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Tokomairiro Presbyterian Church
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Tokomairiro Presbyterian Church is a major church building in the New Zealand town of Milton, in the Otago Region. It was designed and built by Robert Lawson and officially opened in 1889.[1]
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Presbyterianism was established in Milton early in the town's history, with the first service given by Rev. Dr Thomas Burns on Christmas Day 1851. A dedicated church was built and opened in 1863, at a time when Milton had rapidly grown as a staging post to the goldfields of the Otago gold rush.[1] The church took its name from the Tokomairaro River (formerly called Tokomairiro), which flows close to the town.