Eden Revisited - Following the Scent of Mueller's 1860 Journey through the Twofold Bay-Genoa District

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by  David E Albrecht

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Eden Revisited -
Following the Scent ofMueller's 1860 Journey through the
Twofold Bay-Genoa District.
D.E. Albrecht1
Abstract
FerdinandvonMuellertravelled through theTwofold Bay - GenoaRiverarea(south-eastern New
SouthWales/fareastGippsland,Victoria)inSeptember1860,collectingmanyplantspecies,some
20newtoscience.Mueller'srouteisdescribedindetail,andplantscollectedatthelocalitiesvisited
by Muellerarediscussed. A listisprovidedofspeciesbasedontypescollectedbyMuelleronthis
journey.(TheVictorianNaturalist 113,(4)1996,171-180)
Introduction Cape Howe and to the adjoining freshwa-
In the mid 1980's I was among a small ter lake, and ascended again the Genoa
group of botanists who were involved in River to near its sources, examining the
extensive field work in south-eastern New adjacent elevated country and the
South Wales and far east Gippsland. My Nungatta mountains on my way ...'
surprise at finding a number of unde- (Mueller 1861).
scribed taxa and disjunct populations The late Norman Wakefield published
raised a number of questions about the three articles (Wakefield 1952; 1958;
history of collecting in the region. Had 1969) that mention, albeit briefly, aspects
collectors simply missed some ofthe par- of Mueller's September 1860 expedition.
ticularly interesting areas or was the area This contribution, in the form ofa potted
poorly collected generally? Not surpris- chronology, aims to supplement
ingly, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller is a Wakefield'swork,particularlywithregard
prominent figure in the history ofbotani- to Mueller's route, collecting localities
cal exploration in the region. Allan andthesignificanceoftheexpedition.
Cunningham had collected specimens The locality data accompanying
from the coastal vegetation of Twofold Mueller's specimens, though often very
Bay (centred on present day Eden) as imprecise, are a major source of informa-
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BARON FEUD. YON MUELLER. PH. & M.D.
Fig.1.TwokindsoflabelscommonlyaccompanyingMueller'sSeptember1860specimens. Labels
areinMueller'shand.
A preliminary list oftaxacollected during Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, arrived
thejourney is housed in the library ofthe here on Saturday (7th) last in the
National Herbarium of Victoria. Rangatira, and on Sunday (8th) morning
Nomenclature follows Ross (1993) and leftthis town onanexpeditionoverlandto
Harden(1990-1993) the westofCape Howe. Unlike the crowd
ofpeople who are rushing in the face of
Theexpedition commerce, his persuit is amidst the
Mueller departed from Melbourne on regionsofscience. His objectis toprocure
the 6th September 1860 on the steam ship the bestbotanicalknowledge ofthis unex-
Rangatira, arriving at Snug Cove, ploreddistrict.'
