Document information

Physical location:

No. 1536, unit 4, VPRS 963 correspondence register, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 58.03.25

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1858-03-25. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1850-9/1858/58-03-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of an item dated 25 March 1858.
[relative to repairs & additions reqd
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required.
at the Gardens]
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Repairs and additions to the value of £324.10.0 were undertaken in the Gardens in 1858 including piping and fixing the Government Botanist's cottage (George Rickard, £29), removing a wooden cottage from Londsale Street to the Botanic Gardens (Thomas Dakin, £23), repairs to the Bailiff's cottage and to the conservatory (W. Hill, £9.14.0), changing the site of a cottage in the Botanic Gardens (Thomas Dakin, £13.18.0), and erecting a stable for deer (Thomas Grady, £53.6.0) (Unit 1, VPRS 959; Unit 8, VPRS 69, Public Record Office, Victoria).