Elizabeth Cox

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Author, historian, #Wellington. Recently published "Mr Ward's Map" a history of Wellington in the 1890s. Published "Making Space: A history of New Zealand women in architecture" in 2022

A close up of the book Mr Ward's Map with a gold sticker "Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Winner"

Book cover for Mr Ward's Map

Newspaper article from 1898 which reads:
An amusing incident has occurred in connection with the alterations going on at the Grainger street block. Several owners in the vicinity rather resent the interference of the authorities with their domiciles, and when a day or two ago a photographer, who had been engaged by the Harbour Board to take views of the buildings so that their suitability or otherwise to remain in situ could be seen at a glance, a most exciting scene ensued.

One section of the little community busied itself with tying sheets along their verandah posts to hide the defects of their residences, while the remainder - the womenkind - made a broomstick demonstration in the vicinity of the camera man with such threatening vocal accompaniments that he was obliged to remove himself with all haste from the vicinity.

Tiny houses very close together with messy backyards, looking towards a large gasometer

Advert reading: "Wanted, a kind person to adopt a Baby Boy, three weeks old. Apply Mrs Browett, Grainger Street".