The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Clerk instructed to thank Dr. F. Mueller, of Melbourne, for the presentation of piece of land at Bugles Range, for the purpose of erecting school thereon.] ¶ ¶ ...

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62.08.00b

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Macclesfield District Council to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-08 [62.08.00b]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-08-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Macclesfield District Council, SA, held in 18 August 1862, Adelaide observer, 23 August 1862, p. 4S.

[Clerk instructed to thank Dr. F. Mueller, of Melbourne, for the presentation of piece of land at Bugles Range, for the purpose of erecting school thereon.]

When M applied on 28 June 1862 to have his land at Bugle Ranges, within the District of Macclesfield, brought under the provisions of the SA Real Property Act of 1861, he also 'conveyed upon trust' half an acre at the corner of the property to the District Council 'for the purpose of erecting a public schoolhouse thereon' (see Transfer of Title [in this edition as 62-06-28a]). At the meeting of the District Council held on 11 July 1862, it had been determined that the District Councillors would be the trustees of the land (South Australian weekly chronicle, 19 July 1862, p. 7). At its meeting on 6 October 1862, the District Council received a letter 'from Dr. F. Mueller, of Melbourne, in answer to a letter from the Council, wherein they thank him for land presented for Bugle Ranges School' (Adelaide observer, 11 October, p. 3S).

The location of the school land is shown in Fig. 5 of Gemmell (1975), p. 58.