Galbraith Ave – Named after Augustus William de Rohan Galbraith (1877?- 1957). Galbraith was the city engineer 1925-1941. It is described as a “new road” in The Press in 1944. Originally a blind road, it was extended to Avonside Drive later that year. First appears in street directories in 1946.
A small amount of information from the library website. Found the same report on Papers Past about the extension of the road to Avonside Drive. I couldn’t find out where Augustus Galbraith was buried as nothing on cemetery database. Also couldn’t find any information on Ancestry website. Best information was on government website about the Hurst Seagar house The Spur as Galbraith purchased this house in 1925 and died here in 1957. Also had the information that Galbraith was appointed as Christchurch City Engineer and Surveyor in 1925. He reorganised the Works and Sanitary dept. After he retired in 1941 he lived in Perth for a while but returned to NZ where he died.
From a Heritage Assessment paper there was mention of a building called Avonside Bulk Stores erected for Avonside Wool Scouring Works in 192s. This building was acquired by the Crown in 1940s and used by Army Works dept. After WWII the building was used by Post Office Telephone Exchange equipment.
This street was also mentioned in The Press in relationship to a murder because of a rare genetically mutated grass pollen.
Another red zone street with no houses and there is a park here with a sad looking playground.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 