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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

 

  
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Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

f. AbattoirsCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer City - Zoo DayQueen Mother ReceptionNissan MobilSummer City - Tech CrewCivic Centre ReconstructionTown Hall BlockIsland Bay School, Clyde Street, Island Bayc. Plant no 503a. Views of foundationsCopies: King Dick lion at zooDr Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury & Mayor, receptionRepublic BusSummer City - Hotter Than Evere. Box Hill Railway BridgeGathering at Brooklyn Resource Centreb. Drainage Hay St ReserveB, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991e. Elevated view of Railway Tram Terminus on Thorndon Quay / Featherston Street - people waiting for trams, buses, motor vehiclesWhale at Lyall Bay, July 1912b. View from Townsend Estatef. Footpath, Brooklyn Rd-Nairn Street Flatsb. 6 Torrens Tced. No 28 Todman StreetCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer Cityn. KaitokeAlbum 1, Wellington Anniversary Day, 1995a. Path, Taft StreetTe Aro redevelopment areab. 186 Darlington Road, a single storey wooden dwelling. Concrete steps leading up to propertyA Midsummer Nights Dreamb. Drainage, Whitmore Streeta. Traffic Department, Presentation to School Childrenc. Cecil Road (F. Miles)a. Farewell to Sir Bernard FergusonMobil Street RaceBotanic Gardens Gates, Glenmore Streetf. Brosnahan Terracee. Inside Drainage Pumping Station, Whitmore Streetae. Farewell function to Mr John H Henning - US ambassadorSummer Cityc. Wellington City and Harbour from the Botanic Gardend. Views of No. 17 Ohiro Road, a single story dwelling. Derelict vehicles and rubble in yard, fill blocking stream. Commissioned by staff member:W Lees, City Engineers DepartmentNissan Mobilc. Mayoral Reception for visiting Russiansag. Shandon Golf ClubChristmas Wishes, King Dick, Wellington ZooParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Floriade
 
 
 

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