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 & …
