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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

k. Reception, traffic housec. Hobson St, Drainage Job 9812g. Presentation by Sir Ian McLennan, Traffic Safety Weekm. No 3 Kemp Sta. Karori Main Road, Footpath, New Libraryf. Hobson Street Drainage, Thorndon Quayc. Residential development, Houghton Bay Roade. Road works, workmen and associated machinery, front end tractor, roller, grader, crane, trucks, motor vehiclesMobil Street Raceb. Cuba StKupe Statue Unveilingg. Lawn MO building, Customhouse QuayMakurac. Typing pool group, Town Clerk's Depta. No 70 Camperdown Roadj. Karori Chapel, Anzac DayMatariki FireworksHinemoan. Drainage tunnel, Whaikowhai Rda. Ferguson sweeperl. Drainage, 42 inch Main, JohnsonvilleCivic Centre Reconstructiona. 15 Duppa StTrolley Buses at Railway Stationas. Central Library, interior and exteriorBuller Residence, 114 The Terracea. Demolition, Kings Chambers. No 18 Mein St. No 18 St Michael's CresHis Royal Highness Prince Philip / Duke of Edinburgh viewing a council display with Councillors and Department Heads, Mayor Frank KittsOpening day of Brooklyn Resource CentreOwnersCity Scapes - Suburbs, church being shifted from Childers Terrace, KilbirnieMobil Street Races. Traffic Safety Week, Motor Court, Display CentreCOVID 19 Level 3 Lockdown CBD and Waterfrontb. New Treatment Plant, Waterworks, Wainuit. Flats and buildings; Views from Lombard Street pkg building and interior vib. Exterior of pumping station1914-1915 Star and ribbon Temporary Corporal Francis William Desmond 8/2896Reception to HM Queen Elizabeth II & HRH the Duke of EdinburghDwelling, Ghuznee Street - residence of T W McKenziec. Accesses, Barnard StVictoria Streets. Tulip Sunday, Botanic Gardena. Intersection, boy on bicycle, motor vehicles, looking eastCarols By Candle Lightd. No 8 Girton Tce, hole caused by private sewer drain on footpathElvis Costello and the Rude 5, Come Back in a Million Years Tourc. No 23 Dorking RoadFlamencoCivic Centre Reconstruction
 
 
 

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Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo Zealandia

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