Historical information

Correspondence about how European birds were introduced to Ballarat to complement the introduction of European trees and to remind early settlers of home.

Significance

Reasons given for the transportation of European birds to Ballarat and details of the birds and how they were brought to Ballarat.

Physical description

4 pages. p.1 1/2 a page entitled Ballarat Birds. p.2 almost 1/2 page, Mr Appleby from Clunes wrote to the Ballarat Town Clerk, 12 December,1891. p.3, 4, entitled The Gardens' Birds.

Inscriptions & markings

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