The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [The Bridge at the Gardens not being opened in terms of the above arrangement ¶ the Town Clerk was instructed to forward a copy of the Commissioners letter to Dr Mueller and to request that Bridge...

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Unit 4, pp. 199-200, VPRS 4037, Public Works Committee, Melbourne City Council, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.02.00d

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Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1861-02 [61.02.00d]. 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/1860-9/1861/61-02-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. Text given here is an item in the minutes of the meeting of the Melbourne City Council's Public Works Committee held on 20 February 1861.

[The Bridge at the Gardens not being opened in terms of the above arrangement

The Committee had received a report from John Steavenson, Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, that included the statement: 'With regard to the Botanical Gardens Bridge. I have the honour to inform you that I arranged with Dr Müeller that it should be thrown open to the Public yesterday, the 15th instant, and kept open at all hours' (No. 20/505, Unit 731, VPRS 3181/P Town Clerk's file series 1, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria).

the Town Clerk was instructed to forward a copy of the Commissioners letter to Dr Mueller and to request that Bridge be kept open at all hours.]