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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland Branch, 1896-08 [96.08.00b]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-08-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. For the text given here, see Brisbane courier, 1 September 1896, p. 6, a report of the monthly meeting, held the previous evening, of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
[A communication was also read from Baron Sir Ferd. von Mueller, complimenting the society on the excellence of its past work, as exhibited in the historical review published under the authorship of the vice-president, Mr. A. Muir.
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In A. Muir (1896), read at the Annual General Meeting of the Branch on 17 July 1896, Muir 'discussed the whole of the papers read at the various meetings, and collated generally the ten years' work which had been done', Telegraph (Brisbane), 20 July 1896. p. 6.
"This," he said, "showed how extensive the work of the Queensland society has been, and how spirited its aspirations."]