{{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Christopher Rolleston | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} | image = Christopher Rolleston.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = {{center|Christopher Rolleston}} | order = | office = Registrar-General of New South Wales | term_start = 1855 | term_end = 1864<!-- Add data only when the actual term has ended, not for terms which will end in the future. (Per usage guideline.) --> | predecessor = | successor =

| order2 = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | office2 = Auditor-General of New South Wales<!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | term_start2 = 1864<!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | term_end2 = 1883<!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by changing the number--> | predecessor2 = William Mayne | successor2 = Edward Rennie

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1817|07|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Watnall, Nottinghamshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1888|04|09|1817|07|27|df=y}} | death_place = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Civil servant | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | cabinet = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''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 (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 CMG in 1879.<ref name=":0" />

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

* The town of 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 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 == * ''The Condition and Resources of New South Wales'' — A lecture delivered at Sydney, December 12, 1866. (1867)

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==External links== * [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rolleston-christopher-4501 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)

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before = William Mayne }} {{s-ttl | title = Auditor-General of New South Wales | years = 1864{{endash}}1883 }} {{s-aft | after = Edward Rennie }} {{s-end}}

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