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The First Fleet of ships to carry convicts from England to Botany Bay sailed from Portsmouth, England.
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As the number of children in the colony grew, two schools were established - one for the children of military and one for the children of convicts. But in 1803-1806 the first Catholic School was opened.
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When the government refused to provide Reverend Richard Johnson (an Anglican, first chaplain assigned to the first fleet) with a church he used his own funds o build the first church in Australia.
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Was celebrated by the convict priest Father James Dixon in Sydney
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300 Irish convicts armed with spears and rifles rallied at Castle Hill crying 'death or liberty'.
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Two Catholic priests, Fathers John Therry and Phillip Conolly
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The English Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, which gave Catholics the same political rights as Protestants and the right to hold public office
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The government passed the Church Act, which provides funding, in the form of subsidies, for buildings and salary for clergy, for all main Christian Denominations.
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The government abolished funding for Church schools and said they have to send them to Government schools or fund their own.
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there was approximately 2000 brothers & sisters of the church in Australia