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'''Christopher Rolleston''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (27 July 1817 &ndash; 9 April 1888) was an English-born colonial public servant in Australia.

Rolleston was born 27 July 1817 in [[Watnall]], [[Nottinghamshire]], the second son of Rev. John Rolleston and Elizabeth, {{Nee|Smelt}}.<ref name=":0">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Cunneen|first=Chris|year=1976|id2=rolleston-christopher-4501|title=Rolleston, Christopher (1817–1888)|access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref>

A prominent colonial civil servant in [[New South Wales]], Rolleston served as the Register-General of New South Wales (1855 – 1864).  During his time as registrar general he was responsible for the launch of compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages. He also served in a range of previous roles including Commissioner of Crown Lands in the [[Darling Downs]] (1842-1853), private secretary to the [[Governor of New South Wales]], Sir [[William Denison]] (1855), as well as [[Auditor-General of New South Wales|auditor-general]] (1864-1883).<ref name=":0" />

His commercial appointments included director, European Assurance Society, the Mercantile Bank of Sydney and the [[Australian Gas Light Company]], and a superannuation fund commissioner.<ref name=":0" />

He served as the president and later a trustee of the [[Australian Club]]. For his lifelong service to colonial New South Wales he was appointed [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in 1879.<ref name=":0" />

==Legacy==
A number of places in Queensland are named after him:

* The town of [[Rolleston, Queensland|Rolleston]] in the Central Highlands Region ({{Coord|-24.4631|148.6236|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Rolleston (town)}})<ref>{{Cite QPN|28948|Rolleston|population centre in the Central Highlands Region|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
* Mount Rolleston ({{coord|-27.7983|151.7178|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Rolleston}}) in [[Felton, Queensland|Felton]] in the [[Toowoomba Region]] on the Darling Downs<ref>{{cite QPN|28953|Mount Rolleston|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>

== Publications ==
* ''[[s:The Condition and Resources of New South Wales|The Condition and Resources of New South Wales]]'' — A lecture delivered at Sydney, December 12, 1866. (1867)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060061b.htm Christopher Rolleston] at the [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]
* {{wikisource author-inline}}
* {{Cite Australasia|Rolleston, Christopher}}
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183959420902061 Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877], [[State Library of Queensland]]- includes digitised letters written by Rolleston to the [[Colonial Secretary of New South Wales]] (Specifically Reel 14)

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