# Polish Settlers Place / 1872-2017, a plaque of Marshland A plaque of the city in Marshland, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > POLISH SETTLERS PLACE/ 1872-2017/ Dedicated to Early Polish Settlers, from faraway land of Pomerania, landed in Lyttleton in august 1872 aboard the 'Friedeburg" and tirelesslt cultivated Canterbury marsh lands, for future generations./ Polish Community in NZ/ Proudly supported by the Polish Embassy in New Zealand The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The suburb: [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland) - Rides on: rock - Status: in service ## The ground’s other names - [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCAT…” - [Plaque no. 310899](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310899-ground), its words filed unknown - [Plaque no. 310900](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310900-ground), its words filed unknown - [Plaque no. 310901](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310901-ground), its words filed unknown - [Plaque no. 311001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311001-ground), its words filed unknown - [Plaque no. 311010](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311010-ground), its words filed unknown - [Geoffrey Ernest Scarr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311044-ground), “Geoffrey Ernest Scarr/ 6.4.1932 - 7.5.2012/ My love and soulmate forever/og Virg…” - [Kings Silver Jubilee / 1935 / Planted by Puples](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311045-ground), “Kings Silver jubilee/ 1935/ Planted by puples of/ Elmwood School” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Polish Settlers Place / 1872-2017](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Polish%20Settlers%20Place%20%2F%201872-2017) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Polish%20Settlers%20Place%20%2F%201872-2017) - [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [The liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 April 2016 · ~850 m from the pin · 31 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46252&lon=172.66724&radius=250 ## Around it - [Janet Stewart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1114-janet-stewart-reserve), community park · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Marshland](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-566-marshland), track · ~800 m - [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-98-parklands), track · 1.0 km - [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), track · 1.3 km - [In Loving Memory of? Joyce McFerran / "Joybell"](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311051-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km - [Conservation Week 1997 / This Group of Native Trees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115129-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km - [This Land Has Been / Used for Vegetable](https://www.chch.live/plaque/96756-snellings-reserve), plaque · 1.6 km - [John Lindsay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310999-john-lindsay-drainage-reserve), plaque · 2.1 km ## The reports nearby 233 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8952890), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8812158), [92 Te Rito St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/92-te-rito-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8812147), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8726655), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8716366), [99 Te Korari St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/99-te-korari-street) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8637520), [5 Weruweru Street, Marshland, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/5-weruweru-street) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8569474), 105–143 Te Korari St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8267160), [6 Weruweru St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/6-weruweru-street) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8173422), [64 Ruapani St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/64-ruapani-street) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8141284), [1 Weruweru St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/1-weruweru-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7989932), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7973904), [140 Metehau Street, Marshland, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/140-metehau-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch in [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at this ground?** 9 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/311062-ground