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No 89/9347, unit 110, VPRS 425, inward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2876, Department of Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria. 89.10.09a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Watson, 1889-10-09 [89.10.09a]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-10-09a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

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MS annotation: 'Timber submitted by Mr A. O'Keefe as from Berrimguim [Bermagui?] New South Wales for use on the Great Southern line JRP' [J. R. Paterson]. Since Bermagui is on the south coast of NSW, it would have been quite feasible to ship timber from there to Port Albert, Vic, on the South Gippsland railway line that was being constructed.
Melbourne,
9 Oct. 1889.
Rob Watson Esqr,
Secretary of the Railway-Departm.
The samples of wood with acompanying sprigs,
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See R. Watson to M, 8 October 1889.
dear Mr Watson of
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Redgum-tree,
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Ironbark-tree,
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Box-tree, belong to
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Eucalyptus tereticornis

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Eucalyptus Leucoxylon

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Eucalyptus paniculata

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all excellent as timber-yielding trees, the wood being of lastingness and also otherwise of good quality, therefore very eligible for your railway-purposes.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.