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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.

Featured Content / Whakaaturanga Ihirangi

 

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

Romeo and Julietg. LaboratoryStaff of the Wellington City Corporation, Electrical Lighting Department, Head OfficeU10, Trooper Retter Memorial, Johnsonvilleb. Old Vicaragej. Safety Week, Traffic DeptCivic Centre Reconstructions. Town Planning, Traffic, Courtenay Placeb. Days Bay, Pavilion Restaurant & shopb. King StCivic Centre Reconstructionc. No 17 Stanley StSummer City - Monster Mash / Fireworks Prepb. No 74 Rhine StreetConversations at Brooklyn Resource Centrea. Motor Vehicles, Registration number 87-446 and 42-049b. Forestry Area, Water Board. Council in session129 and 131 Adelaide Road.Summer CitySummer CityBolton Street CemeteryDownstage 25th anniversary23 Richmond Avenue: broken sewer drain, general state of kerb etcFort Gordon siteb. New grandstand, Rugby League parkf. Ridgeway extensionHot Jazz in the Cool CapitalUnion AotearoaKupe Statue UnveilingOtari ParkTheodore Bikelo. Storm damage, Wakefield Street, Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoriad. Glenmore StShen Yund. Copies of new City BoundariesHot Chelle Rae, The Whatever World Tourh. School Patrol, Newtownd. Drainage plant Ngaurangab. No 94 Molesworth St, Hardware Store. No 104, Fruit storei. Views from sightseeing busi. Drainage, Job 9880. Drainage Reserve Trunk Sewer RelayWellington Zoo, giraffes in enclosureCourtenay Place / Cuba Mallb. Car no 386-965 Marion Sta. Torrens TerraceCleverly Polynesian Youth FestivalPresentation at Computer Servicesd. Panorama of Johnsonville, Part 4 of 4m. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systemn. Traffic Safety Week, Majestic Cabaret
 
 
 

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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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