The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 6/10/64 ¶ Dear Mr Fitzgibbon ¶ ¶ The papers connected with the former zoological ground being only partly in my possession now, it was not without considerable search that I found the letter referrin...

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No. 784, unit 731, VPRS 3181/P Town Clerk's file series 1, VA 511 Melbourne City Council, Public Record Office, Victoria. 64.10.06

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon, 1864-10-06. 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/1860-9/1864/64-10-06-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

6/10/64

Dear Mr Fitzgibbon

The papers connected with the former zoological ground being only partly in my possession now, it was not without considerable search that I found the letter referring to the extension of the northern ground by the authority of the Board of Land & Works.

See also C. Hodgkinson to M, 10 October 1864 (in this edition is 64-10-10a).

I hope you will now be fully satisfied, that I claim the piece of land not wrongly and will give me all your assistance in effecting my improvements there.

Could the City Council not grant me one man for one week as labourer at the rate of 6/ pr day for the purpose of striking out one path to a gate opposite the parade in your ground, to lead pedestrians to the avenue towards the Garden bridge? I have passed the reserve repeatedly in the dark & got more than once into bogs before I could strike the precise spot where the faint track to the bridge commences.

With most friendly regards

Ferd. Mueller