Document information

Physical location:

No. 1688, vol.1861 R, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.03.07

Preferred Citation:

Richard Heales to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1861-03-07. 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/1860-9/1861/61-03-07-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a register entry only. On 28 February 1861, J. Williams wrote to Heales asking for permission to hold a morning concert at the Botanical Gardens in aid of the Orphan Asylum. The letter was forwarded to M.
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i.e. Chief Secretary's minute. The file indicates that Williams's letter was referred to M on 7 March 1861, but the content of the minute is not revealed. M was away at this time, on an expedition into the Victorian Alps, and did not return to Melbourne until 23 March.
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