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Physical location:

Box 1791/15, Williamson Papers, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 93.12.31

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-12-31. 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/1890-6/1893/93-12-31-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

1
MS black-edged; M's nephew George Doughty had died on 19 November 1893.
New years Eve/ 1893-94.
Am not sure, dear Mr. Williamson, whether I thanked you already for the four beautiful photograms.
2
He had; see M to H. Williamson, 28 December 1893
The 'waterfalls' remind me forcibly of what I saw in 1853, when there were only 2 or 3 station huts at those ranges. The Apiary-Hill
3
See H. Williamson to M 30 December 1893, and associated photograph:
I do not think to have gone over, as I devoted a separate day each to Mt Abrupt and Mt Sturgeon from my camp east of them.
4
Mountains at the southern end of the Grampians, Vic, visited by M during his second Victorian exploring expedition, 1853-4.
So I missed the
Grevillea

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5
See M to H. Williamson, October 1893 (in this edition as 93-10-00a), and M to H. Williamson, November 1893 (in this edition as 93-11-00k).
At that time the region was also very scrubby.
With best new-years felicitation
your
Ferd. von Mueller