"the Australian Switzerland" just opened up.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.