Twofold Bay the following day. His When Mueller arrived at Eden the town
arrival was noted in the local tabloid was prospering. Gold was discovered at
newspaperThe TwofoldBayandManeroo Kiandra in November, 1859 and hundreds
Telegraph on the 11th ofSeptember: 'An ofprospectors came by sea, disembarking
old friend, andthe friend,of science and at Eden and making their way westwards
mankind Dr. Mueller, the curator of the
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LakeWauV/auka
& _j CapeHowe
U
GaboIsland
M^
U ,. Conning bcli*.„dpoUbI.?e.f g^ffc*°ff,gg™
uncertain
Htoootkheergo(lRdfoiyealldsB.otInanaicleGttaerrdetonsW,ilKleiwa)m Bsuacyhhaes AcloylxlieactebudxicfhoAalrpiaaic,utemSreinpsertcoiicsotsrlpaaeutctuiumes,s,
from the Genoa River on the 17th ZWieesrtriiangceyatfirsuoiitdiecso,saandBanksia mtegri-
cMSueeepeltdleeemdrbesirnodui1tc8ah6twe0adr(tdHhaottookfwerarormd1sE8d6t0ehneunhGpeeubnp.ro)oa,- feEosultciahael(Fycipgot.lul3es)c.tgeIundmtcmhoiefmnemeraoran-,cosaEps.etcasileisreibsdegurecuhfoEars-
ecorAleldecciotnniostnihsdeefrvraiobcmlientihpteyroeopxfopreTtdwiiootnfiooonlfdwMeuBreaelyl.geartO'hns- lafoconirgTdimhafoeoslPiuvuamil,etaPwenasndtaefePrraisomodmenalipteahhanesoelihirdiniigecfhseoae,l,rtaP.Lrlieadptgtyelosombneienuaamr
tclhieffscoaansdtaaldjdouinneisn,g hseeaddilmaenndtsaorfyTcwooafsotladl Eden would have enabled Mueller to
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survey the country to the south. From this to suppose that he also collected
vantage point Mt Imlay is a prominent Elaeocarpus holopetalus sometime after
landmark, and one we would expect to 1861. Morton collected several other
have been alluring to Mueller. Although interestingtaxanearTwofold Bay, namely
several of his collections are labelled Mt Pomaderris brogoensis and Boronia
Imlay, they are all relatively widespread anemonifolia var. variablis. Unfortunately
species that wereprobably gathered on the no dates are given on his labels. Mueller
lower slopes of the mountain or further sentMorton'sTwofold Bay-Mt Imlaycol-
east. The species with restricted distribu- lections to Bentham andthey appearin his
tions known to occur in the vicinity ofthe Flora Australiensis, volume 4 onwards.
summit, namely Eucalyptus imlayensis, Morton's collections of taxa treated in
Hibbertia saligna, Eriostemon virgatus, volume 3 (published in Jan. 1867) are not
Prostanthera walteri, Tetratheca suba- cited, andassuming they would have been
phylla and Persoonia brevifolia were not cited by Bentham had he examined them,
collected by Muellerand it is unlikely that it is probable that Morton visited the area
he explored the summit ofthis interesting sometime between the publication ofvol-
mountain. umes3and4. AMrMorton is listedinthe
The two Mt Imlay collections of Argusdated April 23rd 1867 as arriving in
Elaeocarpus holopetalus, a species Melbourne on the steamship City of
restricted to sheltered gully heads towards Melbourne from Sydney (via Twofold
the summit of the mountain (Fig. 4), are Bay). This date corresponds with the phe-
somewhat confusing, as both Mueller's nological state ofhis specimens, however,
and Lockhart Morton's name appear on in the absence ofachristian name the evi-
the labels, which are undated. As Mueller dence isnotconclusive(Fig. 5).
described this species in 1861 and did not As Mueller progressed southwards he
cite a specimen from Mt Imlay, one collected in several vegetation communi-
assumes that the material was not collect- ties between the Towamba and Womboyn
ed by Muelleras hedidnotrevisit the area Rivers. In the dry sclerophyll woodlands
subsequent to his 1860 trip. Morton col- dominated by Eucalyptus sieberi he col-
lected Oxylobium ellipticum, Hibbertia lected a number of heathy understorey
saligna and Actinotus helianthi from the plants including Poranthera corymbosa,
summit of Mt Jmlay and it seems logical Phebalium diosmeum, Xanthosia pilosa.
Fig.3.SeneciolautusinfullbloomontherockycoastlinesurroundingTwofoldBay.
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Fig.5. PortraitofW. LockhartMorton.Hecol-
lected specimens from Twofold Buy and Mt
mlay c. 1867.
Fig.4Viewintoapatchofcooltemperaterain-
forestbelow thesummitofMt Imlay. It ishere
that Morton collected specimens of
Eiaeocarpusholopetalus.
