Additional Makers
Engraver: Henry Melville [London].
Description
View of lower Mulgrave Street, with the first court building, a vegetable garden in the foreground, a small European house, with a woman and child outside. Groups of men, most standing, one on horseback outside the courthouse. The Thistle Inn beyond the courthouse, at the water's edge and the harbour and Te Aro visible in the background
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Thistle Inn is one of New Zealand's oldest public houses. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1866, but it was rebuilt within months. Up until the reclamation of Wellington Harbour the building was only a few metres from the shoreline. (Wikipedia)
