The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [31 March 1891] ¶ MS is a telegram, date-stamped‘March 31 1891’on arrival in Adelaide. ¶ ¶ Will telegraph Elliott engagement final several applications here second command but appointment best made A...

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Collection of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) Inc.,StateLibraryof South Australia,Adelaide. 91.03.31c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Magarey, 1891-03-31 [91.03.31c]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-03-31c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

[31 March 1891]

MS is a telegram, date-stamped ‘March 31 1891’ on arrival in Adelaide.

Will telegraph Elliott engagement final several applications here second command but appointment best made Adelaide

Frederick John Elliott had been Resident Surgeon of the Townsville Hospital Qld, and at the time of his appointment to the expedition was a locum at Geraldton. For the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2. See also M to A. Magarey, 31 March 1891 (in this edition as 91-03-31d), and A. Magarey to M, 31 March 1891 (in this edition as 91-03-31b).

Baron Von Mueller

A Magarey

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