Canterbury’s First School Opened – 6th January 1851
Bishop Selwyn Arrived To Welcome Settlers – 3rd January 1851
Christchurch’s First Church Opened – 1851
New Zealand’s Oldest Illustrated Children’s Is Begun In Lyttelton – 1851
Canterbury’s First Confectionery Shop Opened – 1851
First Ground Broken For Street -1851
Christchurch’s First Hotel Opened – November 1851
Lyttelton’s Grubb Cottage Got Built – 1851
