Document information

Physical location:

No. 1401/115, Collection of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) Inc., State Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 92.01.13

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Davenport, 1892-01-13. 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/1890-6/1892/92-01-13-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
MS is a telegram, date-stamped 13 January 1892 on arrival in Adelaide.
Received telegram surgeon Elliott
2
Telegram not found. Elliott was the doctor with the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2.
showed Macdonald
3
A. C. Macdonald.
can we aid overcome unexpected difficulty shall likely be Adelaide next week
4
M left for Adelaide by train on 18 January 1892 and returned on 21 January; see M to T. Wilson, 18 January 1892 (in this edition as 92-01-18a) and M to T. Wilson, 21 January 1892.
Baron Von Mueller
Sir S. Davenport