Requisition.
A pair of Russian guns, captured by the British in 1854, during the Crimean War, and given by the British Government to Victoria. Erected in a prominent position in the Botanic Garden in 1858, they were relocated in 1867 to their present site outside Victoria Barracks in St Kilda Road, Melbourne (Pescott (1982), pp. 61-2).
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, entered on 24 March 1863.
Please cite as “FVM-63-03-00a,” 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