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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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a. Waterloo QuaySummer City - Zoo DayB+, StaffSakai Sister City Event at Te Papab. Streetscape, Sefton Street, WadestownAir Marshall Asgar Khan, Pakistan SEATOCivic Centre Reconstructionr. views of McAllister Park, Berhampore School in the backgroundd. People on lawn, Civic Squareb. Drainage, Park RoadMount Victoria Tunneli. Micro-strainerc. Interiors, New Ladies Conveniences, Harris and Victoria Sts cornera. Alleged Accident, Boards on footpath, Willis Streetf. Drainage Plant, Ngauranga Gorgeb. Copies from Magazineb. Zoo, tigerj. Traffic Safety Week, Majestic CabaretCommissioners of the Australian State Railways, with Mayor KittsOtaki, Flour Millg. Donald Streetb. Working Mens Club, Mercer StreetPoint Jerningham & Evans Bay RoadAccess to properties in residential area, road is unsealed. The road is unsealed, prior to improvements to access to the western suburbsVal Murphy performing at the Monde Marie coffee barRailway Station, Bunny StreetGovernment Court at the Centennial ExhibitionMayoral chainSummer Cityi. Reception, Mayor's room, New Caledonia Swimming Teamn. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptCivic CentreTezukaNissan Mobila. Motor vehicles / trucks parked in Herbert Street, commercial buildings. C R McKay, Sheet Metal Workers on the left on the corner of Edward Steet. Looking north towards Manners Street. Herbert Street became part of Victoria Street when Victoria Street wg. Storm damage, Ngaio Gorge Rd, Atlantic Oil Coi. Melrose Subdivisione. Mayor's room, boy presenting plaque to Mayorh. No 22 Brooklyn Road, sewer overflow in and around houseThe Play That Goes Wrongf. Quebec Streetb. Surface conditions of various streets and footpathsGreaseOriental Paradea. Motor Vehicles, Registration number 87-446 and 42-049Queens Wharf and Departure of the New Zealand Contingentb. Bruce AvenuePigeon Park [Te Aro Park]f. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction Signsb. Sea Wall
 
 
 

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