Andrew Mensal Johnson / 1830 - 1916
A plaque at Heathcote Riverbank Tr East, standing in Woolston. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
ANDREW MENSAL JOHNSON / 1830 - 1916 / An inaugural member and curator of the Camterbury Acclimatisation Society, based at Hagley Park, Andrew Johnson established 'Troutdate' a fish breeding farm, near present day Skylark Lane. / Troutdale was renowned for its picnic gardens, large aquariums of imported and native fish and numerous ponds of exotic water lilies from around the world. 'Percy' the Tuatara and other curious animals and birds were also on show. / Andrew Johnson was the first person to introduce English brown trout, perch and American brook trout into New Zealand waterways.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
1,001 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 791 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Damaged Street Sign
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Abandoned Vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor
Damaged Asset – CCC contractorQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Heathcote Riverbank Tr East in Woolston, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the stone plinth. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2026. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/311081-heathcote-riverbank-tr-east.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.