Document information

Physical location:

N60/710, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 60.01.00

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Nicholson, 1860-01. 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/1860-9/1860/60-01-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found, the item is a register entry only, dated 24 January 1860.
[Dr Mueller Blue Bk
2
The 'Blue Book' was a printed book containing the names and other details of all persons holding office under the Government of Victoria.
returns 59.]
3
M's letter was forwarded to the Registrar General on 21 February 1860. Three names for the 'Office of Botanical and Zoological Gardens' were recorded in the 1859 'Blue Book': those of M, Carl Wilhelmi and John Dallachy. See Victoria, Legislative Assembly (1860) Statistics of the colony of Victoria for the year 1859, Melbourne (Victoria, Parliamentary papers, session 1859-60, vol. 4, no. 78).