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Professor A.W. Bickerton Died – 22nd January 1929
On 22 January 1929, controversial Christchurch Professor Alexander William Bickerton died while on a tour in England. He was the first chemistry teacher at the Canterbury University. The prize student of his career was Ernest Rutherford. Sacked from the University in 1903 after 29 years for mismanaging his department, it is believed this was a …
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The ‘Southern Cross’ Landed In Christchurch After First Trans Tasman Flight – 11th September 1928
On 11 September 1928, a Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane known as the ‘Southern Cross’ landed at Wigram Airfields after completing the first ever nonstop trans Tasman flight. Flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, this was not the first record for either the pilot or the plane. On 9 June 1928, the ‘Southern Cross’ had landed …
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The Nurses’ Memorial Chapel Opened – 25th December 1927
Ever since the Nurses’ Memorial Chapel was opened for its first service on Christmas Day 1927, the little church has been a safe haven for Christchurch Hospital staff, patients and visitors. From the numerous pillars, plaques, carvings and stained-glass windows, the bravest of Canterbury’s pioneering nurses are all acknowledged in the world’s first War Memorial …
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‘The Bricks’ Got Historically Acknowledged – 16th December 1926
In December 1926, an area by the Avon, near the corner of Barbadoes Street and Oxford Terrace – known as ‘The Bricks’ – is acknowledged by the unveiling of a brick cairn. Named ‘The Bricks’ by the Deans Brothers in 1843 – it was here that they left the bricks for their chimney on the …
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