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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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a. No 23 Waipapa Roadf. MED, Drainage, Wallace StCivic Centre - ReconstructionMayor's Reception for Noel Henry, newly appointed French MinisterCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)d. No 22 Brooklyn Road, sewer overflow in and around housee. Nos 26-28-30 Rochester Streeta. Elevated Streetscape, Dixon Street, Te Arob. Mr AMF Wallis, Civil Defence Instructor, receiving instruction certificatea. Seascape, Princess BayMobil Street Racea. Trench (MED)t. Emerson Street, Berhampore, FloodingNYC, The Short Ballets from The Big Applec. Slip, 9 Waru Street, KhandallahCivic Centre ReconstructionThe Rock, BNZ Centreb. Mairangi Roadao. Copies of oil paintings and old photosm. Waterworks, Orongorongo, Wainui50 Homewood AvenueCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Food Handling, Health DeptSummer CitySakai Sister City Event at Te PapaWellington Public Library: Book of double fore-edge paintings held at WPLd. Motorcycles, Traffic housec. Hanson St, Newtownt. Traffic Safety Weeka. Mr Colin Maynard for Councilmand. Views of yard and driveway access to 189 Buckley Roada. New Dwellings, 11 to 15 Kahikatea Grove, Newlandsq. Backyards, Vivian Streete. Drainage, Cockburn Street, KilbirnieBrooklyn Hill, TramSummer Citym. Unidentified location, parked motor vehiclesf. Akatarawa ForestGrainger Streetb. Donald StreetKarori Library, Spinning DemonstrationNissan Mobild. Traffic DepartmentSummer City - Beach FestivalWellington Corporation Tramways Pay-In Office, Thorndon QuayElevated view of Featherston Street, looking south towards Lambton Quaye. Cenotaph, Government Buildingsi. Motor vehicle in display from Manthel MotorsAlbum 1, Wellington Anniversary Day, 1995Summer City
 
 
 

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