In reply to the enquiry made in yr letter of the 16th ulto2 I have the hr3 to inform you that the plans for the lecture room in the Botanic Gardens shall be put in train immediately.
A museum and lecture room were erected in the Domain adjacent to the Melbourne Botanic Garden between December 1859 and March 1860 by Henry Jacobs at a cost of £975.8.7 (Unit 9, p. 220, VPRS 69, Public Record Office, Victoia).
Please cite as “FVM-59-07-18,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-07-18
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Record number
FVM-59-07-18
From
Charles Ligar
To
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date
18 July 1859
Source of text
No. 59/2402, unit 3, p. 435, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria.