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Alexander Magarey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-05-12. 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/1890-6/1891/91-05-12-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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Telegram not found. For the text given here, see Swedish-Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Correspondence with the Hon. Sir Thomas Elder, G.C.M.G. and with the Royal Academy of Science Stockholm, privately printed, ‘Only to be perused by the Members of the Antarctic Committee’, 22 July 1892 (X919.45 MAC, Library, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne), p. 3. See also A. Magarey to M, 1 June 1981 (in this edition as 91-06-01a).
Adelaide, May 12, 1891.
To Baron Sir F. Von Mueller,
President of Victorian Branch Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
Sir Thomas Elder cordially assents to your request, by giving his signature for one hundred pounds, this branch will doubtless co-operate. Meeting next week.
A. T. Magarey
Hon. Sec., S. A. Branch