Auckland development 1890 - 1940

  • Elam School of Fine Arts, founded

  • Period: to

    1890 - 1940

  • Auckland population reaches 57,616

  • Construction of Electric Tramway

  • Waitakeres developed as water catchment area

  • Parnell Baths constructed

  • Myers Park established

  • Auckland Grammar School founded.

  • Population reaches 133,712

  • Auckland linked to Whangarei by Rail

  • St James theatre opens

  • 1930's decade of great depression

  • Most main highways surfaced and weatherproofed

  • 'Auckland Railway Station' established

    'Auckland Railway Station' established