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Whau Valley Coal MineWhangarei Town Basin 1978 Ready for Noumea Yacht RaceThe Whangarei Waterfront about 1900A Favourite Camping Spot at Waipu CoveThe Whangarei Waterfront 1880sThe Whangarei Bridge Replaced by Victoria Bridge in 1936Lang's Head. Looking across Lang's Beach, Northland Steamship at WhangareiEx Northen Advocate Building, Water Street, WhangareiWhangarei Town Basin Showing Train in Walton StreetMair Park WhangareiBarbecue Area at Heritage ParkWhangarei Town Basin The SS Apanui, Northern Steam Ship Company, on the Awanui RiverThe Whangarei Waterfront and Reyburn House Whangarei FallsMair Park WhangareiBoat Harbour, WhangareiEntrance to Central Park, WhangareiBank Street, WhangareiCameron Street, WhangareiWhangarei Town Basin and Cafler House - About 1909
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Welcome to Whangarei District Libraries Heritage Collection which provides online access to historical maps, photos, scrapbooks, archaeological surveys and other material relating to Whangarei and Northland. Browse or search our open archive.

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PN01.26 Pearson's old general storeDam starting to fillCN05 Page 36Whangarei's First Hospital & StaffA 19th Century Tannery in the Bay of Islands. Interim Report on an Excavation at Pompallier House, RussellChildren portrait 1960sNew Zealand Land Inventory : Bay of Islands : Rock types 032.jpgNorthern Advocate 38 April-June 1955New Zealand Land Inventory : Mangawhai-Warkworth : Exotic forestry suitability overlayHannah Chiffinch Hare with her Husband JosephWhangarei Photo News July 1966Northern Advocate 21 Jan-March 1951Sport Northland 1963-vol2LoggingBallet dancer 1960sProposed subdivision at One Tree Point Rd, Whangarei. Archaeological assessmentCN02 Page 77Florence Keene Scrapbook Volume 10CParatene Te Manu, Paramount ChiefNew Zealand Land Inventory : Waipoua-Aranga : Existing land useCN03 Page 35CN02 Page 17aCN02 Page 101Bronwyn Keene aged 4 Months with her Brother John KeeneNew Zealand Land Inventory : Maungaturoto-Kaipara :  Existing land useFlorence Keene Scrapbook Volume 22DWaterfall on Ngunguru RiverWhangarei Central Library Early 1980sLarge scale mapping and assessment in th Inland Bay of IslandsKamo Hotel After the FireWhangarei Central Library InteriorCape Brett : compiled by A.H. PickmereSport Northland 1958 Part 4Report for Whangarei City Council on subsidence from abandoned Coal Mines at Kamo MangakahaiMachinery at dam. 2 feet to goMcKay Electrical building in Boxing Day hail storm 1966CN03 Page 46Town Basin WhangareiAupouri State Forest - NotesMotukawanui (Big Cavalli Island)CN05 Page 70Archaeological site survey of scenic reserves in Whangarei CountyArchaeological Survey of The Rangiputa Block Karikari PeninsulaCN02 Page 98New Zealand Land Inventory : North Cape - Houhora : Land tenure and holdingFlorence Keene's HomeWedding (bride is Gwenda Brown) 1960sSettlers Hotel, Walton Street