Places

Date: 1925 - 1935

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Wa/[ca.1930]/Acc.14630

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map highlighting subdivision of property belonging to H V Wilson, bounded by Wadestown Road and Sefton Street, Wadestown, Wellington. Sections are numbered (with qualifier 1st, 2nd or 3rd), and show acreage. DP 8291 is shown in pencil. Shows site of former tennis court, neighbouring sections, site of house and tramway. Written on map are pencil and ink jottings and amendments. Written on reverse: Sefton St & Wadestown Rd Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, paper backed, 37.7 x 45 cm

Date: 7 October 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Politics-Commissions-Local Government-04

Description: Map showing new boundaries for Wellington City, Lower Hutt City, Porirua City, Upper Hutt City, and Kapiti Borough. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1969. This photograph relates to a new area scheme. The map was used by the Commission when visiting affected local bodies. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 28.4 x 21 cm

Date: 1897

By: Thomson & Brown (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/1897/Acc.14340

Description: Incomplete cadastral, surveyed map showing subdivision of Sections I-XII, Worser and Karaka Bay, Miramar. Sections are between Crawford (Nevay) Road and Karaka Bay Road. Names of properties include: Pilot Station, Marshall, Slater, Townsend & Paul, Browne, Overton Park Reserve and Military Fortification Reserve. Part of Section VI, Lot 13 is highlighted pink. Sections are numbered, with acreage; some show price in pounds sterling. A wharf and a proposed wharf are shown. The road to Wellington is marked. Includes pencil and ink notes written or drawn on map. Stamped Thomson & Brown 'Litho Brown & Thomson, 1897' handwritten on corner Last 2 letters of surveyor's name written on left side of map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, 25.5 x 73 cm

Date: 1899

By: Luff, George Andrew Middlemass, 1862-1938; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library

Reference: MapColl-832.4799fb/1899/Acc.22901

Description: Topographical map showing proposed extension of Wellington City boundary, to include Seatoun Road District (Miramar Peninsular), the Melrose Borough (Roseneath, Lyall Bay, Island Bay, Owhiro Bay and northwards to Kelburn) and Hawkin's Hill, into existing City of Wellington boundary, which were previously part of the Hutt County. The extension is highlighted in red, and shows schedules 1-4. Also shown are the Karori Borough, part of the Onslow Borough and the Makara Road District. Includes note regarding the Wellington City Extension Bill of 1899, signed by the Wellington Magistrate Court Clerk. Written on recto: Wellington City Extension Bill. 1899 Local Body Wel[lington] City [?] Plan Includes some pencil annotations numbering sections and showing Kelburn as part of Melrose Stamped Wellington Magistrate Court and General Assembly Library Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Magistrates Court Wellington. Signed by Clerk; Verso - bottom right - General Assembly Library; Verso - bottom right - Signed GAM Luff Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 69 x 103 cm.

Date: 1901 - 1904

By: Caldwell, Robert, 1852-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4799ekcmp/Ka/[1901-4]/Acc.25658

Description: Plan of Saint Mary's Anglican Church, Karori, Wellington, on the corner of Church Street and Karori Road, showing the outline of the original building, an addition, a proposed addition, paths leading to the vestry and main door, immediate grounds, and graveyard. Names on graves (some unable to decipher): Cole, Spiers, Sir Frederick Chapman, Newcombe Mills, Tonce, Home, Eagle, Heyes, Edwards, Lowe, Old, Thynne, Pollen, Bradnock, Burbery, Blake, Waters, Cameron, Gavin, Davis, Wallace, Cook, Fisher, Bulkley, Henderson, Williams, Horace, Edwards, Lancaster, Dasent, Caldwell, Lewer, Burn, Donald, A Brown, Slanden, Spiers, Campbell, Sedcole, Picot, Richards, Standen, Redward, Alington, Astwood, McKelvie, Benton, Barnes, Webb, S Bradnock, Whamby, Lancaster, Ballachey, Beauchamp, Thorby, Barnes, Gaskin, Eagle, Dryden, Cornford, Pratt, Dyer, Godfrey, Donald, Ashdown, Friend, Shotter, Moxham, Lewer, Evans, Frost, Buchanan, Fern, Porter, Skae, Bellett, Wallace, Tait, Mailin, Needham, Crossley, Hockley, Barnes, Kingdon, Egan, Ingle, Page, Hudson. Includes some pencil annotations Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 29.8 x 36.3 cm