Platysace lanceolata, Hakea dactyloides,
Coopemookia barbata and Bossiaea het-
erophylla (Fig. 6). It is difficult to pin-
point from his collections exactly where
they were gathered as most species are
widely distributed. Similarly it is difficult
to pinpoint where he collected species
SscuchhoeansusGylmenpoisdocshpoeernmua,sRsepshtaieoroccoempphlaalnuas-, TFniaogtw.ead6m.bbUayndaeEnrudsctWaolroeymypbtvoueysgnetsaiRtieivboeenrrsiinbfeortewstesendomtih-e
tus, Baeckea linifolia and Pultenaeapalu-
dosa, as they are all characteristic species His collections of Dodonuea triquetm,
of the lowland swamps in this vicinity Croweci exalata. Schoenus imberbis,
(Fig. 7). The label accompanying Chrysocephalum baxteri and Pseudamhus
Pultenaea paludosa reads 'moory heaths divarkaiissinuis are likely to have come
near the Womboyn', which suggests that from the shrubland that occurs on the
he may have collected near Ludwigs more exposed rhyolite. It is perhaps sur-
Swamp. prising that Mueller did not collect the
Mueller made several collections from endemic Acacia constable! that grows in
'granite rocks on the Womboyn'.
thevicinity.
Although there is no granite on the Mueller's route from the Womboyn
Womboyn River, the river passes through Riverto the Genoa River is uncertain and,
aNanraabrarebaa,oafndrhityoilsiptreobatboletthheateMausetlloerf ctloardiaftiec,atsipone.ciTmheenrsehaarveecnoonftlipcrtoivnigdesdtoraineys
included rhyolite in his concept ofgranite.
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1861. Although Mueller claims to have
visitedCapeHowe 1 haveyettoencounter
aspecimensupportingthisclaim.
Returning to the northern side of
Mallacoota Inlet, Mueller may have
crossed to the southern side of the Genoa
River by boat, which means of transport
was apparently much used in that location
at the time. Alternatively he may have
forded the Genoa River upstream of
Mallacoota Inlet at Goodwin Sands and
Fig.7. Lowland swampvegetationsouthofthe the Narrows. Once on the southern sideof
TowambaRiver. the Genoa River, he probably followed a
horse track towards Genoa. Wakefield
trheegaTrodiwnagmtbhae eaxnidstGeennceoaofRiavetrrsa.ckSbimeitlwaerelny (1969) mentioned that the Genoa-
Mallacoota track passedover the shoulder
biteitswedeebnatTaibmlebiwlhleictaheranadtrMaaclklaexciosottead ofGenoaPeak. However,Ibeen unable to
determine the exact alignment of this
(which at that time was situated on the
north side ofthe Genoa River). According track. Mueller probably deviated from the
to C. Allen (pers. comm.) and Alan tracktothesummitofGenoaPeak(Fig. 8)
where he collected Dendrobium striola-
Piesley (pers. comm.), both descendantsof tum, Lycopodium varium, Pomaderris
early settlers in the region, the open forest lanigera, Dodonaea triquetra,
vegetation was lightly stocked with trees
and had an open understorey, which made Prostanthera hirtula var. angustifolia and
severalotherspecies.
travel by horse feasible in the absenceofa From Genoa Peakhe returned toGenoa
track. Unfortunately this section of his and ascended the Genoa River valley
journey remains a mystery. At Mallacoota
iInnlceltudhiengcoClolrercetcetd aalbsuai,tePhoyfllsopgelcoismseunms caollolnegcttehdeaOlcdonWsaidnegraarbalbeelnlumtbraecrk.ofMuseplelceir-
mens labelled 'Genoa River'. Wakefield
drummondiiandSpyridiumcinereum.
Travelling north from the mouth ofthe (1969) suggested that many ofthe collec-
Genoa River Mueller collected tions thus labelled were collected about
Chorizandra australis from the fresh the mouth ofthe granitic gorge about two
miles upstream from the present township
water lake near Cape Howe. Whether he of Genoa, at the point where the Old
WwveaagsuetraeWtfiaeorunrkitanhgriotsougaLthaptkhreiessBeaanrrteraaucinsocoedrtetanasioenr.aLnTadhkeeit Wfpraroonbmgaatbrhlaeybreaillvselro.tcrMoalaclnkecystewodfuntnhgeeasrweeWssatpneegrcailreyasbawewelarlye,
is likely that he travelled principally on where the track crossed the Genoa River
the consolidated beach sands. Wakefield
(1969) mentioned two ofMueller's speci- (Fig. 9). It was either at Wangarabell or
mens from 'abreast Gabo', namely further along the Wangarabell track at
Conospermum taxifolium and Nungatta Station that Muellercommenced
Helkhrysumelatum. Apparently therewas alettertoWilliam Hooker. Thiswasdated
sporadic access to the island by means of the 17th September, only nine days after
a sand bar. The only collection made by settFirnogmoutWafnrgoamrEadbeenl.l Mueller travelled
Mueller from Gabo Island cited in Flora
north to Nungatta Station homestead (Fig.
