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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

e. Reception Georgian State Dancers'Valentines', Fidel's, 234 Cuba Streetb. Mr AMF Wallis, Civil Defence Instructor, receiving instruction certificateEnglish Electric Mark II - outside Central Fire StationGrainger Street, South facinga. Inside of drain and outletCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Mobil Street RaceIlluminated certificate of service and cover letters Temporary Corporal Francis William Desmond 8/2896 Summer CityGroup on Stage in PoriruaWellington COVID 19 Lock Down walk and drive aroundMobil Street RaceDemolition of Evans buildingc. Town Planning, Traffic, Courtenay Placef. Onslow Collegeab. Flats and buildings; Views from Lombard Street pkg building and interior vib. Footpath, No 33 Home St90 Salamanca Roadj. Laboratory, Corporation yardb. Cracked concrete wall, 60a Ferry StreetParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose GardensCoppeliaCivic Farewell, Lord and Lady Cobham, Governor General of New Zealand 1957-1962i. Book to be presented to Governor General Viscount Cobham, from Wellington City CouncilOtari Park (children)a. Site of proposed Japanese Garden, Botanic Gardena. Panoramic view of Rongotai from Wexford RoadAdmiral Chatterij, Indian Navya. View of construction site, workmen are pouring concrete into framingColour negatives, progress, Cuba MallNissan MobilWellington East Girls College swimming pool, children playingi. Job 3104, Warwick StSummer CityOpening day cakeq. Whitmore Street SW ConstructionA, Open Day, Saturday, 7 December, 1991Capital Development Agency - Santa ParadeDownstage 25th anniversarye. Walworth Road tipb. Inside Drainage Pumping Station, Whitmore Streetl. Cuba Street, Rear entrancesb. Mr Malcolm Earle City Solicitor & Staffd. Queen Elizabeth ParkWillis Street, Circa 1920c. Defective Hydraulic Part, loader no 95Karori Automatic SubstationKilmore Avenue, demolition of houses, Arlington Street and surrounding areas, Troloven. Inspection of damage to buildings, Corporation yard
 
 
 

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