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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

SEN, Director General, UN Food & Agriculture OrganizationSecondary Schools: Principals, Projects & Parents receptiond. Pembroke Rd. Huntingdon St. Awarua St. Fox StYAY! Leanna Plunket and Sally Stopfortha. Karori Reservoir area, workmen installing pipesb. New buildingse. Road Works, Queens Drive, Lyall BayCivic Centre ReconstructionFrank Kitts on stageSummer Cityd. Monorgan RoadPanoramas - Harbourd. Various types of Corporation HousesCuba Mall, Ron Flook and Jim McMeekinj. Mount Victoria Development schemeLove off the Shelfr. Substandard dwellings. see log bookb. Abattoirsn. Clay Bank - Botanic Garden, rose gardeni. Elevated view of Railway Tram Terminus on Thorndon Quay / Featherston Street - people waiting for trams, buses, motor vehicles2, 4, 6 Evelyn Place: vandalised housesResidential area, Kelburn. View of concrete channel and access to no. 10 and 10aa. Job 9105b. Abattoirsd. Karori Reservoir, Bypass OverflowWellington Zoo, MeerkatsNissan Mobil 500m. Mount Victoria tunnel, Eastern approachesWellington City Council Zoo, Kiwif. Drainage pipe in groundm. Workmen are working on the tramtracks inside the Karori Tunnel, outside entrance to tunnel. Machinery, motor vehicles, road worksExecutive and Guests, Wellington Show Association 50th Golden Jubilee Annual General MeetingCruise Ships in Wellington HarbourCarols By Candle Lightf. No 2 Anderson TerraceDon Quixoteh. engineering shopa. Job 9105Civic Centre Reconstructionc. Panorama, Newlands Reservec. Unknown interiord. Flats, Hanson Street, Mansfield Street and Miro Streetc. Accesses, Tisdall StreetMobil Street Raceg. Wilton Road tunnelb. No 72 Mortimer TerraceExterior of the Town Hall, being prepared and decorated for the Royal Visit.b. Reservoirs: Haywards - constructing pumping station and Punjab Street - watertank and views from areab. AbattoirsSummer City, Begonia House entertainment
 
 
 

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