Captain William Cargill — Duendin, New Zealand
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S 45° 52.662 E 170° 30.112
59G E 461343 N 4919420
Captain William Cargill was a prominent person in the early days of settlement in Otago.
Waymark Code: WM8BY0
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 03/09/2010
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Erected by the People of Otago in the year 1865.
To the memory of
Captain William Cargill
the Founder of this Settlement
and the first
Superintendent of the Province
He landed with the first party of Settlers on the 23rd day of March, 1848, and died on the 6th day of August 1860.
This Monumnet was removed from the Octagon and moved to this site by the
Corporation of the City of Dunedin,
In the year 1872, being the XXXV year fo the Reign of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria.