[Papers relating to Ferdinand von Mueller held at the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History]/ Ferdinand von Mueller.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG 1877-1896Description: 7 items ; 33 x 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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Summary: Letters and 31 p. draft report entitled "Enumerative notes on the plants collected during Mr John Forrest's Trigonometrical Survey of the Nickol Bay district during the year 1878". Subjects discussed include the publication of Mueller's reports on the Nickol Bay plants (published as "Plants of North-Western Australia") and "Report on the forest resources of Western Australia"; Mueller's wish to be naturalised in Western Australia; the attachment of a botanist to the Kimberley Survey expedition; samples of Western Australian woods for the Indian Exhibition in Calcutta; plantation trees suitable for Western Australia. Correspondents include Harry Ord and Frederick Napier Broome (Governors of W.A.), Malcolm (Chief Secretary and later Premier), and John Forrest.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	Archives & Manuscripts	RB MSS M26 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not For Loan		LRBN00330316

Copies only: all originals retained by Battye Library.

References: Mueller bibliography 79.13.10, 81.03.02.

Letters and 31 p. draft report entitled "Enumerative notes on the plants collected during Mr John Forrest's Trigonometrical Survey of the Nickol Bay district during the year 1878". Subjects discussed include the publication of Mueller's reports on the Nickol Bay plants (published as "Plants of North-Western Australia") and "Report on the forest resources of Western Australia"; Mueller's wish to be naturalised in Western Australia; the attachment of a botanist to the Kimberley Survey expedition; samples of Western Australian woods for the Indian Exhibition in Calcutta; plantation trees suitable for Western Australia. Correspondents include Harry Ord and Frederick Napier Broome (Governors of W.A.), Malcolm (Chief Secretary and later Premier), and John Forrest.