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The ''John Wickliffe'' was the first ship to arrive carrying settlers for the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. The ship was named after the Reformer, John Wickliffe.
Departing from Gravesend, near London, on November 22, 1847, and from Portsmouth on December 14, 1847, she arrived at Port Chalmers on March 23, 1848. March 23 is now observed as Otago Anniversary Day. Her sister ship, the ''Philip Laing'', arrived three weeks later on April 15.

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