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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

Civic Centre Reconstructiona. Kelburn Cable Car Terminusm. Accident to Gradall no 87, Gilbarco Factory, Tauhinu Roadd. Raroa RoadBlessing ceremony for Childcare Centre for Wellington City Council employees, 16 Hugh StreetZoo: holiday programmeElevated view of Hotel Saint George, corner of Boulcott Street and Willis StreetOpening day of Brooklyn Resource Centreaj. Boulcott Street: no. 5Gomezf. Abattoirsa. Nos 276-280 Main Road Karori, service station, houses demolishedb. Streetworks, Taranaki Streete. Council Chamber, presentation to Mr Pritchard, GM of Transport Deptb. Kitchen, Le Normandie, Cuba Streetc. Motorcycle testing, Motor car testing, meter repairs, traffic housec. Albert Street, damage to kerb and channellingSummer City - Monster Mash / Fireworks PrepCarlton Gore Roadn. Job 7990 WaterworksHinemoaRigolettoc. Workmen in front of 42 to 48 Adelaide Road, billboard for Cremolta to the rightac. Food Handling, Health Deptc. Drainage, Elsdon Point Outfall ChamberSummer CityPanoramas - HarbourPhotograph of the new alsphaltic concrete surface, Carlton Gore Road, May 1926c. Streetscapesb. Street repairsSummer Cityf. 18 Grafton RoadArlington Street, urban renewal old houses on present sitesb. Arthur Streetaz. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon StNissan Mobil 500d. Streetscape, Taranaki Street, Mount Cookb. Streetscape, Dixon Street, Te AroComplexity of Belongingx. Mayoral Receptionsa. Railway Stationb. Diesel busesElevated view of the Basin Reserve, from the Buckle Street / Sussex Street cornerFireworks, Summer Citye. Proposed 27 inch sw pipe at half costk. Views from sightseeing busSummer Citya. Contract No. 2033, Construction of Substation, 157 Rongotai Road & Troy Streeta. Single storey wooden dwellings, footpaths, motorvehiclesMichael Fowler Centre
 
 
 

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