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Physical location:
Collection of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) Inc., State Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 91.03.27Preferred Citation:
Alexander Magarey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-03-27. 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/1890-6/1891/91-03-27-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
1
MS is a telegram.
Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller K.C.M.G.
President Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
Melbourne, Victoria
Will you kindly appoint an experienced surveyor as Second in Command and send him
to Adelaide at convenience Salary three to five hundred
2
William Tietkens had been offered the position of Second in Command of the forthcoming
Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, but he had declined it; see A. Margery to M,
28 March 1891.
for Thos. Elder
A. T. Magarey
Hon. Sec Adelaide Branch