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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

b. Traffic, Rakau Roadb. Thorndon Overbridge, Rising MainHerd Street Post Office, built 1939Summer City - Zoo DayCarter Fountain, Wellington, New ZealandMr Ira Benson, US Secretary of Agriculture: receptionKatea ar. Golf Tournament, Shandon Clubck. Substandard dwellingsMilk Department horse fleetPanoramas - Harbourd. Drainage, Lido TheatreSummer Cityg. Agitator truck at Corp yard & Tully St jobf. 9 Mein Street, a single-storey wooden buildingf. Play Area, Kipling Street Reserve, JohnsonvilleFestival of the Arts, interior of St James TheatreWakefield House, The Terraceac. Flats, Herbert Gardens-Dixon St. Civil Defence, Webb Stbo. Central Library, interior and exteriorGroup photograph of Wellington Tramways Cricket Teame. Waterloo Quay, drainage jobThe Botanical Gardens, Wellington, New Zealandt. Basketball, YMCA, ME Deptd. Municipal Parking Building, The Terraced. MacAlister Park, Liardet Street, Berhamporel. Interior of Airport TerminalNoises OffCambridge Terrace and Vivian Street, workmen with a Reciprocating Grinderau. Golf Tournament, Shandon Cluba. Hobson St, Drainage Job 9812Theatre: 'Call Me Madam' company reception (Evie Hayes, principal role)Ceremonial Itemsd. Traffic House, Presentation to Taxi Driverb. Cnr Cuba and Abel Smith Streeti. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 Marchj. Traffic Safety Week, Council Chambers, Presentation by Cr Buttona. Elevated view of Cuba Street from James Smith Corner. Royal Oak Hotel on the left. Woolworths Building on the corner of Dixon Street. Motor vehiclese. views of slip affecting residential propertiesBruce Harris, CouncillorCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer Cityb. Damage to footpath, outside Royal Oak Hotel, Dixon Streeta. No 13 Retter St, PaparangiSummer Citya. 51 Silverstream Roadb. A flatbed truck and motor vehicle have collided, at the corner of Willis Street and Abel Smith Street. People, including men in suits and a group of young boys, have gathered. 319 Willis Street, a two storey wooden building is in the background. Gilby'Maldive StBotanic GardensBotanic Garden plants, circa 1990. Aerial views of Botanic Garden, Anderson Park, Mount Albert, 18 Oct 1990
 
 
 

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Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo Zealandia

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