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92.09.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to David Martin, 1892-09 [92.09.00a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-09-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Argus, 22 September 1892, p. 5.
[The secretary for Agriculture (Mr D Martin) has received a report from Baron Von Mueller, the Government botanist,
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M to D. Martin, 17 September 1892.
stating that the plants taken from the paddock at Pascoevale
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NW of Melbourne.
in which several cattle were depasturing when they suddenly died a few days ago were not poisonous, but that animals feeding abundantly on them generally suffered ill effects.]
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It was also suspected that the cause of death may have been anthrax, but the sample taken was too decomposed to allow conclusive diagnosis, although the medical examiner believed it was probably anthrax (Argus, 20 September 1892, p. 5).