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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

i. Cooking contest in MED showrooms59 Ghuznee Street, Bath House, Private HotelMobil Street Racej. Reception, Marshall Kuy, South VietnamColour negatives, progress, Cuba MallThe Slippery Operah. Streetscape, 23 Duncan Terrace, Kilbirnieb. No 90 Rakau Roadd. Interior of drainage tunnel, workman inside drainage tunnelCivic Centre - ReconstructionSummer CitySummer Cityaq. Rugby, Martin Luckie Parkp. Laboratory, Corporation yardCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Sar Street entrance to sewer tunnelj. Mount Victoria tunnel, Eastern approachesOpening day of Brooklyn Resource CentreHis Royal Highness Prince Philip with Councillor BatemanCarmen and L'Arlesiennel. Ngauranga Gorge, excavation for harbour fille. No 11 Arlington StGroup of men in fautasi, Apia, Samoar. Pipes and structureKelburn ViaductCivic Centre - Reconstructionp. Lawn MO building, Customhouse Quaye. Traffic/buildingsSummer City - Hotter Than Evern. Civil defence exercisead. Nairn Street Flats, interiorsWellington Bowling Club, 'present pavilion'a. Footpath, Hill StIsabel Whatarau Cowan and Melva Pukia. New Council in Sessiona. Inspector Hayes, Traffic deptSummer Cityb. Kahikatea GrovePhotograph of the new alsphaltic concrete surface, surfacing completed on Carlton Gore Road, May 1926 and Evans Bay Road, October 1925, Carlton Gore Road and Evans Bay Road, October 1925-May 1926Portrait of girl of the Allen familyh. Mayoral Reception for visiting Russiansam. ZooSir W & Lady Norrie welcomed as Governor GeneralArlington Street, urban renewal old houses on present sitesh. The MayorRoad Construction, Pembroke Road, Wiltonn. Land Projects Ltd, Happy Valley Rd, proposed industrial siteb. Onslow Roadb. Motor Vehicle No. 558-490a. Drainage, Moa Point
 
 
 

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