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Unit 733, VPRS 3181/P Town Clerk's file series 1, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.11.12

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon, 1868-11-12. 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/1860-9/1868/68-11-12-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne botanic Garden
12/11/68.
My dear Mr Fitzgibbon.
I venture to ask in the interest of the public and my department, whether the City Council would not kindly concede to my request, to place a carriage gate in the fence of the City bridge-approach
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i.e. Princes Bridge.
at the termination of the pavement near the Immigrants Home. Such an arrangement would render it possible for carriages to pass along the base of the Yarra hill to the lower part of the botanic Garden and would give also better access to the Quarries and other places for my carts. If such an arrangement could soon be carried out, I should greatly enjoy advantages at once while the steam engine is to be erected to force Yarra water to the hill.
I may state my readiness, that I should gladly arrange with a man at the Immigrants Home to keep the gate properly closed during the day and locked at night
Let me remain your
regardful
Ferd. von Mueller.
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MS file annotation, 'When drive is made council will put up gates 17/11/68'. E. FitzGibbon to M, 4 December 1868, reported that decision with hedged wording.