Places

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001-c

Description: View from the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay looking along the length of Lambton Quay. See also key to this view at C-026-001 First plate, 1st issue, hand-coloured Library holds original watercolour on which this print is based at C-025-010, title: Thorndon flat and part of the city of Wellington ... April 1841 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, handcoloured, 366 x 524 mm

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14598

Description: A copy of a cadastral map of the area between The Terrace and Whitmore Street, Boulcott Street to Cuba Street, Brougham Street to Clyde Quay Wharf and Herd Street. Sections and subdivisions are numbered and include numerous Deeds plan numbers. Government, provincial and Thorn Reclamation land includes block numbers. Wharves are named. Names include Town Hall, and land belonging to the Wellington Harbour Board and Wellington City Council is marked. Streets are named, as are some rights of way such as Opera House Lane. Red ink annotations show property values in pounds sterling. Title supplied by cataloguer - subtitle taken from top right of map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on diazo print, some colour, scale not given, 107.2 x 74 cm.

Date: [ca 1927]

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

Reference: PAColl-D-0119

Description: Panoramic view taken from Wireless Hill (Tinakori Hill) looking down on the city and across the harbour to Roseneath, Oriental Bay and Mount Victoria, with the Miramar peninsula in the distance. Bolton Street Cemetery is in the immediate foreground. The Government Building, Parliament Buildings, Government House, Government Print building and Thorndon railway station are to the left. Several ships are berthed at the wharves and a ship is steaming towards Queens Wharf in the middle distance. Kelvin Chambers and Mayfair Chambers can be seen (both under construction). The Taranaki Street Wharf is on the far right. Taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - bottom right - 2249 Similiar view at 1/2-058525 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 402 x 560 mm with mount

Date: 1929

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/[1929?]/Acc.14579

Description: Map showing existing and proposed wharves along Lambton Harbour, Wellington, neighbouring New Zealand Railways yards, and nearby streets, from Roxborough Street Mount Victoria to The Terrace, and the Hutt Road. Named wharves include Clyde Quay, Taranaki St, Queen's, Railway, Glasgow, King's, Pipitea, Lambton and Thorndon. Five wharves are proposed, three between Clyde Quay and Taranaki St Wharf, and Lambton and Thorndon. Some properties adjacent to the wharves show government valuation figures, mostly at 1929 values. The Public Works and the Marine Department are shown. Written on recto: City. Wharf area ; wharves Title from map recto and from cataloguer (in square brackets). Written on map: D257 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 47.5 x 95.4 cm

Date: Aug 1940

From: Edwin family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0120

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington taken from 179 The Terrace (Edwin house on corner of Boulcott Street and The Terrace), Wellington. Shows houses in Boulcott Street (in foreground) and The Terrace (opposite Herbert Gardens). The T & G Building is on the far left and Antrim House on the far right. Taken by an unidentified photographer in Aug 1940. Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Title; names of former owners of houses and names of some buildings; Verso - centre - Additional information written at time of deposit Similiar view at 1/2-058525 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 570 mm with mount (3 silver gelatin prints forming a panorama)

Date: 1897 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-065

Description: Looking across Wellington Harbour towards Mount Victoria. The large building on the flat is the first Government Printing Office, later the site of Wellington Railway Station. The spire of St Andrew's Church is also visible. Two houses are outlined on Mount Victoria. There are several ships and small boats in the harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wellington Bay Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 165 x 230 (page size)

Date: [between 1880 and 1900]

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA7-40-29

Description: Panoramic view looking down onto houses on The Terrace, buildings in central Wellington and across the harbour to Oriental Bay. Photograph taken by Connolly & Co, ca 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Connolly, Wellington The obelisk was erected at the centre point of the Octagon in 1890 in memory of those who fought and died in the New Zealand Land Wars in Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 21.2 x 29 cm

Date: 1973-1984

By: Wellington Civic Trust

Reference: 85-082

Description: Records comprise correspondence, proposals, entry documents, entries, draft reports of the competition; conference papers, including proceedings, notes, and correspondence; miscellaneous material including WCT newsletters, study papers of various proposed schemes, and a thesis by S P Beath entitled `Wellington Harbour, an historical perspective', written for a Bachelor of Architecture degree, VUW, 1981. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Wellington Harbour, an historical perspective (Thesis) In 1983 a competition was held to stimulate ideas for the use of the Wellington waterfront between the railway station and the former overseas passenger terminal. A conference on the same subject was held in 1984. Quantity: 1 box(es). 3 folder(s). 0.35 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001-b

Description: View from the corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay looking along the length of Lambton Quay. Library holds 8 copies of this print in various states, C-026-001-a to h. See also key to this view at C-026-001 State: 1st plate, 1st issue. Hand-coloured Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone, hand-coloured, 366 x 524 mm

Date: 1935 - 1949

By: Sun Printers

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1940s-04

Description: Shows a general view of Thorndon and Lambton Quay area, probably from Tinakori Hill looking towards Point Jerningham, over the army huts on Anderson Park, towards Queen's Wharf. The Government Buildings and the Railway Station can be seen, as well as the spire of St Andrews on the Terrace and the houses up Bolton Street. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Sepia photolithograph, on sheet 760 x 510 mm.