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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund FitzGibbon   28 Aug 1864

Melbourne bot. Garden

28/8/64

Sir

I have the honor to bring under your notice, that the footpath of the domain-Street1 (South-Yarra), especially on that part opposite Millswyn-Street, is at present in an impassable state, in consequence of the water from Punt-hill becoming stagnant at the spot indicated. It would merely need the deepening of the channel to allow the water to flow off and this could be effected by a very inconsiderable outlay. I thought it proper to bring this circumstance, which causes much inconvenience to the inhabitants of South-Yarra under your favorable consideration, in as much as the ground under my control is closely adjacent to the innundated locality.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble

Ferd. Mueller

The townclerk of Melbourne

1

Domain Road? Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and suburban directory, 1864, p. 164, lists no junction of Millswyn Street with Domain Street but with Domain Road as a T-junction. Domain Street intersects Domain Road two blocks to the west of Millswyn Street.

2

No response to this letter has been found.

Please cite as “FVM-64-08-28,” 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/64-08-28