The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Town Clerk's Office ¶ Melbourne ¶ 4th December 1868 ¶ My dear doctor von Mueller, ¶ ¶ I sometime since received a letter from you suggesting the placing of an entrance gate &c in the fence of the app...

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Physical location:

Unit 14, p. 686, VPRS 4025/P Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.12.04

Preferred Citation:

Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-12-04. 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/1860-9/1868/68-12-04-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Town Clerk's Office

Melbourne

4th December 1868

My dear doctor von Mueller,

I sometime since received a letter from you suggesting the placing of an entrance gate &c in the fence of the approach to Princes Bridge near the Immigrants Home to allow of the passage of drays and other vehicles along the south bank of the Yarra towards the Botanical Gardens

M to E. FitzGibbon, 12 November 1868.

The Public Works Committee of the City Council to whom I mentioned the matter have desired me in reply to tell you that so soon as the necessary roadway along the river bank shall be made the Committee will entertain the question

Yours very faithfully

E. G. FitzGibbon.

M's letter was read at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council's Public Works Committee on 17 November 1868: 'Town Clerk instructed to reply that as soon as the drive is made the Gates shall be erected' (Unit 6, p. 590, VPRS 4037, Public Record Office, Victoria).