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Panorama of Oriental Parade and Oriental Bay

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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

Nissan Mobill. Mataroa Street (LB Harford), encroachment on Town Belt, taken from Salamanca Rdbo. Substandard dwellingsSummer CityPanoramas - Harboura: 237 Willis Street, former Tremorne Private Hotel, front facadeb. Municipal Parking Building, The TerraceInterior of Tramshed, NewtownOrongorongo and Wainuiomata water catchment area, damCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer City - Landing PartyCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)b. Karori Flats, Chaytor Street (A Williams)b. Slip, 92 Parkvale Road, Karorib. Looking south from Grey Street. Sightseeing bus is waiting to pull into the traffic, motor vehicles. Harbour Board Office and wharf sheds on left hand side of road. The Huddart Parker buidling is on the corner of Grey StreetCorner of Plunket Street and Fairview Crescentb. Churchill Drivef. Cracked footpath, Woodhouse AvenueMargaret Sauvarin, librarian, allocating new artworksC, Installing artwork, artistNissan Mobilh. Pedestrian subway, Lambton Quay to Railway Stationa. Working Mens Club, Mercer StreetParks and Gardens, Begonia Housed. Marshall Court FlatsSir & Lady Denys Lowson, Lord Mayor of London: Civic Banqueth. Pilot tunnel for motorway, Windsor Placeb. No 20 Walter Sta. Scaffolding Accident, D I C, Lambton QuayWellington Public Library: photocharging issuesae. Traffic/buildingsc. A brick and concrete warehouse for Levin and Company LtdAeroplane taking off from a beachYouth Council ?g. Seatoun Heights RoadSummer Citye. Traffic Safety Week, 17-24 Marcha. Observation bus tourCivic Centre Reconstructiony. Opening, Civil Defence HQCopies: King Dick lion at zooCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Aotea Quayaq. Road Safety service at Wellington Cathedral of St PaulCopies: Sports teams 1920sa. Construction of Airport Runway, Drainage12 Drake Street, illegal buildingh. Cnr Ganges Road and Dekka StreetDead Tragich. Traffic Safety Week, Majestic Cabaret
 
 
 

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ANZ Tower Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo

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