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TitleAnderson Square, Leeston
DescriptionAnderson Square, Leeston, was formerly known as Memorial Square and before that, Market Square. It was re-named after Albert (Bert) Anderson, Ellesmere County Chairman from 1941 - 1959. To the right of the image is the Millennium Water Feature, commemorating the work of pioneer Ellesmere artesian well-sinker Job Osborne (1842 - 1931).
At a 1920 meeting of the Leeston Beautifying Association and the Town Improvement Society, Mr A. Green, secretary of the Association, expressed a wish for the new area to be 'a nicely-kept park with shady ornamental and weeping trees growing in clusters so that tired mothers and nurse girls could take the children there for recreation and health'.Date2024PhotographerSarah Davy
DescriptionAnderson Square, Leeston, was formerly known as Memorial Square and before that, Market Square. It was re-named after Albert (Bert) Anderson, Ellesmere County Chairman from 1941 - 1959. To the right of the image is the Millennium Water Feature, commemorating the work of pioneer Ellesmere artesian well-sinker Job Osborne (1842 - 1931).At a 1920 meeting of the Leeston Beautifying Association and the Town Improvement Society, Mr A. Green, secretary of the Association, expressed a wish for the new area to be 'a nicely-kept park with shady ornamental and weeping trees growing in clusters so that tired mothers and nurse girls could take the children there for recreation and health'.
Date2024PhotographerSarah DavyConnections
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Anderson Square, Leeston (2024). Selwyn Stories, accessed 28/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6516