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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.

 

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
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

The Merry Wives of Windsorn. Two storey wooden dwellings on Nairn Street, from Brooklyn Road - the back of the 'seven sisters'Cuba Mall openingMobil Street Racef. Job 9105City Scapesb. Stewart Driveb.Two storey wooden dwelling affected by slipCarillon, National War Memorial, Buckle Streeta. Airport runway, surface test stripsPacific Island Association Concert, Poriruaf. window display of Hugh Wright menswear clothing shop on Willis StreetFautasi race, SamoaCivic Centre - ReconstructionKarori Cemetery, Panorama of Garden of Remembrance, 14 December 1988bp. Substandard dwellingsa. Council Chamberd. Crossings Mercer, Wakefield and Victoria StreetsElectricity House, Cuba StreetCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Waikare II under constructionSummer CitySummer City - Park Festivalg. 42 inch main, Johnsonvillea. views of access, bush covered gullyb. Mulgrave St, general constructionl. Observation bus tourSakai Sister City Events. Mike DransfieldLa Bohèmep. MED, Drainage, Wallace StJ Shed and Jervois QuayCabaretMunicipal Electricity Department control roomMichael Fowler Centre Concertsh. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systemPlayground equipment, Harrison Street, Brooklyna. Costing office groupSummer City - Anderson Parkr. AbattoirsSummer City - Town and country / Pie Bakinge. Traffic houseHutt RoadCarols By Candle Lightah. Golf Tournament, Shandon Cluban. Opening, Civil Defence HQThe Underwater MelonmanSummer Citya. Hanson St, Newtowna. Panorama, Kiwi Point Quarrya. Newlands Road
 
 
 

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