A historical overview of religion in Australia

By Patricia_Leila
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII

  • Settlement

    (Protestent) -> (Sectarianism)

  • Father Dixon

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    Caroline Chisholm

    During the 1840s Chisholm, 'the emigrants' friend', helped over 11,000 migrants, not only in Australia but on board the migrant ships. Her work was often without official support and she worked tirelessly to raise public support.
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    Ursula Frayne

    Mother Ursula Frayne opened the first Mercy school in Australia on 2 February 1846 with planks, bricks and packing cases as the furniture. Instead of the 4,000 children Bishop Brady had promised them in Dublin, only one child turned up.

  • First Catholic Mass

  • Land grant (Father Conelly)

  • St Mary's Cathedral

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    Mary McKillop

    Mary MacKillop was a trail-blazer in her lifetime, leaving a culture of exemplary living for her followers to emulate. Mary paved the way for education of poor children and a variety of ministries which addressed the needs of 19th century Australia.

  • Sisters of Mercy to Perth with Dom Salvado

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    Free, compulsory, secular education

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    Eily RosalinUe (Eileen) O'Connor

    was an Australian Roman Catholic and the co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (1913) – also known as the Brown Nurses – to provide free nursing services to the poor.

  • Federation Census

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    WW1

  • Daniel Mamix (archbishop)

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    WWII

  • Kevin Long

  • Vietnam war

    Asian religions

  • Census