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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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Corner Allen and Grainger Streets, East facingb. Foreshore road, Island Bayf. Traffic House, Traffic officers55 Waikowhai Street, stormwater relayCivic Centre - Reconstructionf. No 100 Hobson Streetc. 87, 89, 91 Brougham StreetCleverly Polynesian Youth Festivalj. ' Please be Tidy, Preserve the Amenities of our Streets, ' Council rubbish binc. Mackay Motors, No 2 Sussex Ste. Abattoirsg. Various types of Corporation HousesSummer City - Landing Partyb. Supermarkets, Kilbirnie, Constable Streeth. Nairn Street FlatsCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Job 9136g. Mr Hooker, Mr McCutcheon (M. E. D)Michael Fowler Centre Concertsc. Book to be presented to Governor General Viscount Cobham, from Wellington City Councilo. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic Deptq. Shop frontsa. Congregation, Wesleyan Church, Taranaki StreetCrawford Tunnel, SeatounLambton Quay, City ScapeAnglican Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutth. Traffic Safety Week PresentationHutt RoadCuba Mall, Ron Flook and Jim McMeekina. Buildings, Lombard and Farish StreetsCivic Centre - ReconstructionBroderick Road, tunnel, break throughl. Site of proposed Japanese Garden, Botanic Gardenag. Various substandard dwellingsSouth Coast of Wellington during a big southerly storm surgej. Looking south along Burma Roadb. New bridge, Solomons Knob, Wainui Reservoir, Wainui water catchment areaNissan Mobil 500Cleverly Polynesian Youth FestivalPost Office Square, Jervois QuayJ W H Scotland's Caudron Biplane, Wigram, Christchurche. Four Town Clerks: EP Norman, BO Peterson, M Duckworth, FW Pringlea. Ballot for sections, Green Rooml. Traffic schoole. Damaged car Cambridge TceBus, Meehan Motors, Poriruab. damage to concrete pathy. OrongorongoA, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991e. Construction of pumping station, workmen, machinery
 
 
 

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