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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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Awateaa. Molesworth StSummer City - Bricks / Marathon / Anderson Parkd. Karori Reservoirj. Traffic Safety Week Cathedral ServiceCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Parade Island Bay Traffic ProsecutionTap Dogsg. Jacobs Place, Te Aroe. School Patrol, Newtownai. Presentation to Mr Fitzgibbon on retirementWellington Central Public Library: catalogue & desk viewRoyal Visitco. Substandard dwellingsb. Drainage, 42 inch Main, JohnsonvillePhotograph of the new alsphaltic concrete surface on Hutt Road, previously identified as Main Hutt Road , Hutt Road, October 1925c. Motor vehicle, registration number 34-378ao. Presentation of Medals to Councillors, His Excellency Sir Bernard Fergusson. Council Chambersd. Waterloo QuayTommy Tiernan, Designer WinoCarols By Candle Lightc. Evans Bay Timer Company Office, vehicle access and streetscapeDays Bay [Muratai] Roadv. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction SignsRoyal Concert in presence of Queen Mother at Town Hall stepsm. Site of proposed Japanese Garden, Botanic Gardene. Cuba Std. Liftman, Telephone Exchangeb. 22 Moxham AvenueAhi Kā Matariki, light display on the waterfronta. Civil defence exerciseNo 143, 147, 149 Wallace Street, houses and yards, stormwater excavation at no 143, AddisonAt Howard Street intersection, tram tracks in road, area of wooden dwellings and Fernleaf Dairy on corner. The building on the left is 101 Wallace Street. Photograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Wallace Street, February 1926b. Severn StreetBishop Newbegini. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptOn the Air After DuskCivic Centre - ReconstructionHorticulture: United States horticulturists visit to NZ (2 men 1 woman)l. a-l. Various streetsWellington Public Library: photocharging issuesMural, Newtown SchoolCivic Centre Reconstructione. View from Khandallahq. Haywards, Waterworks pumping station. Reservoir: Haywards, Waterworks pumping station, laying pipesa. Damage to footpathaa. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic Depta. Duncan Terrace, Flats Stage 2a. Traffic Inspector Boswell with Patrol Car, talking on car phone, Mercer Streeta. Lathe operator
 
 
 

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