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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 Reconstructionc. Flat site, No 559 Adelaide Rda. Abattoirs - Maldive StSummer Cityad. Reception for President Johnson, USA, Civic Square - with Mayor KittsSummer CityKelburn Bowling Club and Visitors from Wellington Club, Opening Daya. Unidentified residential area. Workmen pouring gravel / concrete into a large trench. Machinery and equipmentJoe Orton's Farce, What the Butler SawKarori CemeteryElevated view of Kilbirnie, Centennial ExhibitionOfficial opening, new cable car systemWellington City Council Traffic Dept.: training equipmentCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityWhale at Lyall Bay, July 1912Slim Dusty, Waltzing Matilda Tourb. Leyland-Leopard Busb. Drainage Work, Ngaio Roadj. Stirling St, stormwaterOttawa Road shops, Ngaio, view looking northb. Meter warden (Miss Henwood)a. MED Trench, Hankey StQueens Wharf and Departure of the New Zealand ContingentSummer Citya. Footpath, 235 Karori RoadNissan Mobilb. Raroa RoadNissan Mobil 500e. No 44 Owen St, Uneeda Fruit Con. Traffic Safety Week, Motor Court, Display CentreBeatles at Town Hall 1964 performanceSummer City - Kite Day / Skits in Schoolsf. No 100 Hobson StreetGeneral - Southern Coastal Scenesd. Crematorium, Karori Cemetery - cracks in wallWellington City Council Tour of Works: Housing, work in progressa. Harrisons Store, NewlandsWooden dwellings up on bank on right, tram tracks in road. Photograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Wallace Street, February 1926Duke of Edinburgh at Mayor's receptionY2K night, before midnight, 31 Dec 1999Wellington City Council Administration Building: Foyer (bust of Duke of Wellington)Artists, Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm) and Jacqui Fraser, City Art GalleryMobil Street Racef. Position of NZBC lights in Town Halle. Footpaths, Roadways, Manholesg. Abattoirsb. Traffic, Herd StWellington Zoop. Streetscape, Cobham Drive, Calabar Road. Motor vehicles
 
 
 

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