Category:Rolleston Statue
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The Rolleston Statue commemorates William Rolleston, the fourth Superintendent of Canterbury. The statue is located outside the Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue, opposite Worcester Boulevard. It is a white marble statue on a stone plinth. The inscription carved into stone reads: "William Rolleston Superintendent of Canterbury 1866–1876."
The marble statue was executed by the English sculptor, Herbert Hampton (1862-1929), and was unveiled on 26 May 1906. It recognised by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as Category II heritage items with registration number 1946.
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Media in category "Rolleston Statue"
The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.
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Canterbury Museum1.jpg 705 × 480; 227 KB
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Headless Rolleston statue.jpg 2,736 × 3,648; 1.92 MB
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NZ Christchurch 031 (17257322262).jpg 800 × 533; 93 KB
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Rolleston Avenue Rolleston Statue Side.jpg 514 × 768; 85 KB
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Rolleston statue 026.jpg 3,648 × 5,472; 5.86 MB
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Rolleston Statue, Christchurch, New Zealand 15.jpg 3,090 × 3,676; 7.22 MB
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Rolleston Statue, Christchurch, New Zealand 16.jpg 3,188 × 4,065; 6.45 MB
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Rolleston Statue01.JPG 3,000 × 4,000; 3.6 MB
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Rolleston03.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 3.83 MB
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Rolleston04.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.64 MB
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William Rolleston (8587719289).jpg 2,400 × 1,771; 2.77 MB
