IMAGE
Photographer unknown :View of Wellington Harbour from Wireless Hill
- Date
- [ca 1927]
- 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
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, 402 x 560 mm with mount, Orientation: Horizontal image
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