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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

 

  
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d. No 44 Owen St, Uneeda Fruit Co. large stacks of empty fruit boxesOverseers Cottage, Botanical Gardensf. Library Johnsonvillea. Reservoir, Maldive StSummer CityCemeteries - KaroriGeneral - Southern Coastal ScenesUnidentified presentation slidesCivic Centre ReconstructionAro Street, workmen spraying cold fix on newly laid tram railsp. Traffic Safety Weekj. Hanson Street Flats, Stage 3Sakai Sister City Event at Te Papan. Bowls, Mount Victoria ClubCivic Centre - ReconstructionParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose Gardensc. Mansfield Street Flats, Foundation Area, Block 2View of foundered TEV Wahine29 Farish Street - 6 Aug 1968 b. Land to be reclaimed for airport extensionc. Display Centre Health Exhibitions. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systemd. Panorama from Brooklyn Hills, Part 4 of 6 of panoramaa. Traffic Department, Inspector and radar500th ExcentricusMichael Fowler Centre Concertsb. Ohiro Old Peoples Home, Mortimer Terrace, Brooklyna. Hawker Street, Streetscape - damage to footpathThorndon Esplanade u. Baths, Wellington, New ZealandCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Views of coastline from beach, Taputeranga Island in backgroundj. Mansfield Street Flatsa. Footpath, Johnsonville Road, JohnsonvilleA, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991Civic Centre Reconstructionq. Abattoirsa. No 138 Coromandel Streetk. CopiesSummer City - Forecourt FestivalBoatshed of Craft Construction Ltd (boat builders), Balaena Bayg. 55 Waikowhai StreetCustomhouse Quay, newly laid tram tracksKupe Statue Unveilinga. Dwellings, Cockayne Roadv. Substandard dwellings - see log bookg. Zoo - viewsCarmen and L'Arlesienneg. No 100 Hobson StreetDrawing Room, 323 Willis Streetc. Mayoral Reception for visiting Russians
 
 
 

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