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91.07.00a

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the Tambo Shire Council to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-07 [91.07.00a]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-07-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Engineer's Report' in the report of the meeting of the Tambo Shire Council held on 17 July 1891, in Bairnsdale advertiser and Tambo and Omeo chronicle, 30 July 1891, p. 3.
[The flood t hat occurred on t he 2 7 th u lt. i n t he Sn owy Ri ver has contin ued the ero sion begun b y the flood of June, 1890 . Steps should be taken to protect the banks from further injury by th e c ultivation of the willow or by any other means d ee med a dvisable, as any other erosion m ight re sul t in the de s truction of considerable are as of alluvial l a n d. — The secretary to write to Baron Von Mueller a sking t he best kinds of willow for protecting r iver b a nk s . ]
2
See M to Tambo Shire Council, August 1891 (in this edition as 91-08-00).