Cyclopedias are encyclopedias and considered as reference works containing
articles on various topics dealing with the enhancement of knowledge. The term
cyclopedia tends to be used by more popular publications with a particular
specialty or locality in mind.
Published in 1897, this large volume of over 1500 pages covers the Wellington
area. It contains thousands of biographies of professional and tradespeople in
the Wellington region. Entries range in length from a paragraph or two, to
several pages. Information on suburbs and their leading citizens are also
covered. You will also find information on the private railways, charities,
education system, ecclesiastical, social and musical scenes. The newspapers,
legal, medical, banking insurance and those from the commercial scene (including
shopkeepers, grocers, laundrys and more) are all included, along with those
associated with them.
Thousands of photographs of buildings, scenes and people are included
throughout the whole of the volume, which just add to the importance of this
work.
This is one volume out of six, which covers the whole of New Zealand, and is
a must for any historian researching the history or people in the mid-late
1800s.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has
been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed,
enlarged and printed out if required.
