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Dr Adam Cairns

Presenter(s)
Max Griffiths MBE
Start
Wednesday 18 Apr 2018 - 8:00pm
Finish
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 - 10:00pm
Location
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee
Members free; non-members $5.00

Max Griffiths will take us through the life of Dr Adam Cairns (1802-1881), clergyman and theologian, and founding father of the Presbyterian Church in Melbourne.  He established Chalmers Church, its first place of worship, on Eastern Hill. After his death Cairns Memorial Church in Powlett Street was built in his memory. 

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