AmMuuEsttiLcraaa.lnidTehniistsiwsocuoilsldlreebcfeteiworonrreidtshtnsooetaPrthceohruionssgteydfluiras-t WT1e0e)al,tohpaeterathheoaartde.taidTmeehseoiconcrdiuigpciianetaedlddbetyhsacAtrliMeptuxieaolnnldeeorrf
ther herbaria to ascertain whether the was accompanied in the field by
tPoteMruosetlylleirs.sTpheecismpeenciismceonrrmecatylyhaatvteribbueteend Weatherheadwhenthetypecollectionwas
collected by Maplestone, who made a gathered. In his letter to Hooker, Mueller
number ofcollections on Gabo Island in referred the Nungatta populations to the
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the summit of Nungatta Mountains and
White Rock Mountain' and 'granite
declivities of the upper Genoa River'. A
brief search for this species around the
sandstone summit of Nungatta Mountain
was unsuccessful. Doug Binns (pers
comm.) has also looked on the Nungatta
Range without success. It is probable that
Mueller's specimens were all gathered on
the granite outcrops on White Rock
Mountain.
Fig. 8. The view from Genoa Peak over the From Nungatta Mueller travelled north
Howe Range, lower Genoa River, Mallacoota to White Rock Mountain. His specimen
InletandGaboIsland. locality data are vague for this tract of
country and it is presently uncertain
Tasmanian Telopea truncata, but at that whether his route was via Bondi home-
time hehad notseengoodfloweringmate- stead. Localities mentioned on specimen
rial. Muellercollected in theriparianenvi- labelstypicallyread 'sourcesoftheGenoa
ronmentsofNungattaand Ninacreeks(on River' or 'upper Genoa River'. A collec-
theeastsideofNungattaMountain)where tion of Eucalyptus stellulata has such a
he discovered Elaeocarpus holopetalus in label. This species presently occurs in the
cool temperate rainforest. Other species vicinity ofthe old Nungatta-Bondi track,
collected in this environment were justsouth oftheformerBondi homestead.
Scutellaria mollis and Adiantum hispidu- I have not observed E. stellulata growing
lum. The locality dataon his specimensof further east and, although it is tempting to
Persoonia brevifolia reads 'common on argue that this evidence indicates that he
would have visited Bondi homestead, the
species may have occurred further east on
NungattaStationpriortoextensiveclearing.
OnthesummitofWhiteRockMountain
Mueller collected Epacris robusta (Fig.
11), Oxylobium arborescens, Persoonia
confertifolia, P. silvatica, P. brevifolia,
Eucalyptus sieberi, Kunzea ericoides and
Tetratheca subaphylla. The Nalbaugh
plateau between White Rock Mountain
and Wog Wog Mountain to the east sup-
ports a number ofspecies with regionally
restricted distributions. Several of these
species, such as Acacia costiniana, occur
Fig.9. Riparian vegetationontheGenoaRiver F'iNea.ngut1t0a.')Thhoemesotreiagdi.nalMue'lNleurngiastltiakely(otro
nearWangarabell. havespentatleastonenighthere.
