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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

c. G A Hart, 1929-1935Heritage Buildings roll 1016Summer City - Holmes and Judge Dance ShowSummer City - Holmes and Judge Dance Showi. Akatarawa Forestd. Job 9105h. Play Area, Kipling Street Reserve, Johnsonvilled. Food trucksElevated views of Lambton Quay, Hunter Street, Customhouse QuaySummer CitySummer Cityh. Laboratory Water TestSister City Photo Competition: prize presentations at Michael Fowler Centre with Mayor Sutherland (Sydney)Portrait of Henry Charles Clarke WrightDixon Street, City, Road Surfaceb. Drainage, 42 inch Main, Johnsonvillef. WCC staff social Golf Tournament, Shandon ClubCivic Centre Reconstruction13, 15, 23 Hanson Street, sub-standard houseso. Interior of Laboratory at Corporation YardPanoramas - HarbourThe New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Straight Guardian, 15 September 1849Civic Centre Reconstructiond. Visit of Japanese Youth Group to Sir Francis Kittsy. VariousHouses in Aro Street area, Scotta. Residential development, Houghton Bay Roadb. Traffic Safety Week, Majestic CabaretHis Royal Highness Prince Philip / Duke of Edinburgh visitDiplomats: Mayor's ReceptionMornington-Ridgeway subdivision, City Valuer's Departmentf. Presentation by Sir Ian McLennan, Traffic Safety WeekKelburn Park, Hunter Builder in backgroundj. Seatoun Heights Roade. Opening of Parliament, Parliament Groundsn. Construction of drainage channels, Wellington Airportb. Hole in footpath, Willis-Willeston StsHouses in Aro Street area, Scottf. Happy Valley Rd, traffic prosecution'Russell & Sons, Grocery, Drapery, Hardware and Produce Store'. The 'New Northland Methodist Church' is being built on the extreme rightJellybeanr. Mount Victoria tunnel, Eastern approachesAerial View of Wellington 1947, Lyall Bay, Marine Drive and bayMobil Street Racez. Civil Defence, Copies Instruction SignsNissan Mobil 500bf. Substandard dwellingsh. Views of coastline from beach, Taputeranga Island in backgroundGreaseb. Copies of plans of Mansfield Street Flats, Harrison Street Flats, Nairn Street Flats development
 
 
 

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