Historical information
von Mueller worked closely with the first Curator of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, George Longley in the establishing the Gardens and in examining students at the School of Mines.
Significance
von Mueller inspired and contributed to the founding of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and in preparing and training a new generation of Botanists in Ballarat.
Physical description
2 pages. p1. has a blue heading, tan subheading and a green portrait of von Mueller printed on the righthand top half of the page. On the lefthand bottom half of the page is an example of von Mueller's handwritten examination paper for 1882. On p.2." University of Ballarat Honour Roll" is printed in blue down the lefthand side of the page. There is a coloured print of a plaque commemorating the centenary of von Mueller's contributions in Ballarat.
Inscriptions & markings
None
Subjects
- baron ferdinand von mueller,
- botanist,
- smb examiner,
- benefactor,
- school of mines ballarat,
- ballarat botanical gardens,
- university of ballarat art and historical collections,
- federation university,
- di campbell,
- clare gervasoni,
- john garner,
- doctor,
- john garner collection,
- smb botanical gardens,
- plaque,
- gardens,
- ballarat
References
- Baron Ferdinand von Mueller ISBN/ISSN: Unknown Biography written by Di Campbell, October 2005
