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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

Civic Centre Reconstructiond. People on lawn, Civic Squareb. Ohiro RdCivic Centre Reconstructionf. No 1 Regent StDownstage 25th anniversaryCivic Centre ReconstructionCustomhouse Quay, workmen with newly laid tram rails, prior to concretingCivic Centre ReconstructionGoods train heading north, Ngaioe. Machinery, Maranui Depot, Streetworks DepartmentNissan Mobil 500g. Karori Chapel, Anzac DayMayoral chaina. Wooden Dwellings, Volga Street, Island BayMayor and committee members, Mayor T C Hislop wearing mayoral robes and chainh. Abattoirsi. Views up and down Willis Street showing directional arrowsFreyberg Pool, carparkCentennial Exhibition, elevated view of fairgroundf. King Street redevelopment schemeMichael Fowler Centre ConcertsCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityChildren wading in Wellington Harbour69-77 Aro Street, inside and outsidej. Views from roof of MO BuildingCivic Centre ReconstructionTwo women wait while a man repairs the wheel on a motor vehicleMoving the Wellington Boating Club to its current positionMobil Street RaceTe Ika-a-Maru Paa. No 98 Ruskin Rd-Newlandse. Traffic, north end of The TerraceCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityNissan Mobil 500b. Job 2017, Erection of Workshop & Store, Webb Streetn. Farewell to Sir Bernard Fergusonb. Road signs, drainage, Ohiro RdWCC, Keep Left signage COVID-19 Level 2b. Streetscape, Kent-Cambridge Terraced. No 28 Waikowhai Street (Mr/s Downes) - proposed site of MED substationCivic Centre Reconstructionf. House Frontages, Tinakori Rd-Park StBlack Rock Roadc. Panorama from Brooklyn Hills, Part 3 of 6 of panoramaCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre - Reconstruction
 
 
 

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