This fountain resembling a Gothic church spire is on Princes Street, the same street name where the similar Sir Walter Scott Monument is located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the centerpiece of the John Wickliffe Plaza at the Exchange, the city’s former financial district. The square is named after the John Wickliffe ship. The U. K. vessel was the first to arrive at Port Chalmers in 1848 carrying 97 Scottish immigrants. One of them was William Cargill. This native of Edinburgh is considered to be the founder of the Otago Association settlement of Dunedin. He was also the First Superintendent of Otago Province. The Cargill Monument was designed by Charles Robert Swyer and sculpted from Tasmanian sandstone by George Kemp. The tribute was erected in The Octagon in 1864 and then moved to the Exchange in 1872.
