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Physical location:

A38, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch), Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 96.02.12

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1896-02-12. 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/1890-6/1896/96-02-12-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

12/2/96.
This evening, dear Mr Macdonald, I received the enclosed letter from our friend Major Boyd.
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W. Boyd; letter not found.
When President Thomson's
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J. Thomson, recently elected President of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
communication arrives, I will draft a reply, which you can adopt or alter, when it can be circulated among our Councillors for their opinion. Any how, any conference should stand on til I have in March delivered the triennial adress, on which occasion we will be able to see, whether our Governor can afford us such support as rendering it desirable to have a conference under his influence. His Excellency's attention is required in so many directions that we must not expect too much from him in our cause.
regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller