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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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Summer City - Sun Festival BannersTown HallCourtenay Place, North facingc. Mount Victoria Development schemem. Observation bus tourBravo, the Ballete. Clyde Quay Tavern, slipped bank - house - no 2 Hood Ste. Streetscape, Rongotai Road, Kilbirniec. Traffic schoolc. Display at Winter Showm. Abattoirsb. No 4 Trafalgar StreetKaituna IIg. Municipal Parking Building, The Terracep. Zoob. Food trucksScouts (overseas)-Representatives & NZ Hostsh. House Refuse Trucksc. No 2 Parliament StreetCivic Centre Reconstructionb. ZooCinderellaq. Interiors, New Ladies Conveniences, Harris and Victoria Sts cornerOld St Pauls Cathedral, interior viewb. No 31 Jackson StreetCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Re-lining interior, Onslow Water TankSummer City - Holmes Judge Dance ShowPhotograph of Jane (nee Paul), wife of G Allen, Mayor 1879a. Motor vehicle, registration number 34-378Michael Fowler Centre ConcertsCivic Centre ReconstructionCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Miramar: Damage to Street Works. Mr Hunt's instructions to Mr Murphy (Wellington City Council Inspector)b. Fraser Avenuev. Flats, Open Space Surroundingad. Regent Park, Flat no 21. Hanson Street Block 1, Flat no 26. Hanson Street Block 2, Flat no 36b. No 59 Rex Sta. Intersection, boy on bicycle, motor vehicles, looking eastNZ Law Society 16th Triennial Conference. DelegatesStewart Fountain, Christchurchg. Glenmore street - corner below viaductNoises Off, Michael Frayns Famous Comedye. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systemAn Ordinary Exhibition of Extraordinary New Zealand Artw. Various buildings and shops, Lambton Quay, Manners St, Featherston St, Panama Streetcj. Substandard dwellingse. New bridge, Awarua Street Railway Stationb. 42 inch main, Johnsonvillek. Reception, Town Hall, Sir Arthur Porritt
 
 
 

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