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Story: Wellington region

City landowners

This map of central Wellington was made by the historian Louis Ward around 1925. It uses T. H. Fitzgerald’s 1840 plan of Wellington as a base map. It also names the owners of the original plots balloted in London by the New Zealand Company. Names of later owners (up to 1925) are in brackets.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/1840-1916/Acc.16123

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Chris Maclean. 'Wellington region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/wellington-region/7/2