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Wellington City nightscape, City reflected in harbour

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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
 
 

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e. Nos 196, 198, 200 Sutherland Roadw. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon StSalamanca Road, cars parked along kerbe. Nos 105-107 Wilton Roada. Hobsons Gully DrainageOpening day of Brooklyn Resource CentrePanoramas - Harbourf. Employee, Milk Deptbm. Golf Tournament, Shandon ClubCustomhouse Quay, workmen using air drills to prepare area for new tram tracksGlover Park, constructiond. Hay St Drainage, job 9350b. New Batching Plant, Corporation yardg. Views of streetscape, road surface, road works, machinery, motor vehicles, people, street signs, commercial buildings, Foresters Arms HotelCuba Mall openingSummer Citye. No 7 Tio Tio RoadCivic Centre - ReconstructionWellington Central Public Library: back lawn 1950'sMercer & Willis Streets-looking towards Dominion buildingh. Kearney Estated. Standen Streeta. Kaitokeb. Bay Roadb. Anti-litter paradeChews Lane, Willis Street entranceHamlet The BalletCivic Centre Reconstructiond. No 149 Main Road, JohnsonvilleMobil Street RaceCivic Centre ReconstructionPanoramas - Harbourb. No 8 Severn StMobil Street Racea. Scaffolding Accident, D I C, Lambton QuayPost Office bound Tramcar at top of Brooklyn RoadTower Block at the Centennial Exhibitionb. Truck no 636Dalgety's No. 1 StoreSummer City - Zoo DayPortrait of Charles F Worth, Councillorm. Flats, Open Space Surroundingf. Traffic, Willis StWellington Zoo, barbary sheepWellington City Corporation Yard , Cable Street. Piece of tram rail specially made for Miramar Junctionc. a-n. Various streetsi. Drainage, Curtis Streetd. Backyards, Vivian StreetThe Tiger LilliesPeople waiting at the University stop for the Cable Car
 
 
 

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