Amusement parks - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Letter book
Date: 21 Aug-23 Sep 1914
From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters
By: Wonderland (Amusement park)
Reference: MSX-2548
Description: Letter book records letters from Malone to his wife, family members, friends, business colleagues, military commanders and well-wishers. Letters cover the period from 21 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp through to his leaving the Camp on 23 Sep 1914 to entrain to Wellington with the Wellington Infantry Regiment. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains small ink sketches including a drawing of Miramar, showing the golf links, tram line, Wonderland and sandy ground (on page 88). Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 111 digitised images. Pages 44 and 45 have been removed from the letter book.
View over Miramar looking south - Photograph taken by Frank Barker
Date: May 1912
From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1040-35-2
Description: View south over Miramar. In the middle distance can be seen the "Wonderland" amusement park and the sports ground. In the distance there are groups of houses and a gasometer, and beyond a view of the sea. Photographed by Frank Barker in May 1912. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Miramar looking south, May 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.3 x 9.6 cm
[Postcard]. The chute, Wonderland, Miramar. New Zealand post card (carte postale). Alde...
Date: 1909
From: Various artists: [Postcards donated by Mrs E F Goldsmith, Levin. 1905-1910]
Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Goldsmith-02
Description: Postcard shows a photograph of the water slide at the Wonderland amusement park in Miramar. The message on the back of the card is addressed to Mr R N Johnson, Tweed Street, Enwood, Invercargill, and is postmarked in Wellington, on January 6 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard 89 x 138 mm