Timeline of Auckland

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Auckland, New Zealand.

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19th century

• 1840 - Auckland founded.
• 1841 - Auckland's first school (a Catholic school) founded
• 1842
  • Auckland designated capital of New Zealand.^[1]
  • Immigrant ships Duchess of Argyle and Jane Gifford arrive from Greenock, Scotland.^[1]
  • Mechanics' Institute and Library opens.^[1]
  • Population: 2,895.^[1]
• 1843
  • Southern Cross newspaper begins publication.^[1]
  • Queen Street gravelled.
  • St. Paul's church consecrated.^[1]
• Auckland Domain laid out
• 1844 - May: Maori Festival held.^[1]
• 1848 - St. Patrick's Cathedral built.^[1]
• 1850 - St. Andrew's Church built.^[1]
• 1855 - Auckland Choral Society founded.
• 1865 - New Zealand capital relocated from Auckland to Wellington.^[1]
• 1857 - St Peter's School established.
• 1861 - Population: 7,989.^[1] Great South Road commenced
• 1863 - New Zealand Herald begins publication.
• 1864 - Population: 12,423.^[1]
• 1868 - Auckland Institute incorporated.
• 1870 - Evening Star newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1871
  • Auckland City Council established.
  • Philip Philips becomes first mayor.
  • Auckland Harbour Board established
• 1873
  • Onehunga Branch railway begins operating.
  • New City Markets opens.^[1]
• 1874 - Ellerslie Racecourse laid out
• 1881
  • Auckland Teachers' Training College established.
  • Population: 16,664.^[1]
• 1883 - Auckland University College founded.
• 1884 - Horse-drawn trams begin operating.^[1]
• 1885 - Newmarket becomes a borough
• 1886 - Population: 33,161.^[1] Devonport becomes a borough
• 1887
  • Public Library opens.^[1]
  • Auckland Sailors' Home built.^[3]
• 1888 - Art Gallery opens.^[1] Birkenhead, New Zealand becomes a borough
• 1890 - Elam School of Fine Arts founded.
• 1895 - Auckland Technical School founded
• 1896 - 13 October: Motion picture screened at the Opera House.
  • 1898 - Old Colonists' Association meetings begin.^[1]
• 1899 - Great Barrier Island-Auckland pigeon post begins operating.^[4]

