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Lambton Quay
Lambton Quay (once known as The Beach) is the heart of the Wellington Central, Wellington, central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Geography Originally, as the name implies, it was the high-water line of the foreshore, and sometimes the sea would roll across the road and enter the shops on the opposite side. It was the site of the original European settlement in 1840 (following initial settlement on flood-prone land at Petone), which grew into Wellington. In the 19th century Pipitea Pa was situated at the extreme northern end of Lambton Quay – the section of road in this area is now known as Thorndon Quay. Land uplift caused by the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake and further reclamation have left Lambton Quay some 250 metres from the current shoreline. Kumototo Stream used to flow from the Terrace, down what is now Woodward Street and across Lambton Quay to the waterfront. This stream was culverted in the late 19th century. Lambton Quay, Willis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building
The Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building (also known as Richard Ellis House or the MLC building) is a building located on the corner of Lambton Quay, Hunter Street and Featherston Street in Wellington, New Zealand. The MLC building was completed in 1940 at a cost of £101,494 by W.M. Angus Ltd. for the, Australian-based insurance company, Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company. MLC operated its head office out of this building until 1985, when the New Zealand branch of the firm was taken over by New Zealand Insurance. The clock on the building was installed in 1953 (3 months too late for celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II). The building is classified as a List of historic places in Wellington, Category 1 Historic Place (''places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value"'') by Heritage New Zealand. References External links of MLC building ca. 1940, note lack of clock in original tower Buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lambton Quay About 1880
Lambton is the name of several places and people: People * Viscount Lambton, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Earls of Durham *Anne Lambton (born 1954), an actress *Antony Lambton (1922–2006), formerly 6th Earl of Durham and later claimed Viscount Lambton, disclaimed his earldom under the terms of the Peerage Act 1963 * Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 1961), or Ned Lambton, is the current Earl of Durham * Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (1855–1929), a British politician *George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (1828–1879), a British peer *Hedworth Lambton (1856–1929), a British naval officer, changed his name to Hedworth Meux in 1910 for inheritance purposes *John Lambton (British Army officer) (1710–1794), a British army officer and Member of Parliament *John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792–1840), a British colonial administrator *John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855–1928), a British peer * John Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Streets In Wellington City
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Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is a Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the city of Wellington, the country's capital city and List of cities in New Zealand#City councils, third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area, extending as far north as Linden, New Zealand, Linden and covering rural areas such as Mākara and Ohariu, New Zealand, Ohariu. The city adjoins Porirua in the north and Lower Hutt, Hutt City in the north-east. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region. The council represents a population of as of and consists of a mayor and fifteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern general wards and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori wards and constituencies, Māori ward). It administers publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Colonial Bank Of New Zealand
The Colonial Bank of New Zealand was a trading bank headquartered in Dunedin, New Zealand which operated independently for more than 20 years. A public company listed on the local stock exchanges it was owned and controlled by New Zealand entrepreneurs and not London or Australian bankers. Still subject to the same vicissitudes as its fellow colonial banks it was bought by the Bank of New Zealand in 1895. History Colonial Bank of New Zealand was established in Dunedin, New Zealand in April 1874 as a public listed company. Dunedin with its involvements with the South Island's gold mining was the major source of local capital for New Zealand's entrepreneurs. The Bank of New Zealand had been founded in October 1861 by a similar local group in Auckland and, to pull capital north, it had opened a branch in Dunedin in December 1861. The Colonial Bank of New Zealand may have been formed just to re-capture the Bank of New Zealand's South Island business. In the 1860s and 1870s capita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bank Of New South Wales
The Bank of New South Wales (BNSW), also known as The Wales, was the first bank in Australia. It was established in 1817 in Sydney. During the 19th century, the bank opened branches throughout Australia and New Zealand, expanding into Oceania in the 20th century. Throughout it history it merged with and purchased many other financial institutions. In 1981 it merged with the Commercial Bank of Australia and was renamed Westpac on 4 May 1982. History Established in 1817 in Macquarie Place, Sydney premises leased from Mary Reibey, the Bank of New South Wales (BNSW) was the first bank in Australia. It was established under the economic regime of Governor of New South Wales, Governor Lachlan Macquarie (responsible for transitioning the penal settlement of Sydney into a capitalist economy). At the time, the colony of Sydney had not been supplied with currency, instead barter and promissory notes was the payment method of choice. Governor Macquarie himself used cattle and rum as pay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Union Bank Of Australia
