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Wellington City nightscape, City reflected in harbour

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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.

 

Wellington City Archives acknowledges the mana and tangata whenua of this region/rohe and the connection they have to this whenua/land.

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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
 
 

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Local government election promotion posterHostile WitnessCivic Centre ReconstructionMansfield Street.f. Sand on Hutt RoadBrooklyn Resource Centreab. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction SignsWellington Town Hall - Main Auditoriumh. Construction of new bridge, workmen, machinery, motor vehicles. Road is being resurfaceda. Collapsed walla. Salamanca RoadDouglas Wright Dance Company, 1991 New Zealand Toura. Control Panel, Balaena Bayb. Broderick Road FlatsWorld Triathlon Championshipsf. Bridge, Box HillAerial View of Wellington 1947, Rongotai, Airport and environs (distant view)Nissan MobilLarge ship moored at Patent Slip, KilbirnieSummer City - John Pilley's PhotosSydney Street EastEnd of Times ChimesParks and Recreation - Botanical GardensMount Victoria Tunnel OpeningSummer City - A Touch of the Sunc. No 70 Hill StSkateboarders, Newlands Skateboard ParkParks and RecreationEd Byrne, Outside Looking InAt Belvedere Road, wooden dwellings and boatsheds. Photograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Evans Bay Road, February 1926g. Fountain outside the Municipal Office Buildingl. Reception, traffic houseg. Wilton Road tunnela. 8-4 Branch, Park Rd, Waterworksj. Alleged accident, Steps, Thule Stb. Retaining Wall, Mairangi Roada. Scenic road, Mount Victoriaa. No 12A Essex Streeta. Paparangi CrescentCivic Centre ReconstructionTamahineParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: FloriadeFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)c. Maldive Stb. Street damageWool Gang in J Store and drawing of Wharf Officel. Basketball, YMCA, ME DeptParks and Recreation - Summer City ProgrammesDinner Menu, Union Line, TSS Monowai, Saturday 13th March 1954j. Interiors, New Ladies Conveniences, Harris and Victoria Sts corner
 
 
 

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