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Kia ora, welcome to Wellington City Archives, Te Kano Kohinga Kupu o Pōneke.

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
 
 

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Summer City - Holmes and Judge Dance ShowSummer Citya. Khandallah Pool View from Onslow Rdq. Mayoral ReceptionsWahine IIe. Flats, buildings, scenesaf. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction Signse. 9 Mein Street, a single-storey wooden buildingTaranaki Streetb. 56 Hawker St, cracked wallan. Food Handling, Hydatids, House InspectionTram 40, built by Rouse & Hurrell in 1905/1906d. Railway Stationn. Drainage work, diversion of main interceptor Sydney Street West, sewer diversion and overflow Whitmore and Featherston Street, and Thorndon Quay Transport Terminal, stormwatera. Motor Vehicles, Registration number 87-446 and 42-049Civic Centre Reconstructionb. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 MarchPaper bags on standa. Streetscape, Argentine AvenueGilbert Young play area, prior to construction of parkx. Visit of Chief Constable of LancashireLand Purchase for housing purposes, NorthlandArts Bonus installation, Lambton Quayad. Sar St, WashoutDisplay featuring historic MED photographsThe Gruffalod. Site of Rubbish Tip, Kelburn Schoolh. Clay Bank - Botanic Garden, rose gardene. Accesses, Fraser Avenue, nos 58-31Kupe Statue Unveilinga. Industrial Building, RongotaiWellington Corporation Tramways rugby football team, group photographg. Berhampore Nursery, potting shedCivic Centre - ReconstructionParks and Recreation - Founders Weekendi. Laboratorym. Demolition, Kings Chambers. No 18 Mein St. No 18 St Michael's CresWellington Public Library, Daily News Bulletin, 25 October 1991b. Calabar Road, MiramarTe Wharepōuri Street Name Correction CelebrationSummer CityCrowd of people looking at a lioness in a cageRobert Hannah Centre, Eva StreetLenny Henry, So Much Things to SayFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)Porirua shopping areaj. Road Safety Week, Traffic Department Hugh Wright Ltd, Willis StreetMonuments, Memorials, Wahineb. Traffic Safety Week Presentationa. No 26 pumping station
 
 
 

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