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Physical location:
Minute book 10, 01 October1890 - 23 May 1894, p. 478, VPRS 11097/P0001, Port Fairy Borough Council recordsVA 2488, Public Record Office, Victoria. 94.01.00bPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Avery, 1894-01 [94.01.00b]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-01-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026
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Letter not found. The text given here is from the minutes of the Port Fairy Borough
Council meeting held on 31 January 1894. The item is dated on the basis that January
1894 is the latest that the seeds could have been sent for their arrival to have been
reported at this council meeting. The minute continues: 'To be acknowledged with thanks';
letter of thanks not found.
The summary in the
Port Fairy
gazette
provides additional details: 'The Park Ranger stated he had received fifty different
kinds of seeds from Baron Von Mueller for planting on the reserves' (Port Fairy
gazette, 2 February 1894, p. 2).