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Pembroke, now Wānaka (unknown date) #1985.15.1
St Columba's Church, taken by Gregor Ronald (1988) #2025.1584.1
Wanaka Flood (1999) #2023.1343
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, looking toward Mt Barker, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Postcard of Lake Wānaka, Muir and Moodie (unknown date) #1001.20
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (unknown date) #1990.224.2
Pembroke (now Wānaka) (c. 1924-27) #2014.890
Wanaka Hall (left) and the Dunedin Wanaka Motor Service Ltd building (taken between April 1924 - April 1926) #2024.1511. Provided by Hocken Library
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Pembroke, Lake Wānaka from Mt Iron (c. 1918-19) #2012.791.2
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (7 Nov 1908) #1990.224.1
Hand-coloured photo of 'Lake Wanaka from behind hotel' (unknown date) #1001.21
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lakeside Road, PS 'Makarora' at wharf (pre-1909) #1987.122
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lismore Street (unknown date) #2019.1087.1
Wānaka from Monument Hill (2000) #1001.18
Eely Point Road looking toward Lake Wānaka and township. PS 'Theodore' beached on the shore (c. 1910) #2021.1175
Building Wanaka Fashions and Furniture Extension to Wanaka Services Centre, provided by the Milne Family. (unknown date) #2016.990.8
Ardmore Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Lake Wānaka (1913) #1001.17
Aerial photo of Wānaka township and Roy's Bay (1946) #2015.937
Wanaka Hotel and Lake Wānaka from Monument Hill (1918-19) #2012.791
Photo by White's Aviation of township and Lake Wānaka, hand-coloured (c. 1940s) #1001.16
Arial view of Lake Wānaka and township (1940s) #1001.37
Postcard of Upper Ardmore St, Seaward's Studio (unknown date) #1002.5
V.C. Browne & Son photo, aerial view of Wanaka, hand-coloured (c. 1940) #1001.16
Panoramic view of Pembroke and Lake Wanaka (unknown date) #2018.1074
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, looking toward Mt Barker, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Wānaka from above Lismore St (unknown date) #1001.32
Second Wānaka Hotel from Lismore St (1925-1958) #2020.1155
Photo by White's Aviation of township and Lake Wānaka, showing the hotel and Ardmore St (c. 1940s) #1001.16
Lake Wānaka and township (2019) #2021.1197
#1990.224.2
Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka and Hotel with washing hanging out (unknown date) #1001.31
Dunmore Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
Lake Wānaka and township, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
Helwick Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
#1190.224.1
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lakeside Road, PS 'Makarora' at wharf (pre-1909) #1987.122
Pembroke looking toward Cardona Valley (unknown date) #2016.991.1
Lake Wānaka and township (unknown date) #2018.1074
Wānaka, 3 Parks from Mt Iron (2020) #2021.1197
Pembroke Flats. Boats are possibly 'Eureka' and the 'Nun' (1877) #1001.2
Ironsides Butcher shop, Helwick Street (unknown date) #2018.1074
Ardmore Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
'View of Lake Wanaka from Russell's Hotel'. Hand coloured photo (unknown date) #1001.24
Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1001.23
View South from Lismore St of Pembroke, the second Wanaka Hotel in background (1925-58) #2012.791.2
Lower Ardmore St looking out to Lake Wānaka (1930s) #2014.911
Pembroke from Boat ramp (unknown date) #1001.26
Lake Wānaka with Ruby Island (unknown date) #1001.19
Wānaka from above Lismore Street, taken by Alexander I Milne (unknown date) #1001.32
Wānaka township, second Wanaka Hotel in foreground (1925-1958) #2018.1074.1
View from Lismore Street looking towards Cardrona Valley, Wānaka Hotel toward the left and and wooden jetty in Roys Bay on the right (1886-1924) #1001.35
Lake Wānaka and township, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
Wānaka township from Monument Hill (2000) #2015.931.2
Lake Wānaka and township, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
Manager’s house for the second Wanaka Hotel on the left, Hall and Wanaka Motor Garage are opposite (1924 or later) #2025.1651.2
'On the Shores of Lake Wanaka' taken by Edward Phillips (unknown date) #1001.25
Stella Anderson driving, Pembroke township in background (c. 1956) #2016.990.1
Wānaka Hotel and gardens (before 1925) #1001.33
Looking down Ardmore Street, second Wanaka Hotel on left (1925-58) #2018.1074.1
Moira Wilson on Lake Wānaka foreshore with poplar tree poles used as fence posts (c. 1930s) #2024.1548.3
Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka. On bottom left is Wānaka Hotel's washing hanging to dry (unknown date) #1001.31
Tennis courts, Monument Hill in background (unknown date) #1005.5
Lower Ardmore St looking out to Lake Wānaka (1930s) #2014.911
Lake Wānaka and Bremner Bay, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
Lake Wānaka with jetty and paddle steamer aground (unknown date) #2016.991.1
Wānaka township towards Pembroke Park from Monument Hill (2020) #1001.18
Wānaka township, looking toward Ardmore Street from Monument Hill (2020) #1001.18
Wānaka township (1924-58) #1001.15
Wānaka (1913) #1001.13
View across Wānaka Hotel gardens to Eely Point (unknown date) #1001.11
Pembroke (Wānaka ) and Eely Point, photo taken from Monument Hill with first Wanaka Hotel and lakefront wharf visible (1868-1924) #1001.10
Pembroke, looking up Brownston St to Ardmore Street (1924-27) #2014.890.1
Early Pembroke (1924-7) #2014.890.1
Wānaka looking toward Monument Hill and Cardrona Valley, Johnson Studio (unknown date) #1001.3
Two churches, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church back left, St Columba's Anglican Church on the right (unknown date) #1987.122.1
Pembroke and Lake Wānaka, SS 'Makarora' at wharf. F.G.R. photograph (1915) #1985.15.6
The first Wanaka Hotel and the PS 'Theodore' (1880-1925) #1987.122
View of Lake Wānaka with second Hotel (c. 1925-35) #2018.1035.2