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worshippers from First Church (who contributed a third of its membership) and from the independent congregation (with the exception of
Baptist and Wesleyan worshippers who formed their own churches). When the church opened on 6 May 1861 it was the second Presbyterian church in the settlement. on the corner of Great King and Frederick Streets close to the
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was purchased for £569 (consisting of £369 for the land and £200 for the cottage and stable on the land) on the corner of George and Pitt
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