Date: 1851 - 1855

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/1853/Acc.24010

Description: Cadastral map of the area surrounding Makara Beach, Ohariu Bay, southeast and northwest of the Makara and Ohariu rivers, including parts of both the Ohariu and the Makara Districts. Shows several numbered sections, with the names of the property owners, including: G Hart (occupied by John ?Monk), T Molesworth, R Barton, Smith (former Hallets), Stevens, Captain Daniell, H St. Hill, New Zealand Company, James Bain, Johnston, ?Barten, John Cook. Two blocks of land include annotations indicating they were sold in October and December 1855, one to the Provincial Government and one to James Baines. Several ink and pencil annotations indicate subsequent owner names and cadastral information. One area marked in pencil as unsurveyed. Large blocks of land are coloured coded as Native (Maori) land; smaller areas as Native (Maori) cultivations. A pa (kainga) at Makara Beach is shown. James Drake was a surveyor for the New Zealand Company. Written on map above Drake's signature: 'copy'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 75.8 x 67.1 cm.

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Igglesden, Charles Moore, 1832-1920

Reference: MapColl-832.4799a/[ca.1870]/Acc.1192

Description: Topographic map of the coastline from Lambton Harbour to Lyall Bay. Evans Bay is marked, includes depths in fathoms and the site of the dock with acreages and including the hill behind. In Lambton Harbour the site of a wharf adjacent to an area of reclaimed land is marked as is the site of the city of Wellington. Signal stations and a pilot's station are marked. The area of land from Evans Bay to Lyall bay is divided into numbered sections, part of which is named Burnham Water with notes which state that this land is now drained and that the whole peninsula is good grazing land and used as a sheep and cattle farm. The site of a homestead of Major Mc. Barnet is marked in section 9, about 390 acreas, on the peninsula. A homestead and stockyard etc. are marked at Evans Bay. Port Nicholson and Cook Strait are marked. Stamp on bottom left corner states: Waterlow and Sons, London - improved. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on paper, linen backed, coloured, 49.3 x 37.1 cm.

Date: 1881

By: Park, Robert George, active 1881; Levin & Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/1881/Acc.6349

Description: Cadastral, part surveyed map showing the subdivision of the Trelissick Estate, Ngaio, Wellington, highlighting Sections 4, 5 and 9 and identifying Sections 6, 7, 8 and 10, and a Native (Maori) Reserve. Shows Old Porirua Road, part of the Wellington to Wairarapa Railway, and part of the Kaiwharawhara Stream. Parts of Section 5 have been subdivided, and names of owners of those properties are: Crofton, Bartlett, Chew and Aplin. Shows proposed roads. Trelissick Estate was developed by Captain Edward Daniell, in 1843, who named the property after his family home in Cornwall, England. Daniell died in 1866, the property was subdivided in the 1880's by Major & Mrs Deane. Gorge Road was upgraded in 1898. (Onslow Historian, v3 (3) 1973, p.4-13) Other Titles - Plan showing subdivisions in the estate of Trelissick Written on reverse: Major Deane Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 65 x 55 cm.

Date: 7 October 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Politics-Commissions-Local Government-02

Description: Map showing four new city boundaries centered on Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua. Also a new borough named Kapiti. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1969. This photograph relates to a new area scheme. The map was used by the Commission when visiting affected local bodies. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24 x 16.8 cm

Date: 1862

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1862/Acc.7792

Description: Cadastral map showing numbered sections for sale on Customhouse Quay, Lambton Quay, and Harbour Street, Lambton Harbour, Wellington, part surveyed, with sections already sold highlighted blue. Also shown are the reserves for Customs and Post Office, Society of Oddfellows building, government reserve, Scotch Kirk, 'Noah's ark', Plimmer's Wharf, and the new wharf. Some sections show position of dwelling on the property. In the bottom corner of the map is a 'schedule of upset prices of allotment'. See also copy of map, held at MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1962/Acc.1272, a photographic copy from plan held at the Wellington Harbour Board, which has a negative, 51660 1/2. Also see similar (but not identical) map held at MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1962/Acc.14103 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on ink and paper, 32 x 41 cm

