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jan 1, 1827 - Lyttelton is named

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In 1827 Captain William Wiseman, a flax trader, named the harbour (now known as Lyttelton Harbour) Port Cooper, after one of the owners of the Sydney trading firm, Cooper & Levy.

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jan 1, 1827
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~ 199 years ago