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Kia ora, welcome to Wellington City Archives, Te Kano Kohinga Kupu o Pōneke.

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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Summer Cityc. Welder, abattoirsNissan Mobil 500d. Job 9105, Sewerage Treatment Plant, Glensidebi. Safety Week, Traffic DeptMiramar Library, Christmas Treec. Civil defence exercised. Hobsons Gully DrainageMichael Fowler CentreVelox Steam Generators, Evans Bayb. New grandstand, Rugby League parkCaravans with graffiti in Civic Squareb. Workmen paving the road between the tram lines and the footpathMichael Fowler Centre Concerts61-63 Coromandel StreetNissan MobilInterior of the Town Hall Concert Chamberb. Rear of No 9 Farnham St [Berhampore/Mornington]Karori Park playground, swings and slideOpening day of Brooklyn Resource CentreFestival of the Artsa. Houghton Bay Roadc. Building development, Miramarh. Mayor Frank J Kitts, Portrait in robesa. Pumping Station, Byron Street11-15 Crosby Terrace, inside and outside, Council Properties future Victoria Street, exteriorSummer Cityd. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptDwellings, Mein StreetThe Crescent , RoseneathThe KillsPortrait of unidentified CouncillorHutt Roada. Traffic Safety Week Processiona. Bowser, Corporation yardCarlton Gore Road, Roseneatha. Brooklyn War Memorial, Sugarloaf Roadb. Gas Co, Tory St, Cracked walld. Streetscape, Rongotai Road, Kilbirnief. Town Hall, Painting interior and showing scaffoldingd. Patanga CrescentWhitmore Street, newly laid tram rails prior to concretingSummer Citye. Mr FW Pringle, town clerk45 Devon Streetd. Press and Town Planning Dept, InterviewHinemoad. Gradall, Cuba Stp. Orongorongor. Emerson Street, Berhampore, Flooding
 
 
 

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