Document information

Physical location:

Minute book 1874-81, p. 389, Portland Municipal District, Victoria. 79.06.00b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edwin Atkinson, 1879-06 [79.06.00b]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-06-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is part of the minutes of the meeting of the Portland Municipal Council held on 23 June 1879, recording the tabling of letters received.
[From Dr Mueller re suitable trees for planting facing the sea.]
2
The Town Clerk, Edwin Atkinson, was directed 'to enquire the price of Dr Muellers work stating that it is required for the Gardens'. Letter not found. The report of the meeting in Portland guardian, 24 June 1879, p [2], does not mention M's 'work', but was probably B76.12.04.