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Otira Methodist Home Missionary Training College

1925 establishments in AustraliaSeminaries and theological colleges in Australia

Otira Methodist Home Missionary Training College was a residential college in Victoria, Australia, for training prospective Methodist ministers.

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Otira Methodist Home Missionary Training College
Eglinton Street, Melbourne Kew

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