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[No print]. Missing. Red and black funnels of Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand: the tower is that of the Town Hall, Wellington.

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Landscape format. Looking across towards Oriental Bay : view taken from back of Government Bdgs [i.e. Buildings].

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Landscape format. [This is Oriental Bay. Baths known as Te Aro Baths. J.S.]. [Distant view from a boat].

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363 x 262 mm. A view showing the wooden Council Chambers situated at the end of Hill Street with the harbour and shipping in the background.

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[Overgrown rift with trees at top and houses behind].

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The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 6787-7005 (originally there were 173 in the album). Added numbers are: 6933-7005; not used: 6791, 6821, 6834 and 6872; missing 6790, 6792-6794, 6802, 6809, 6812, 6814, 6848-6849, 6936-6937, 6941, 6944, 6947, 6981, 6984, 6989-6890, 6992-6993 and 6995.

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Landscape format. On the left Pencarrow Head: on the right Steeple Rock.

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[No print]. Missing.

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Landscape format. Sir Joseph Ward, the Premier, in the Grand Stand. This is the 'basin' reserve: originally intended for a dock: during the great earthquake the whole of this was raised. Wellington.

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359 x 257 mm. A view showing the front of the building with officials standing in the two doorways. On the left are office buildings (made of wood), with the stone council chamber at the right.

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[Hobson Street Footbridge. S.S.] Wellington : New Zealand. [showing back of child in white with bonnet crossing the bridge to adults in distance].

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A print issued by the New Zealand Government to mark the opening of New Zealand House, London, on 9 May 1963 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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Landscape format. North Island, New Zealand. [View from harbour].

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85 x 140 mm.

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Landscape format. Roofs in foreground of business premises built on land reclaimed from the Harbour. The building on the hill in centre of picture is Victoria College, Wellington.

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Landscape format. Shows basilica in distance and, on the right, a large private residence. [Basilica is Roman Catholic. Hill Street passes diagonally between Parlt and church. S.S.].

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Landscape format. Wellington. [View down streets and warehouses to harbour with ships anchored].

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Landscape format.

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These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Scope and Contents 209 x 111 mm. A view looking across Lambton Harbour with Mt Victoria in the background. This picture was taken in January 1870 by James Bragge and forms part of a panorama of the city continued in Plates 95 and 97. The ships in the harbour are part of the squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Hornby, sent to take part in the celebration of Wellington’s 30th Anniversary. Unfortunately the ships arrived a day too late. This picture was taken from Wadestown Road, with part of Tinakori Road just...

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206 x 135 mm. A view looking down on Thorndon Flat from Aurora Terrace, showing St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral at the extreme left (burnt down in 1898) and Parliament House and Government House at the centre of the photograph with Port Nicholson in the background. Plates 94, 96, and 98, while not forming a close-fitting panorama, nearly constitute a linked view of Wellington from the area around Government House to Te Aro. Photograph by James Bragge c 1874.

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218 x 215 mm. A view showing continuation of Plate 93 looking down on the town with Lambton Harbour, Queen’s Wharf and Te Aro in the background. (The panorama is continued in Plate 97.) In the foreground can be seen the junction of Tinakori Road with Molesworth, Murphy and Park Streets. Photograph by James Bragge, January 1870.

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218 x 135 mm. A view looking down on Grey Street and Queen’s Wharf where a number of sailing ships are moored with Lambton Harbour and Port Nicholson in the background.

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211 x 143 mm. A continuation of the panorama of Wellington, the other components being Plates 93 and 95. This print shows the rising ground behind the City with the Terrace, Bolton Street, Upper Tinakori Road and Grant Road visible in the picture. The four cottages in the foreground, in Grant Road, are military quarters. It is noticeable in this photograph how the land quickly becomes less crowded away from the harbour, with small cottages and bungalows, fields and partially cleared land.

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211 x 143 mm. A view looking down on Te Aro Flat from the Terrace with Lambton Harbour at the left of the picture. In the foreground, at the junction of Willis and Manners Streets, stands the Duke of Edinburgh hotel. Just behind it can be seen Bragge’s own photographic studio. This picture is one of a series Bragge took entitled ‘Wellington from the Terrace’, c 1873.