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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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a. No 22 Maida Vale Roadn. Interior of Laboratory at Corporation YardPanoramas - Harbourd. Site of proposed Transport Terminali. Views from sightseeing busad. Flats, Herbert Gardens-Dixon St. Civil Defence, Webb StSakai Sister City Events. Mike Dransfieldd. Koromiko Road and Mount Pleasant Road, Mitchelltowne. No 21 Fancourt Stc. Crusher plant, Ngauranga Quarryb. Abattoirso. Safety Week, Traffic Deptc. No. 209 The Terraceb. Views from sightseeing buse. Concrete mixer, Corporation YardCivic Centre ReconstructionParks and Recreation - Summer City, Frank Kitts Park80 Simla Crescente. Broderick Road flats, General views and environsa. 139 Elizabeth StCashmere playground, Christchurcht. Mayoral reception, President Park, South KoreaInterior of the National Bank, Courtenay Placeb. Pavilion, Anderson Parku. Orongorongoa. Streetscape, Newlands Road, Newlandsr. Reception Georgian State DancersWorld Blues Revue 2004c. Portrait of unidentified personCable Car, University StopCity Scapes - Suburbs, church being shifted from Childers Terrace, KilbirnieCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityElevated view of Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place intersectionf. Clyde Quay Tavern, slipped bank - house - no 2 Hood Staf. VariousNissan Mobil 500Brooklyn Library, Official openingd. Sunshine Avenuea. No 14 Majoribanks StreetCouncil Chambersd. Melrose Subdivisionb. Abattoirsi. No 45 Springfield Terrace, WallCivic Centre - ReconstructionGeneral - Southern Coastal Scenesc. Waterworks Reserve - Orongorongon. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systemLooking towards Tasman Street intersection, with the Mount Cook Gaol on hill in background, 1926Ray Mole at Otari Wilton Bush.
 
 
 

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