The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, 22/6/76 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you that a deputation of the Trustees of the Royal Park waited this day on the Hon. the Minister of the Lands Department, to urge the issue of ...

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Physical location:

A345 Royal ParkTrusteesletter & minute book, p.60, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 76.06.22

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter MacFarlane, 1876-06-22. 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/1870-9/1876/76-06-22-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Melbourne, 22/6/76

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that a deputation of the Trustees of the Royal Park waited this day on the Hon. the Minister of the Lands Department, to urge the issue of the Crown-deed for the Park, with a view also to place the trustees in the position, so soon as the grant is made out, to give at once every attention to the application of your Society.

See also M to W. MacFarlane, 17 June 1876. The Victorian Agricultural Society had requested that an area of approximately 25 acres of the Royal Park should be transferred to them. When the crown deed for the Park was issued to the Trustees, this land was duly excised from the Park. However, it was never ceded to the Agricultural Society, which was instead granted land in Flemington, and was eventually sold.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient

Ferd. von Mueller

Hon. Sec. to the Trustees

W. Macfarlane Esq

Secretary to the Victorian Agricultural Society.

M to W. H. Archer, 21 August 1876, included discussion of the proposal and other issues relating to the integrity of the Royal Park.