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Physical location:

No. 4135, vol. 1876 J, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 76.04.20a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1876-04-20 [76.04.20a]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-04-20a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 20 April 1876.
[That two Ind Sch.
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Industrial School, Prince's Bridge, Melbourne.
boys may be retained at the Barracks
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Victoria Barracks, St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
to assist his Dept]
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M's letter was forwarded to the Industrial School on 24 April, marked 'for report', and returned to M on 28 April. The file does not reveal the nature of the response.
'The children who have occupied a wing of the barracks for some time past, have been, or are about to be, removed to the new Industrial School in the Royal-park' (Argus, 13 March 1876). The Royal Park Industrial School was an 800-bed institution opened in 1875 (eMelbourne https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01283b.htm ).