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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.

 

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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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Civic Centre ReconstructionAcrobatics, Festival of Chinese New Yeark. Various old dwellings, see logd. Mairangi Road, retaining wallb. Drainage, Park RoadNissan MobilTulip flower beds and visitors in Wellington Botanic Gardens63-69 Hankey StreetNgauranga Railway Station, view looking southd. Traffic Department staff at the Regal Theatred. Airport - Runway ConstructionMr. Fanro Satu, Prime Minister of Japan and his wife arriving at the Town Hall.Floral Clock, Lower Cuba StreetChristmas Wishes, The Cubs, Zoo, WellingtonFull coverage of all sides of G P O, Panama Street, G P O footpath, streetscape, Featherston Street, G P O footpathCivic Centre ReconstructionJohnsonville Town Board, group photograph in meeting roomArlington Street, urban renewal old houses on present sitesp. Karori Reservoir, Bypass OverflowNissan Mobil 500Civic Centre Reconstructiono. Road Safety Week, Traffic Department Hugh Wright Ltd, Willis StreetMobil Street Racebc. Shandon Golf Clubbe. Golf Tournament, Shandon ClubMornington-Farnham St, Reconstructiong. Civic Square, crowd on lawnSakai Sister City Event at Te Papa157 Karori Road, "Headlines" salon: valance around verandah without permit and obstructing Sauna Parlour signHorse Trams in Cuba Street, corner of Manners Streetd. Residential access to 59 Barnard Street, affected by slipCivic Centre - ReconstructionClark Street, Khandallah - view from Crompton-Smith garden.Matuad. Excavations, Willis St-Manners StCleverly Polynesian Youth FestivalKarori Park, witches hat playground equipmenta. A Triumph motor vehicle parked in front of New Zealand National Airways Corporation aeroplanec. View of Oriental Bayl. Buses with MO Building in backgroundk. Street litterg. Presentation of awards for suggestionsMobil Street RaceVaccinate Greater Wellington, Covid-19 Super Shot Saturday flyerCivic Centre ReconstructionMobil Street Raced. No 18 Lindum Terracei. Official opening of Abattoirs94, 96, 100 Mortimer TerraceCivic Centre Reconstruction
 
 
 

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