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The Antigua Boat Sheds Opened -1882
The Antigua Boats Sheds are such a great Christchurch icon and they are even more special for two other reasons: they are the only surviving 19th century river boat sheds built for commercial boat hire in New Zealand and secondly, the sheds are still doing just that, 135 years later (2017)! The sheds were built …
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First Sports Event Took Place at Lancaster Park -15th October 1881
On 15 October 1881, an athletic event officially opened Lancaster Park. A cricket match had been the original idea five days earlier but rain forced a cancellation. With the formation of the Canterbury Cricket and Athletics Sports Company Limited in 1880, land began to be sourced for a sports area and where a club house …
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New Zealand’s First Telephone Exchange Began Operation – 1881
On 11th July 1879, the Government Building – now known to most of us as the old chief Post Office – was officially opened in Cathedral Square. In 1881, the building hosted New Zealand’s first Telephone Exchange. As early as 1863, the Canterbury Provincial Council had seen the need of Christchurch replacing Lyttelton as the …
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Yaldhurst Road Giant Planted – 1881
In 1881, one of Christchurch’s oldest trees, a Tasmanian Blue Gum (eucalypts globules), was planted at what is now recorded down as 314 Yaldhurst Road. It is 40 metres tall. This beauty of a landmark has not only survived earthquakes and record-breaking storms but decades of changing tides also known as progress. The Tasmanian Blue …
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