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Panorama of Oriental Parade and Oriental Bay

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Wellington City Archives is the business archive of the Wellington City Council. Our collections date from the 1840s to the present day.

 

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Feature: Thomas Ward Maps/ Whakaaturanga Thomas Ward Mahere

1892 map sheet 33

 

     
Circa 1900 map sheet 33

 

  
Link to 1892 maps   Link to 1900 maps
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

e. Views of single storey dwelling on the corner of Darwin Street and Chamberlain StreetMobil Street Raceb. Wellington Airporta. Storm damage, Ridgeway subdivisiona. ThorndonMatuaa. No 52 Roseneath TerraceThe Pirates of Penzancea. Traffic Jervois Quayaa. Traffic Buildings Hutt ValleyCorner Grainger Street and Cambridge Terrace, South-west facingSummer CityCorner of Wakefield Street and Oriental Paraded. Torrens Terraced. No 127 Ghuznee Streetg. Oswald Crescenta. Airport, disposal unit buildingStrassman, Ted E's Farewell Tourb. Job 9361p. Karori Reservoir, Bypass Overflowa. Workmen are using a Gradall to dig a trench and load the excess soil on to trucks. Trolley buses passing byd. Pedestrian subway, Lambton Quay to Railway Stationb. Allenby Terrace, collapsed concrete wall and stepsa. Gradall, a long armed front-end digger is being used to excavate the road, May 3rdb. Pedestrians Crossing, Railway Station, Thorndon Quayg. Views from Townsend Estate. Views from Oriental BayCarlton Gore RoadTown HallMichael Fowler Centre ConcertsFlooding at intersection of Churchill Drive and Wilton's Bush Roada. Civil defence exercisec. Water Reservoir, Coromandel Street, NewtownSakai Sister City Event at Te Papad. Traffic, Rakau Roadac. Flats, Herbert Gardens-Dixon St. Civil Defence, Webb StHeadstone at the Bolton Street Cemetery, for Marion and Nathaniel Sutherland and their five childrenRoss Noble, Noodlemeister38 Box Hilla. Newlands ReservoirGroup photograph, New Zealand South Africans Veterans Association meetingPhotograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Adelaide Road, May 1926a. Waterworks, WainuiPublic Trust Buildings, WellingtonWaterfall set amongst the ferns, Botanic Gardensb. Flats, Rex Street, Miramari. Storm damage, Wakefield Street, Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoriae. Views of the Willeston Street car parkDownstage 25th anniversaryb. Motor Vehicle No. 558-490J G Thomson and O E Smuts Kennedy
 
 
 

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