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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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Mobil Street RaceLambton Quay from N.Z.Cos. Insurance Office to AthenaeumNissan Mobila. Traffic, Grosvenor TerraceCivic Centre ReconstructionReception to HM Queen Elizabeth II & HRH the Duke of EdinburghMichael BubléMatuaCivic Centre - Reconstructionb. Kilmore AvenueTall Tales and TangosMobil Street Raceb. Scorching Bay, Worser Baya. Skid Marks, Wakefield StreetSlides for presentation regarding the possibility of A Consumer Driven Local AuthorityThe Mayor meets with Cliff Richardv. Accesses, Black Rock Rd, Glanmire Rd, Woodmancote RdA, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991Panoramas - Harboure. Exterior of airport buildingsSummer CityCivic Centre Reconstructionk. Pedestrian subway, Lambton Quay to Railway Statione. Mobile Diesel Welding Plant no 60, accident to RE Brien, Boilermaker, Mech Eng w/shopsa. Cribwall, Sydney StThe New Seekers and Paper Laceb. Panorama, Job 9105Mobil Street Racel. Drainage, Job 9880. Drainage Reserve Trunk Sewer RelayCivic Centre Reconstructionf. Job 9226 Drainage [north of the railway bridge at Ngauranga Gorge]Saluting Battery, Wellington, New ZealandKarori Cemetery, FP3 and HP3b. Television test, Traffic HouseHobson Street Frontages, Streetworksa. Primative Methodist Church, Webb Streeta. No 61 Chelmsford StNgaio Gorge sewer tunnel, break throughd. Tanera Parke. Gleneagles, Lambton Quay and The TerraceFlower Beds, Botanic Gardena. Roadworks, workmen, trucks, excavating machinery, commercial buildingsDeparture of First Contingent for South Africa aboard the S S "Waiwera", 21 October 1899b. Broken Safety Bollard, Jervois Quay, views South and North from Bollarde. No 44 Owen St, Uneeda Fruit CoSummer City - Sound Shell ConcertPortrait of Harriet Estalll. No 35 Bedford St, House damaged by stormThe Dire Straits Experienceb. Interior Pumping Station, Swedish Bridge, Johnsonville
 
 
 

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