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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

c. Copy of drawing proposed Bolton Street piazza [newspaper clipping]APW Awards, Carols by Candle Lightd. No 79 Sar Streetj. Interior of Tram Barns, parked tramcars, motor vehicles, tramlinesd. Newlands Pumping Station. Johnsonville Pumping Station. Ironside Rd. Warwick St. Karori Reservoirg. Reception, Mr Holt, Australian Prime Ministeri. Alexandria Rd Pumping Station. Tate Lining Pirie St. View from Wainui Hill. Views of Harbour & CityCuba Mall, demolition of Evans's and Hope Brothers buildingsa. Gas Co, Tory St, Cracked walle. Miramar North RdE, Installing artwork, artistWellington ZooMobil Street Raced. Panorama from the Dominion Life Insurance Building, Willis Streetk. Zoo - viewsSummer CityTown Belta. Copy of drawing - Hanson Street Flatsa. Karori Main Road, Footpath, New Libraryal. Regent Park, Flat no 21. Hanson Street Block 1, Flat no 26. Hanson Street Block 2, Flat no 36a. No 64 Burgess RoadFence, Wellington Harbour Board, Customhouse Quaya. Tips, Burma Rd, MelroseCivic Centre Reconstructionu. Sar St, Washouta. Drainage opposite No 88 Cashmere AveThorndon Esplanade, Wellington, New Zealandu. Accesses, Rights of Waye. Rosalind Street, Ngaiok. Traffic DepartmentAustralian Mutual Provident Fund Buildinge. Elevated Streetscape, Dixon Street, Te Arob. Duncan Terrace Flats, drainageWellington Zoo Programme and an Irish Visitor at a park or garden, c.1982Civic Centre Reconstructionb. Abattoirsa. Workman inside drain, Tauhinu Roada. Emerson St FloodingSummer CityKarori Cemetery, The Lychgateat. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptSummer CityThe Mayor meets with Cliff RichardMichael Fowler Centre, interior viewAerial View of Wellington 1947, City and Suburbs, Parliament Buildings to HarbourSummer CityCivic Centre Reconstructions. Equipment, staff at workc. Buses with MO Building in backgroundSummer City - Holmes and Judge Dance Show
 
 
 

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