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First Christian service in Australia
Reverend Richard Johnson, an Anglican, was the chaplain assigned to the First Fleet -
First church in Australia
the government refused to provide Johnson with a building for church services so he used his own funds to build the church. -
First recorded Catholic Mass
Celebrated in Sydney on 15 May 1803 by the convict priest Father James Dixon -
Castle Hill rebellion
Angry at the harsh conditions under which they lived, more than 300 Irish convicts armed with spears and rifles rallied at Castle Hill crying 'death or liberty'. -
Catholic Emancipation Act
The English Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, which gave Catholics the same political rights as Protestants and the right to hold public office. -
First Anglican Bishop
William Broughton, an Anglican priest, arrived in Sydney in 1829 and was consecrated as the first Anglican bishop in 1836 -
The Church Act
The government passed the Chruch Act, which provided funding, in the form of subsidies, for buildings and salary for clergy, for all the main Christian denominations. -
State aid to church schools abolished
State aid to church schools abolished and Catholics either had to send their children to government schools or fund their own schools. -
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Approximately 2000 sisters & brothers in Australia
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Anglican Church established 'bush brotherhoods'
The Anglican Church established 'bush brotherhoods', an organisation of Anglican priets formed to provde pastoral care in sparsely settled areas.