Addendum to Dandenongs Disrict Cosmopollitan-Settlers -

1838 -1848

1848-1858

Other Burke & Wills Expedition -


Members of the Exploration Committee[edit]
The Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria included:
• Sir William Foster Stawell, Chief Justice of Victoria
• Dr John Macadam, Honorary Secretary
• Professor Georg Neumayer
• Dr Ferdinand von Mueller, Government Botanist
• Sizar Elliott Esq.
• Dr Solomon Iffla
• Wilhelm Blandowski,


Only two members of the Committee,Ferdinand von Mueller and Wilhelm Blandowski, had any experience in exploration but due to factionalism both were consistently outvoted. Several people were considered for the post of leader and the Society held a range of meetings in early 1860

• Ludwig Becker : - died Dr Ludwig Becker, Monday, 29 April 1861 at Koorliatto Waterhole, Bulloo River.


Anton Lenné

VON TEMPSKI, - Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky (Polish: Gustaw Ferdynand Tempski) =

WEBER, Robert Lofferman Weber of Dandenong ,

Lenné, Anton
- Anton (Anthony) arrived in Australia in March 1858. He arrived on the Reinhard but as he is not listed on the passenger lists he must have sailed as crew. The Reinhard sailed from Bremen to New York and then to Melbourne. There is some evidence to suggest that he jumped ship when he arrived in Melbourne.
There is very little know about Anton at present. He was a witness at Carl's wedding in 1859 and at the time of his naturalisation in January 1861 he was working with Carl at the Mt Alexander Nursery where Carl was in partnership with Frederick Hirschi. He appears on the electroal role of 1861 but is never listed in the Post Office directories. In 1860 he applied to be a member of the Burke and Wills expedition. He was not successful but the two letters he wrote as application give us some details about his life until then. There is some evidence that he may have gone to live in America.