Early Wellington

Fig. 34A.—Barrett's Hotel, and the first house built on the beach (Lambton quay). The latter stood on what — is known as the Parliament Triangle (site of Temporary War Memorial). This illustration is from a sketch — by Captain Stanley (H.M.S. Britomart), 1840, in the writer's possession

Fig. 34A.—Barrett's Hotel, and the first house built on the beach (Lambton quay). The latter stood on what is known as the Parliament Triangle (site of Temporary War Memorial). This illustration is from a sketch by Captain Stanley (H.M.S. Britomart), 1840, in the writer's possession.

Fig. 34A.—Barrett's Hotel, and the first house built on the beach (Lambton quay). The latter stood on what
is known as the Parliament Triangle (site of Temporary War Memorial). This illustration is from a sketch
by Captain Stanley (H.M.S. Britomart), 1840, in the writer's possession.