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Panorama of Oriental Parade and Oriental Bay

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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

a. Boulcott StSummer CityPanoramas - Harboura. Traffic/buildingsg. Cafeteria, Staff and customersa. Views of bulldozer creating new accessa. Streetscape, Cambridge Terrace2017 New Zealand Brass Band ChampionshipsSlides for presentation regarding the possibility of A Consumer Driven Local Authorityg. MED, Drainage, Wallace Std. Job 2658, pedestrian access, unidentified locationFull coverage of all sides of G P O, Panama Street, G P O footpath, streetscape, Featherston Street, G P O footpathTweets, WCL Messages about He Matapihi Molesworth Library closures during Covid-19 protestCivic Centre Reconstruction23 Richmond Avenue: broken sewer drain, general state of kerb etcb. Town plannera. Newlands Stream + environsCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Summer City, A Touch of the SunMobil Street Raceg. Drainage tunnel, Whaikowhai Rda. 8-4 Branch, Park Rd, Waterworksf. John Morris (Reserves Dept) for Councilmani. Traffic Patrol CarCivic Centre ReconstructionPanoramas - Harbourh. Chaytor St. Upland Rd. Traffic depta. Garage, Mortimer Terracea. Road surface, Mana and Krull Streetsh. Visit of Cardinal McKeefrey to MayorWellington City Council Housing: WiltonCostumes worn by Wellington Women between 1840 and 1951Civic Centre ReconstructionNissan Mobil 500Mobil Street Raced. Trucks, Eden Stc. Abattoirsc. Nos 16-18 Hopper StreetSummer Cityg. Elevated view of Railway Tram Terminus on Thorndon Quay / Featherston Street - people waiting for trams, buses, motor vehiclesWellington Zoo, visitors and Zoo keepersTelephone Exchange, Featherston StreetChildren playing in Pigeon Parkd. Accesses, Fraser Avenue, nos 58-31f. Streetscape, Bunny Street intersectionc. Kings Chambers, Willis StreetGlenmore Street and Horseshoe Bend, Western Accessb. Crawford RdCivic Centre - Reconstructiony. Copies, old photos, milk dept
 
 
 

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