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Boat Harbour Wellington NZ, No. 391

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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

J W H Scotland's Caudron Biplane, Wigram, ChristchurchCivic Centre Reconstructiono. Display Centre Health Exhibitiona. Inter Island Ferry WharfWalk in OtariSummer Cityb. Slip that has affected a residential propertyg. Buildings on waterfrontElevated view of the Terrace Areabl. Safety Week, Traffic DeptSteve Earled. Laboratory staff, Tests for Traffic Deptc. FlatsPanoramas - Harboura. Traffic Buildingsb. 46 Puriri Street, Miramar157 Karori Road, "Headlines" salon: valance around verandah without permit and obstructing Sauna Parlour signSummer City - A Touch of the Sund. Inspector Oakley, Luminous Jacket, Stewart Dawson's cornerEvans Bay Picture TheatreElevated view from Customhouse Quay and Jervois Quayh. No 19 Rewa StreetCoppeliaCivic Centre - Reconstructiona. Pedestrian subway, Lambton Quay to Railway Stationb. Various substandard dwellingsf. Concrete mixer, Corporation YardCyclone Sallyc. Reservoir, Haywardsc. Water ' Tobys ', drainage, channel Summer Cityd. Presentation of showcase and key to Seatoun School by Cr Campbell on behalf of City Corpd. Council in session. Records groupElevated view of Te Aro, looking toward Brooklyng. No 17 Irvine St, drainageCemeteries - KaroriCivic Centre ReconstructionNYC, The Short Ballets from The Big Appled. Storm Damage, Emerson Street, Berhampore.Summer CityHouses in Aro Street area, Scottb. Mr Malcolm Earle City Solicitor & StaffMobil Street RaceLord & Lady Mountbatten: receptionBotanic GardensSalvation Army Orphanage, Owen Street, NewtownRocks, South Coast of Wellingtonc. Kinney StrainerCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Work in progress, area of wooden dwellings
 
 
 

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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 Zealandia

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