Date: 1942

By: New Zealand. Army; Kay, Robin Langford, 1919-2017; New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch

Reference: MapColl-832.47hkc/[ca.1942]/Acc.9489

Description: Drawn on a base map, show military defence plan annotations for the Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), including the position of Bofors (single guns and darkness only bofors), heavy AA (anti-aircraft) guns, searchlights and light area; coast searchlights and light beam; motorised machine gun section, anti-tank guns, 18 pdr (powder) section, navy patrol ships, illuminated areas, and the United States Navy patrol area. Base map: North Island. Port Nicholson. From surveys by Captn J Stokes & Comr. G.H. Richards, RN, and the officers of HMS Surveying Ship 'Acheron', 1849....and the Wellington Harbour Board, 1903-4, with corrections to 1931.' (Wellington, Department of Lands & Survey, 1932).' Stamped on map: 'Most secret'. Map is encapsulated in mylar. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil on lithograph, linen backed, scale [ca. 1:25 250], 74.3 x 62.7 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Robin Kay, 31.7.1967 for the War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.

Date: 7 October 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Politics-Commissions-Local Government-03

Description: Map showing local bodies in the Wellington Region. Ink drawing by an unknown draughtsman.

Date: 1881

By: Wyles & Buck (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ne/1881/Acc.23009

Description: Consists of two maps, one on each side of the sheet, both surveying a Native (Maori) Reserve between Russell Terrace and Adelaide Road, Newtown (near Berhampore), Wellington. Map one, 'Survey of N[ative] R[eserve] Newtown' shows survey measurements and markings across area named Newtown and survey compass measurements in a 360 degree circle. Includes the names Matene and Ihaka. Map two, '[Native (Maori) Reserve sections bounded by Adelaide Road, South Road, Russell Terrace and Wharepori Road, Newtown, Wellington, showing Maori owners]'. Shows one acre sections, part surveyed, numbered 972 - 989 and 994 - 1007. Also marks Reserve no. 215 alongside Section 971. Sections show names of Maori owners: Nakora Te Manukarioe; Waaka, Taura; Mita Metiria; Ihaka Te Row (Rou), Ehara; Akauihi; Taniati Te Wera; Huikana Ngapaui; Teira Te Watakore; Rapaua Te Owhiro; Harata, Maria; Paora Teretu; Tiare Te Hua; Kuraheke; Ihikiera, Apikaira (some spelling difficult to decipher, so may not be correct). Written in several places on map 'N.R.' (Native (Maori) Reserve). Includes several survey calculations in pencil. Other Titles - Survey of Native Reserve Newtown Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink and pencil on both sides of sheet, part coloured, 68.6 x 101.6 cm

Date: 1905 - 1915

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Is/[ca.1910]/Acc.14444

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map showing subdivision on Milne Terrace and Knoll Street, Island Bay, Wellington, with numbered sections and acreage. Some sections show price, some are marked sold (in pencil or ink). Also marked is Brook, Beach and Derwent Street. Two names written on map in pencil - not decipherable Title supplied by cataloguer Base map: Fragment of unidentified published map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on diazo photoprint, encapsulated in transparent paper, 53.2 x 62 cm

Date: 1862

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1862/Acc.14103

Description: Cadastral map showing part surveyed, numbered sections for sale on Customhouse Quay, Lambton Quay, and Harbour Street, Lambton Harbour, Wellington, highlighting sections already sold, as well as reserves for Customs and Post Office, Society of Oddfellows building, government reserve, Scotch Kirk, 'Noah's ark' in red. Note under title reads: For upset prices and further particulars, see Government Gazette of Nov 21st, 1862. See also accompanying photocopies (3 pages) of: sheet from New Zealand Government Gazette, Nov 21, 1862 (giving prices); report of claim by J Plimmer Committee, 1862; and copy of manuscript map of block comprising new street (Hunter Street), Lambton and Customhouse quays, showing 'Noah's Ark' (near Plimmer's Wharf). See also similar map held at MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1962/Acc.7792 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on ink and paper, 32 x 41 cm

Date: 12 September 1967

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Politics-Commissions-Local Government-05

Description: Map showing local bodies in the Wellington Region. Ink drawing by an unknown draughtsman.