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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.

 

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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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Civic Centre ReconstructionCentral Bus Shelter, Oriental ParadeMayor Fowler, Councillor Shand, break new ground, drainage tunnelThe Yeomen of the GuardWellington City Corporation prize winning horsesSummer Citya. Workmen constructing building in Karori reservoir areaa. Drainage - Hutt Roadf. Drainage, Job 8487m. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 MarchSummer Cityb. Steps, Henry Street, Kilbirniea. 33 Hawker Street, Mount Victoria - backyard and collapsed garageOld waiting sheds, Jervois Quay50 Homewood Avenuea. Abattoirsc. Camperdown Rdb. Milk Department, Tory StreetSakai Sister City Events, Civic Square, martial arts displayPhotograph of the new alsphaltic concrete surface. Tram tracks in the road and the Band Rotunda is centre left, Oriental Parade, December 1926b. Mount Victoria AccessHobson Street Frontages, StreetworksCuba Mall, bucket fountaine. Buses with MO Building in backgroundb. No 75 Delhi CrescentCivic Centre - Reconstructioni. Hay St Drainage, job 9350g. Traffic houseUnite against COVID-19, Facebook post, New Zealand to move to traffic light systemOpening day of Brooklyn Resource Centrec. Buildings Willis Stb. Daniell St FlatsWellington Corporation Tramways staffWednesday to Comef. Construction of new bridge, workmen, machinery, motor vehicles. Road is being resurfacedd. Nos 5 and 7 Kellsmere CrescentCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Strathmore Park FlatsElevated view of the construction of tram route to NorthlandMichael Jackson [impersonator]MuralsNairn Street: demolition of old houses for site for Council multi-storey flatsc. Onslow Roadv. Substandard dwellings. see log bookAerial photograph of Rongotai Aerodromef. Japanese Lily, Botanical Gardensr. Reception to Barry Devonportc. views of 91 Waripori Street [Te Wharepōuri Street], a wooden dwelling affected by floodingb. Cnr Cuba and Abel Smith Streetd. Old Tram Barn, Mansfield Street
 
 
 

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