Subject	Discovery and exploration–French
	Voyages and travels
	Australia–Description and travel
	Explorers
	Shipping
	Botany
	Natural history
Category	1. Settlement
Author	La Billardière, Jacques-Julien Houtou de
Keywords	Expedition
Current Holder	National Library of Australia
Period Of Reference	1791/1791
Date	1791-06-11
Series Number	MS 7394
Item Number	804914
Access Rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country Of Origin	France
Place	Grenoble
Language	French
Description From Source	3 leaves. 1. 11 June 1791, to M. Liotard, chief gardener at the Botanic Gardens, Grenoble, announcing his nomination and election as fellow of the Society of Naturalists, and discussing botanical activities. 2. 26 June 1791, to M. Liotard?, announcing that the diploma has been left at a bookseller’s for forwarding and discussing botanical activities. The postcript states that Labillardière is to be the botanical naturalist on the expedition in search of La Pérouse, which is to depart for the South Seas in August, and during which he hopes to amass “an immense collection”. 3. August 1791, to M. de Chenaux at Grenoble, announcing his imminent departure for Brest and the La Pérouse expedition, and requesting that he continue collecting plants.
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Letters
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/4FGZ44DZ/