20th century

• 1902 - First electric trams ran
• 1905 - Victoria Park opens.
• 1906 - Mount Eden becomes a borough
• 1908 - St Patrick's Cathedral dedicated. North Island Main Trunk Railway opened. Northcote becomes a borough
• 1910 - Grafton Bridge and Kings Theatre built.
• 1911 - Mount Albert becomes a borough
  • Auckland Town Hall built.
  • Population: 40,536.^[1]
• 1912 - Auckland Ferry Terminal built. Otahuhu becomes a borough
• 1913 - 1913 Great Strike. Takapuna becomes a borough
• 1914 - Start of World War One
• 1915 - Auckland Presbyterian College for Ladies established in Epsom
• 1916
  • Old Colonists' Museum opens.^[1]
  • Population: 64,951.^[1]
• 1917 - Mount Eden Prison completed
• 1918 - End of World War One
• 1921 - Population: 83,467.^[1]
• 1922 - Auckland Zoo opens.
• 1925 - North Auckland Line opened
• 1927 - Dilworth Building constructed.
• 1928 - St. James Theatre opens.
• 1929 - Auckland Civic Theatre and Auckland War Memorial Museum inaugurated.
• 1930
  • Auckland Railway Station opens. One Tree Hill becomes a borough
  • Eastern Line railway begins operating.
• 1939 - St Peter's College established in Grafton. World War Two started
• 1945 - World War Two ended
• 1947 - Mount Roskill becomes a borough
• 1949 - First trolley bus services ran
• 1950 - February: 1950 British Empire Games held.
• 1951 - 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute
• 1952 - Mount Wellington becomes a borough. First section of Northwestern Motorway opened
• 1953 - First section of Auckland Southern Motorway opened from Ellerslie-Panmure highway to Mount Wellington Highway. Hunua dams completed
• 1954 - East Coast Bays becomes a borough
• 1955 - Auckland Southern Motorway opened to Wiri
• 1956 - Last tram ran in Auckland
• 1959 - Auckland Harbour Bridge built.^[5] First section of Auckland Northern Motorway opened
• 1960 - Mangere sewage treatment plant opened
• 1961 - Alcan Industries aluminum plant and Vibrapac concrete block plant both established at Wiri
• 1962 - Victoria Park Viaduct opens. Nestleinstant coffee factory opened in South Auckland
• 1963 - Auckland Southern Motorway opened to Takanini
• 1964 - Auckland Regional Authority founded. The Beatles played a concert at Auckland
• 1965 - Manurewa Borough amalgamated with Manukau County to form Manukau City. Fibremakers nylon yarn factory opened in South Auckland
• 1966 - Auckland Airport and Newmarket Viaduct open.
• 1967
  • Auckland Observatory founded.
  • Mount Smart Stadium opens in Penrose.
• 1968 - Auckland InterContinental hotel opened. Paremoremo Prison opened.
• 1969 - Auckland Rapid Rail Transit proposed
• 1970 - Auckland Opera founded.
• 1971 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.^[6]
• 1972 - Air New Zealand House (now HSBC Building) opened. Dalgety's wool store (the largest in the Southern Hemisphere) opened in South Auckland
• 1973 - Ford car assembly plant opened in Wiri
• 1974 - National Mutual (now Axa) West Plaza opened. First Manukau City Centre building, the Wiri Trust Hotel opened
• 1976 - Auckland Rapid Rail Transit proposal abandoned. Manukau City Centre Mall's first stage opened. NZ Labour Department office opened in Manukau City Centre
• 1977 - Manukau City Council administration building opened
• 1979 - Housing New Zealand building opened at Manukau City Centre
• 1980 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra formed. Last trolley bus ran
• 1982 - Rainbows End theme park opened
• 1983
  • Mangere Bridge built. First section of Southwestern Motorway opened
  • Catherine Tizard becomes first woman mayor.
• 1986 - Manukau Court building opened
• 1987 - Newstalk ZB radio begins.
• 1989 - Auckland local bodies amalgamated to form Auckland City, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Manukau City Cities and Papakura District, Rodney District and Franklin District. Auckland Regional Authority renamed Auckland Regional Council
• 1990
  • January–February: 1990 Commonwealth Games held.
  • Aotea Centre opens.
• 1991 - Starship Children's Health opens. Renaissance Centre built in Manukau. ANZ Centre completed
• 1993 - 26 November: Aircraft mid-air collision.
• 1996 - Skycity Auckland casino opens.
• 1997 - Sky Tower built.
• 1998
  • February–March: Electrical power crisis.
  • Cycle Action Auckland founded.
• 1999 - Metropolis (Auckland building) completed

21st century

• 2000 - Auckland University of Technology established. Vero Centre completed
• 2003
  • Britomart Transport Centre opens.
  • Auckland City Hospital built.
• 2004
  • Northwestern Cycleway laid out.
  • Auckland Regional Transport Authority established.
• 2006 - Electrical blackout.
• 2010
  • Auckland Council established for Auckland Region.
  • Population: 1,486,000.^[7]
• 2012
  • Jacobs Ladder Bridge for pedestrians opens.^[8]
  • Victoria Park Tunnel built.
• 2014 - First electric trains run in Auckland

See also

• History of Auckland
• Mayor of Auckland City (1871-2010)
• Timeline of New Zealand history

References

1. Barr 1922.
2. "Auckland (N.Z.) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
3. New Zealand Official Year-Book, Wellington, 1904
4. Benjamin Vincent (1906), Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations (24th ed.), G. P. Putnam's Sons
5. Alexander Hare McLintock, ed. (1966). An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Wellington: R.E. Owen.
6. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 2015.
7. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
8. "Auckland's 'Jacob's Ladder' footbridge finally opened". Newstalk ZB. 15 December 2012.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• "Auckland City", Brett's New Zealand and South Pacific Pilot, Auckland, N.Z: Printed by H. Brett, 1880
• "Auckland", New Zealand Handbook (14th ed.), London: E. Stanford, 1879
• Maturin Murray Ballou (1888), "(Auckland)", Under the Southern Cross, or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and other Pacific islands, Boston: Ticknor and Co.
• John Murray Moore (1890), "Auckland, the Naples of New Zealand", New Zealand, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
• William Gisborne (1891), "(Auckland)", The Colony of New Zealand, London: E.A. Petherick & Co., OCLC 8597509
• "Auckland", Pictorial New Zealand, London: Cassell and Co., 1895, OCLC 8587586

Published in the 20th century

• "Auckland", New Zealand as a Tourist and Health Resort, Auckland: T. Cook & Son, 1902, OCLC 18158487
• "Auckland", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• C. N. Baeyertz (1912), "Auckland", Guide to New Zealand, Wellington: New Zealand Times Co., OCLC 5747830
• John Barr (1922), City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920, Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs

External links

• Auckland Libraries. "Local History". Auckland Council.
• "Auckland region". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.