Operating Hours -- Australia Day 2012
Our Libraries and Customer Service Centre will be CLOSED on Thursday 26 January 2012. Our Aquatic Centres at Canterbury and Roselands will be open from 10am-5pm.
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Canterbury City Council is proud of the rich heritage of Canterbury and is implementing heritage programs to inform the public and raise awareness about significant historical events and sites in the early development of Canterbury. This reflects change focusing on buildings, sites, events and early life in Canterbury City such as Aborigines, early European settlement, land subdivisions, suburban development major buildings and cemeteries.
Canterbury's rich history
The City of Canterbury has a rich European history that dates all the way back to 1793, with area's first land grant made to the Chaplain of the First Fleet, the Reverend Richard Johnson.
Find out more about our past on in our Local History section.