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1870
- February 9
- Opening of Christchurch’s first art exhibition which was held in the recently completed but as yet unoccupied Canterbury Museum. See the digitised catalogue of the exhibition.
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Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch - 1885
October 1
- Opening of Canterbury Museum building, designed by B. W. Mountfort.
- October 24
- Disastrous fire (New Zealand’s most extensive to that date) destroys the centre of Lyttelton.
- December 26
- First rowing regatta on the Avon.
- December
- National railway gauge chosen as 3ft 6in. Existing 5ft 3in lines in Canterbury were subsequently re-laid in the New gauge. See 1877.
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