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Physical location:

U92/691, unit 650, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 92.01.18a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1892-01-18 [92.01.18a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-01-18a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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A typed copy of this letter with minor variations in the use of punctuation and capital letters, is filed in S91/11070, unit 663, VPRS 3992/P, PROV.
Melbourne,
18 Jan. 1892
T. R. Wilson Esqr,
Under Secretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to report, that after kind permission of the honorable the Chief Secretary I shall start this afternoon for Adelaide, to consult personally with Sir Thomas Elder about the early arrangements for Baron Nordenskiolds south-polar expedition and Mr Linsays
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Lindsay?
present Central Australian Explorations. As this is merely a hurried tour in my position as President of the Victorian Branch of the Royal geographic Society of Australia, I shall return to the Gov. Botanist's office in the course of this week.
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M reported his return from Adelaide in M to T. Wilson, 21 January 1892.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.