Document information

Physical location:

No. 1599, unit 10, VPRS 963 register of correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria. 63.03.00a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Johnston, 1863-03 [63.03.00a]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-03-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a register entry only, entered on 24 March 1863.
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2
Requisition.
for Chevaux de frise &c for Russian Guns
3
A pair of Russian guns, captured by the British in 1854, during the Crimean War, and given by the British Government to Victoria. Erected in a prominent position in the Botanic Garden in 1858, they were relocated in 1867 to their present site outside Victoria Barracks in St Kilda Road, Melbourne (Pescott (1982), pp. 61-2).
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