Godley Statue
The Godley Statue is a bronze statue situated in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. It commemorates the "Founder of Canterbury" John Robert Godley. It was the first statue portraying a person in New Zealand.
This is a two-metre bronze standing figure of John Robert Godley (1814–1861), Resident Chief Agent for the Canterbury Association and the acknowledged ‘Founder of Canterbury’. The statue was originally installed in Cathedral Square in August 1867 and is one of the earliest public statues erected in New Zealand. The bronze statue is the only example of noted Victorian Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner’s work in New Zealand.
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Central City
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Central City Classics
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