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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
 
 

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e. Views of wooden dwellings, pathways, bank covered in scubRubbish and recyclingSummer City - Sound Shell ConcertWellington City Council Tour of Works: officials arrivingTaroona fabricated box and nozzle plateCapital Development Agency - Santa ParadeMural, Newtown Schoold. Display at Winter ShowSummer Cityh. Anti-litter paradeSummer Cityl. No 35 Bedford St, House damaged by stormi. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptGrainger Street, South facingd. Anti-litter paradeSummer Cityj. Views from Townsend EstateSummer Cityp. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 Marchd. Alleged accident bridge, Lennel StreetSummer City, Maori and Pacific Island FestivalSummer Cityh. Backyards, Vivian StreetKent Terrace, workmen hoisting drums of Cold Fix onto Cold Fix Spraying Trailerf. Berhampore Nursery, glass houseal. Rugby, Martin Luckie ParkViews from top Preston's Gully, views of Happy Valley TipSummer Cityb. Excavations, Manners StreetSummer Cityo. Safety Week, Traffic Depte. two women hanging out washing on a rotary clothes lineCorner of Rintoul Street and Luxford Street, BerhamporeSummer City - Straw Fight / Building Stagea. Kerb and Channel, Hutt Roadb. Construction site, with the Power Station in the backgroundd. AbattoirsSakai Sister City Event at Te PapaElectrical machinery at a power stationMichael Fowler Centre, exterior viewb. AbattoirsProgress Tea Room, Botanic GardensCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)b. Voltaire St, rubbish in Kand C (Craigwin Dev Ltd)Civic Centre Reconstructionm. Views of coastline from beach, Taputeranga Island in backgroundSummer Citye. AbattoirsLooking along Khandallah Road, the Ngaio Post and Telephone Office is on the leftMobil Street Race
 
 
 

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