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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

Wellington Zoo Programme and an Irish Visitor at a park or garden, c.1982e. No 23 Earp St, Flatsa. Reservoirr. No 31 Rata Rd, Pohutukawa roots in sewer drain (Mr B Zimmerman)f. Land Projects Ltd, Happy Valley Rd, proposed industrial sited. Hobson Street DrainageWalk in Otarib. Streetscape, Stout StWahine IIa. Job 2004, Construction of Retaining Wall & Crane Frame, Webb Street Job 2017, Erection of Workshop & Store, Webb Streetf. Job 9198, Drainagef. Abattoirsa. Concrete mixer, Corporation YardSummer Cityg. Chaytor St. Upland Rd. Traffic deptd. Backyards, Vivian StreetElevated view of Victoria Street with alsphatic concrete paving in progress, number of workmen and equipment, Victoria Street, March 1926e. Cairns Street, a two storey concrete commercial building, H A Parker Ltd Machinery Importers and engineersj. Official opening of Hanson Street Flatsi. Elevated view of Netball court and Rugby fielda. 9 Mein Street, a single-storey wooden buildingd. Streetscape, Murphy Street - Little Pipitea Sb. Cecil Road (F. Miles)a. Park Road Flats, Marshall CourtCivic Centre ReconstructionHillside covered in flowering daffodils , Botanic GardensCivic Centre ReconstructionMichael Fowler Centrea. Civic SquareCashmere playground, ChristchurchSummer Cityi. Waterworks, WainuiHanson St Flatsa. Reservoir, HaywardsClyde Quay and RMS "Gothic"Elevated view of Te Aro, looking toward Brooklynb. Drainage, Moa Pointa. Batchelor Street Flats + environsPanoramas - Cable CarCarols By Candle Lightv. Mr Gott, Mr Mole, Mr Willard, or Mr Andy Warddc. Safety Week, Traffic Depta. Hungerford Road, Kerb and channelCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)b. Storm damage, Ngaio Gorge Rd, Atlantic Oil Coa. Gift of books by Indian High Commissioner, Mayor's rooma. Corner of Fifeshire Avenue and Cambridge TerraceSakai Sister City Events. Mike DransfieldDilapidated wooden housing, Jessie Streeta. No 54 Washington Avenue
 
 
 

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