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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. Copy Traffic SignsWellington Zoo, tigerr. Regent Park, Flat no 21. Hanson Street Block 1, Flat no 26. Hanson Street Block 2, Flat no 36No 1, 3, 5 and 7 Evelyn Place: houses and yardsNissan Mobilag. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction Signsh. Naval Guard, Town Hallb. Cyclist Presentation, Traffic houseb. Taranaki - Buckle StreetsSummer City - Hot Café with a Little Percolation / Human Jukeboxh. Presentation, Shell Trophy, Thorndon SchoolParks and Recreation - Founders Weekendb. No 23 Dorking RoadSummer CityMichael Fowler Centre Concertsi. Nairn Street Flats, Official opening ceremony1 Hutchinson Road, Bayliss (for City Valuer)b. Truck no 612, Ebor StreetInterior, Number One Barn, Kilbirnieh. Reception to Lochiel, Chief of the Cameron ClanKilbirnie Crescente. Karori Reservoir area, workmen installing pipesg. Footpath, Churchill Drive, Crofton Downsc. Various accesses, Karori-Northland-NewlandsCivic Centre - Reconstructionj. Views of Wellington from Fitchetts FarmWellington Public Library: photocharging systemGeneral - Southern Coastal Scenese. Observation bus tourSailing Ship, Pamir, Wellington Harbourk. Airport, drainage workKatea f. Mataroa Street (LB Harford), encroachment on Town Belt, taken from Salamanca Rdan. Zoog. Machines, Burma Roada. Crane in Corporation YardCommercial buildings, on the west side of Lambton Quayi. Railway StationCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer Cityb. Drainage, Lido Theatreb. Panorama of Abattoirsa. Job 9136y. Golf Tournament, Shandon Clubaw. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic Deptc. Street litterTram Terminus, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New ZealandWW1 Engraving "Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe"d. Jervois QuayMain Road, Karori
 
 
 

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