The Union Bank of Australia was a bank that operated in Australia and New Zealand from 1837 to 1951. The Union Bank was established in London in October 1837 with a subscribed capital of £500,000. The foundation of the bank followed a visit to England by Van Diemen's Land banker Philip Oakden, who sought to establish a large joint-stock bank operating across the Australasian colonies. During his visit, Oakden gained the support of businessman and banker George Fife Angas, founder of the South Australian Company. Upon Oakden's return, the new bank absorbed his struggling Launceston-based Tamar Bank and opened its first branch in the Tamar Bank premises on 1 May 1838. The Union Bank expanded rapidly, establishing a branch in Victoria on 18 October 1838 after acquiring the Melbourne business of the Tasmanian Derwent Bank, the city's first bank. A Sydney branch was opened on 2 January 1839. The bank expanded internationally, opening its first New Zealand branch in Wellingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Commercial Union
Commercial Union plc was a large insurance business based in London. It merged with General Accident in 1998 to form CGU plc. History Commercial Union was established following a conflagration near London Bridge in 1861, known as the Great Tooley Street Fire, which destroyed a number of warehouses and wharves along the River Thames as a result of which the fire insurance companies were hit by a series of massive claims. Consequently, they increased their fire insurance rates so dramatically that a group of local merchants and brokers decided to form their own company. This became known as the Commercial Union Assurance Company.Liveing, Edward. '' A Century of Insurance: The Commercial Union Assurance Group 1861 - 1961''. London: H F & G Witherby, 1961 The company established its head office at 24-26 Cornhill in London in 1897. It purchased the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society, the world's oldest fire insurance company, in 1905 and The Ocean Accident and Guarantee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Old Government Buildings, Wellington
New Zealand's Old Government Buildings sit on the Government Buildings Historic Reserve, on Lambton Quay in central Wellington. The buildings were completed in 1876 on Reclamation of Wellington Harbour, land reclaimed from Wellington Harbour to house the young New Zealand Government and its Civil service, public service. The building now houses the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law, Law school of Victoria University of Wellington. It is classified as a List of historic places in Wellington, Category 1 historic building by Heritage New Zealand. Until 1998, the building was the second-largest wooden building in the world (after Tōdai-ji in Nara (city), Nara, Japan).Historic Government Buildings Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dicky Barrett (trader)
Richard Barrett (1807–1847) was one of the first European traders to be based in New Zealand. He lent his translation skills to help negotiate the first land purchases from Maori in New Plymouth and Wellington and became a key figure in the establishment of the settlement of New Plymouth. He was described by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, son of New Zealand Company founder Edward Gibbon Wakefield, as short, stout and "perfectly round all over" and fond of relating "wild adventures and hairbreadth 'scapes". Sailor, trader and whaler Barrett was born and raised in the slums of either Durham or Bermondsey, England He spent six years as a sailor and arrived in Taranaki from Sydney as a mate on the trading vessel ''Adventure'' in March 1828. He and captain John Agar "Jacky" Love established a trading post at Ngamotu (site of modern-day New Plymouth), trading muskets and trinkets for flax, maize, wheat and vegetables grown by local Te Atiawa Māori. The trading post attracted increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Perches (area)
The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as feet, equal to exactly of a mile, or yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square rods or 10 square chains. The name ''perch'' derives from the Ancient Roman unit, the ''pertica''. The measure also has a relationship with the military pike of about the same size. Both measures date from the sixteenth century, when the pike was still utilized in national armies. The tool has been supplanted, first by steel tapes and later by electron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Old Bank Arcade
The Old Bank Arcade is a retail and office complex on a corner site at Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. The property consists of four buildings built between 1883 and 1904. The most prominent is the Bank of New Zealand building (no. 1) on the wedge-shaped corner of Lambton Quay and Customhouse Quay. It was designed by Thomas Turnbull for the Bank of New Zealand and is located on the site of Plimmer's Ark. Built by T. Carmichael, it is a brickwork shell with timber flooring, pressed metal ceilings and plaster decoration. The Bank of New Zealand operated a branch on the ground floor of this building from its opening in 1901 until 1984. The banking hall was described by the ''New Zealand Mail'' of 1901 as "a handsome, lofty room, said to be one of the largest of its kind in the colonies". This building is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