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quite abundantly on (he plateau, and one procuring horses forhis expedition.
would assume that Mueller would have Mueller also collected specimens from
collected these species had he crossed the Yowaka River, probably near, or
Nalbaugh Plateau. downstream of, Nethercote Falls. The
The route by which he returned to Eden geology here is rhyolite and a characteris-
is uncertain. It seems logical that he would tic scruborshrublanddevelopson areasof
have proceeded from White Rock exposed rock (Fig. 12). Phebalium ral-
Mountain eastward to Pericoe via the stonii, Lasiopetalum ferrugineum,
track that follows the upper part of the Muehlenbeckia rhyticaryia, Crowea
Wog Wog River. From Pericoe the track exalata. Pseudanthus divuriealissimus,
would be followed to Towamba, Boyd Rulingia dasyphylla, Hihbertia monogyna
Town and finally Eden. This was a well and Dodonaea rruncatiales are all charac-
established route. Unfortunately the only teristic species ofthis vegetation type that
specimens that perhaps support at least he collected. Rhyolite shrubland occurs in
part of this route are those he gathered on scattered patches further west than
the Towamba River viz Dodanaea trunea- Nethercote Falls but, in considering the
liah's, Melaleuca annularis, Pomaderris species Mueller collected and did not col-
intermedia and Weslringea eremieola. lect, it is likely that he travelled no further
However, these species may have been west than approximately Nethercote Falls.
collected when he first crossed the Mueller returned to Eden and boarded
Towamba River on the way southwards the steam ship Wonga Wonga on the 30th
towards the Genoa River. ofSeptember. Hisarrival at Hobsons Bay,
Prior to sailing for Melbourne. Mueller Melbourne was reported in the Argus on
collected to the north of Eden. In the the 2ndOctober 1860.
moist, sheltered gullies around Bimmil
Hill he collected warm temperate rainfor- Conclusion
est species including Aemena smiihii, Mueller's expedition was the first signifi-
Pillosporum unclulatum, Fieus coronala, cant botanical collecting trip within the
Marsdenia roslrala, Rapanea howitiana, south-eastern New South Wales-far east
Cissus hypoglauea. Pteris umbrosa and a Gippsland region. He collected a
host ofother species. It was probably here respectable numberofspecimens(currently
that he discovered Prostanihera incisa estimated to be about 20% of the known
var. puheseens and Polyseias murrayi. flora of the region) and discovered about
The latter species was named in honourof 20species previously unknown toscience.
Patrick Murray, the chiefmagistrate ofthe His collections provided useful material
district, who apparently assisted Mueller for his work on the flora of Victoria and
with some of the logistic aspects of the were used extensively by Bentham during
expedition. This aid wasdoubtlessly in the his preparationofFloraAustraliensis.
form of 'local' knowledge regarding Considering the short duration of the
tracks, accommodation and assistance in expedition and the considerable distance
traversed, Mueller managed to sample
from a surprisingly large percentage ofthe
habitats present in theregion. Hecollected
in a number of botanical 'hot spots' and
came remarkably close to several others
(e.g. Mt Imlay summit and Nalbaugh
plateau). No doubt it was with consider-
able reluctance that he had to pass by
some of these interesting-looking sites.
The gratification of future generations of
botanists was probably the last thing on
this mind when deciding whether to
Fig. 11. Epoetin rabusta growing in shrubland botanise aparticulararea.
on large granite expanses near the summit of
WhiteRock Mountain,
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Acknowledgments
The following are sincerely thanked for their
help, particularly with historical information
and distribution data - Ed Mitchell, Tom May,
Margaret Parris, David Keith, Doug Binns,
Carole Helman, Phil Gilmour, C. Allen and Fig. 13.Pseudanthusdivaricatissimus. Mueller
LAilbarnarPyieosfleVyi,ctaolroinag, waintdhtshteaflfiborfartyh,eRSotyaatle collectedthisalongtheWomboynandYowaka
BotanicGardens,Melbourne. Rivers.
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Appendix 1
ListofTYPEScollectedbyMuellerintheTwofoldBay-GenoaDistrict.September 1860.
l.TaxadescribedbyMueller
Acacia subtilinervis F.Muell., PI. Victoria 2: the Yowaka River, towards Twofold Bay.
