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Christchurch’s First Commercial Precinct Established – August 1864
The term ‘Triangle Corner’ first appeared in The Lyttelton Times in August 1864. There appeared to be no recorded history of how the name came in to being but it is quite obvious how this junction of Colombo, Cashel and High Streets became known as such. These three roads made a triangle. When the Triangle …
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Designs Began On Square’s First Stone Building – 11th July 1864
Charles Orbin Torlesse had a few hard decisions to make as he stood outside the fire gutted remains of his work building – the ‘Torlesse & Mason’ land office. He was not the only one as fifteen other Christchurch businesses were destroyed that day. The fire had ripped through the block of land between Colombo …
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The Canterbury Acclimatization Society formed – 25th April 1864
On 25th April 1864, the who’s who of early Canterbury gathered together in the Christchurch Town Hall, which was situated on Sumner Road (High Street). The historian in me marvels at such a gathering with the likes of these attending… * Venerable the Archdeacon Octavius Mathias:– the 2nd Rev of Christ’s Church (St Michael & …
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Arthur Found The Best Way To West Coast – 17th March 1864
On 17 March 1864, young surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson crossed the harsh terrain that would become Arthur’s Pass. “Returning to Christchurch, I made a sketch of the country I had been over, and handed it with a report to the Chief Surveyor [Thomas Cass]. I did not name the pass, but when the gold-diggings commenced …
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