The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Town Clerk's Office ¶ Town Hall, Melbourne ¶ 20th November 1867. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you that it is the intention of the Corporation of Melbourne to invite the children of the City t...

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No. 1460/11/67, unit 13, p. 565, VPRS 4025/P Town Clerk's letter press books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 67.11.20

Preferred Citation:

Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-11-20. 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/1860-9/1867/67-11-20-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Town Clerk's Office

Town Hall, Melbourne

20th November 1867.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that it is the intention of the Corporation of Melbourne to invite the children of the City to a pic nic during the stay of his Royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh and I have to ask whether there will be any objection to the entertainment taking place in the North Botanical Reserve.

No reply has been found, but on 27 November a 'free banquet', which became somewhat chaotic, not restricted to children, took place in the North Botanic Reserve. For accounts, see 'The free banquet', Argus, 29 November 1867, p. 5, and J. Knight (1868), pp. 99-102.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

E. G. FitzGibbon

Town Clerk

Dr F. Mueller

&c &c &c

Director Botanical Gardens