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Physical location:
No. 380 P, drawer 16, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 89.09.29bPreferred Citation:
the 1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-09-29 [89.09.29b]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-09-29b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026
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MS is a printed certificate, with the officials' autograph signatures.
Ministère du Commerce de l'Industrie et des Colonies
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1889
Le jury International des récompenses
décerne un diplôme de
MENTION HONORABLE
A Monsieur le Baron Von Muller
Victoria-Australie
Groupe VII - Classe 73
Le Directeur Général de l'Exploitation G. Berger[...]
Le Président du Conseil Commissaire Général [...]
Paris, 29 Septembre 1889
French Republic
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and the Colonies
Universal Exhibition of 1889
The international jury of prizes awards an Honorable Mention diploma to Baron Von
Muller, Victoria, Australia.
Group VII - Class 73
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Group VII was 'Produits alimentaires' [Food products], and Class 73 was 'Boissons
fermentées' [Fermented drinks]. Details of what was exhibited are not given, but the award is listed (Picard (1892), p. 300) as being to 'Müller (Dr)' of Victoria, Australia, suggesting that a mistake was made with the
certificate and that it was intended not for M, who would have been recorded as 'Baron
von Mueller', but for Dr Augustus Mueller of Yackandandah, Vic.
Director-General of Activities G. Berger[...]
President of General Managing Council [...]
Paris, 29 September 1889