The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow. ¶ Dated th...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 96.02.12b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1896-02-12 [96.02.12b]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-02-12b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	Joseph Bradshaw JP
Description	Pastoralist
Residence	Bradshaw's Run, Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 12th day of February 1896

Ferd. von Mueller	F.R.G.S	{ From personal knowledge
[J. A.] Panton	F.R.G.S.
A C Macdonald	F.R.G.S.

Proposed	23rd March 1896
Elected	13th April 1896

Removed 1918.

NOTE. — State for information of the Council the Geographical work or qualifications, if any, of the Candidate

Mr. Bradshaw is the author of two papers contributed to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (part II Vol IX) "Notes on a recent trip to Prince Rupert’s River" and "The Future of North Australia".

Bradshaw (1892), Bradshaw (1892a).