Christchurch Street Names: S - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Street Names: S - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Street Names: S - Christchurch City Libraries
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Current<br />
name<br />
Shearer<br />
Avenue<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>Street</strong> <strong>Names</strong>: S<br />
Former<br />
name<br />
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further<br />
information<br />
after The Right<br />
Honourable<br />
Horatio Nelson,<br />
1st Viscount<br />
Nelson, KCB<br />
(1758-1805).<br />
Re-named Shaw<br />
Avenue. Named<br />
after John<br />
Andrew Hunter<br />
Shaw (1884-<br />
1975).<br />
Named after<br />
John “Jack”<br />
Shearer (1886-<br />
1977).<br />
Nelson <strong>Street</strong> and Norton <strong>Street</strong><br />
became part of Shaw Avenue in<br />
1948.<br />
Shaw, a butcher, was the mayor<br />
of New Brighton 1929-1931.<br />
Shaw Avenue first appears in<br />
street directories in 1934, running<br />
from Nelson <strong>Street</strong> through<br />
Rawhiti Domain.<br />
Papanui Jack Shearer and his three sons<br />
built houses all over Papanui. He<br />
moved to Auckland in 1965.<br />
First appears in street directories<br />
in 1960.<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Page 42 of 136<br />
8 August 2013<br />
ministry in New<br />
Brighton, p 5<br />
New Brighton: a<br />
regional history, 1852-<br />
1970, pp 28 & 137<br />
“New street names”,<br />
The Press, 1 June 1948,<br />
p 3<br />
Papanui Heritage Group<br />
"Old identity leaves<br />
Papanui", The Papanui<br />
Herald, 14 April 1965, p<br />
5
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