# Rolleston Statue and Setting

Heritage NZ list 1946
https://www.chch.live/place/201
Stands inside: [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), the park outlines the pin falls inside
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53095697052231&lon=172.6274576820651

## The encyclopaedia on it

The Rolleston Statue is a white marble statue situated outside Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue in Christchurch, New Zealand. It commemorates William Rolleston, who was Superintendent of the Canterbury Province from 1868 until 1877.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_William_Rolleston), a tertiary source

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence, search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 21 are listed.
- Museum and Rolleston Statue, Christchurch postcard (1908-01-30T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/heney-family-album/ccl-cs-89912
- Rolleston Statue & Museum, Christchurch. N.Z (1940-01-01T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2019/ccl-cs-6547
- Rolleston Statue, Christchurch (1917-01-01T00:00:00+00:00), https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/54656
- Postcard: Rolleston Statue, Christchurch, https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/1132806
- Postcard: Rolleston Statue & Museum, Christchurch NZ, https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/1132812
- Postcard: Rolleston Statue and Museum, Christchurch, https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/1132808
- THE LATE MR ROLLESTON. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 02 December 1905) (1905-12-02T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19051202.2.11.17
  > …eston by telegraph press association christchurch yesterday at a meeting of the rolleston statue committee yesterday the secretary stated that the statue to the late hon w rolleston had arrived in chr…
- Postcard: Rolleston Statue and Museum, https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/1057467
- Museum, Christchurch (1900-01-01T00:00:00Z), https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/276443
- Glass Plate Negative: Statue of William Rolleston, https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/338090

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Rolleston Statue and Setting?**

A place on the record in Christchurch, Heritage New Zealand list no. 1946.

**Where is Rolleston Statue and Setting?**

Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.53095697052231,172.6274576820651,17)