32 (1863). Type: On granite declivities Current name: Phebalium ralstonii
around Mt Imlay.A. subtilinervishasnever (F.Muell.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 339
been relocated on Mt Imlay despite quite (1863)
extensive searching. The geology of Mt lonidiumvernoniiF.Muell., PI. Victoria 1:
Imlay is of sedimentary origin and likely 223 (1862). Syntypes: On barren plains
A. subtilinervishabitatappearstobeabsent andridges near the Genoa River; also near
on Mt Imlay. The nearest known popula- Twofold Bay. Current name: Hybanthus
tions to Mt Imlay occur in the vicinity of vernonii (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Fragm. 10:
the Yowaka RivernearNethercote, an area 81 (1871)
collected overby Mueller. The geology of Panax murrayi F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 106
this area has been mapped as rhyolite, (1861).Type: In valleys ofwooded ranges
which appears to have included within towards Twofold Bay. Current name:
Mueller's concept of granite. Unless A. Polvscias murrayi (F.Muell.) Harms, Nat.
subtilinervis is discovered closer to Mt Pflanzenfam. 3(8):47(1898).
Imlay, the Yowaka River should be con- Telopea oreades F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 170
sideredthe type localityofthisspecies. (1861). Type: Towards the headwaters of
Dodonaea truncatiales F.Muell., Fragm. 2: Nungatta Creek in the alpine tract behind
143 (1861). Syntypes: In wooded valleys the Nungatta Mountains. Weatherheadand
and gravelly banks of the Towamba, Mueller.
YowakaandGenoaRivers. Tetratheca ericifolia var. aphvlla F.Muell.,
Elaeocarpus holopetalus F.Muell., Fragm. PI. Victoria 1: 183 (1862). Syntypes:
2: 143 (1861). Syntypes: In wooded val- Granite rocks at the White Rock Hill,
leys ofthe Nungatta Mountains and head- 3000'; sourcesoftheGenoaRiver. Current
watersofNinaCreek. name: T. subaphxlla Benth., Fl. Austral. 1:
Eriostemon ralstonii F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 132(1863)
101 (1861).Type: Ongranite rocksagainst
2.Taxadescribedby botanistsotherthan Mueller
Correa lawrenciana var. genoensis Paul Pomaderris cinerea Benth., Fl. Austral. 1
G.Wilson, Trans. Roy. Soc. South 420 (1863). Type: Mt Imlay, Twofold
Australia 85: 50 (1961). Type: Flooded Bay.
banksofthe lowerGenoaRiver. Prostanthera hirtula var. angustifolia
Epacris robusta Benth., Fl. Austral. 4: 237 Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 97 (1870). Type:
(1868). Type: Granite rocks at the summit GenoaPeak.
of White Peak Mountain, at the head of Prostanthera incisavar.pubescensF.Muell.
theGenoaRiver. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 96 (1870).Type:
Grevillea victoriae var. leptoneura Benth., ForestrivuletsnearTwofoldBay.
Fl. Austral. 5: 468 (1870). Type: Sources Pseudanthus divaricatissimus var. orbicu-
oftheGenoaRiver. lare Benth., Fl. Austral. 6: 60 (1873).
Isopogon anemonifolius var. tenuifolius Syntype: Granite rocks on the Yowaka
F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 347 River.
(1870). Type: Twofold Bay. Current Pultenaea altissima F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl.
name: /.prostratusMcGill., Telopea 1: 32 Austral. 2: 123 (1864). Syntypes: Genoa
(1975) River;Twofold BayandGenoaRiver.
Persoonia myrtilloides var. brevifolia Pultenaea benthamii var. elatior F.Muell.
Benth., Flora Austral. 5: 401 (1870). ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 2: 114 (1864).
Syntypes: Upper Genoa River; Nungatta Syntype: YowakaRiver.
Mountains. Current name: P. brevifolia Pultenaea viscosa R.Br, ex Benth., Fl.
(Benth.) L.A.S.Johnson & P.H.Weston, Austral. 2: 127 (1864). Syntype:
7Wo/>«j4:275(1991). WomboynRange.
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