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This plan of Auckland shows its streets and roads – or rather the lack of them – in 1842. At this time goods and people were mainly transported by sea – roads were just bare areas of earth that turned to muck whenever it rained.
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Reference: MapColl-832.1291gbbd/1842/Acc.22934
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