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  <dc:title>Letter from George Verdon, Melbourne to [Edward Sabine]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Verdon informs Sabine of his safe arrival in Australia and of a family tragedy. Verdon refers to Sabine's kindness during his stay in Europe. Discussion regarding Professor [William Parkinson] Wilson’s questions about the observer for the new equatorial [telescope]. Wilson in Verdon’s absence has ‘quarrelled’ with the government and the Board of Visitors, thus resigning in position as secretary.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>27 January 1867</dc:date>
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