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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

Flooding, JohnsonvilleInterior of the National Bank, Courtenay Placeb. Boulcott TerraceStreetscape, Happy Valley Road, Happy ValleyCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Mobil Street Racef. No 149 Main Road, Johnsonvillea. No's 8-10-12 Hopper StSummer City - Holmes and Judge Dance ShowParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose Gardensb. 44 Barnard Street, stormwaterb. Liardet Street, [MacAlister Park, Berhampore]a. Tinakori Roadd. Seatoun Tunnelb. Contract No. 2004, Construction of Retaining Wall & Crane Frame, Webb Streetl. Drainage, Wellington Airportb. Wilton Road Drainage TunnelCopies: Newtown ParkSaint Gerard's cathedralCivic Centre Reconstructionn. No 24 Crieff Sta. Helston Road wideningWellington City Corporation Yard , Cable Street. Piece of tram rail specially made for Miramar Junction.Ms Bacon-US Charge d'Affairesb. Railway StationSummer CityPanoramas - Harbourc. Upper Hutt ReservoirFestival of the Arts, interior of St James Theatred. Re-lining interior, Onslow Water TankOwhiro Bay Schoola. Glamis Avenueb. Dog dosing site, Birdwood Stg. Parking problems in streets, Town PlanMount Victoria Flats (for City Valuer), Paterson Street extension to Dufferin Stf. views of, workmen, machineryNZ Malay Squadron (march past)Summer CityWalkway by Duck Pond, Botanic GardenJervois Quay, Queen's Wharf and cement testing machinePanoramas - Cable Card. New bridge, Solomons Knob, Wainui Reservoir, Wainui water catchment areaf. Municipal Parking Building, The TerraceCentennial Exhibition, Tower Block and TowerJ.H Vernon and Marae representativesColour negatives, progress, Cuba MallCopy photograph of certificates presented by Education Board of the District of WellingtonBotanic Gardensf. Inspector Oakley, Luminous Jacket, Stewart Dawson's cornerSummer City
 
 
 

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