Catholic Churches in Australia

By Dom_FA130

  • Early Settlement in Australia

    Settlers arrived in Australia. Apprxiamately 40000 Irish convicts came to Australia between 1788 and 1868.
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    Catholic Churches in Australia

  • Irish Rebellion

    The Irish were a particularly violent rebellion. The Irish were Catholics and the English were protestants.

  • Rebellion takes another step

    William Johnson, an Irishman, assembled approxiamately 300 men outside. He led them angainst the Government at Castle Hill in New South Wales.

  • Catholicism Increases

    It wasn't until 1820 that the first official Catholic priests, Fathers Therry and Conolly arrived.

  • Catholic Churches

    By the 1830s, the first Catholic churches were being built.

  • The founding of Good Samaritan

    In 1857, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan had been founded by Archbishop Polding.

  • Catholic Bishops

    By 1861, there were Catholic bishops in Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane.

  • The Sisters of St Joseph

    Fr Julian Tennison Woods and Mark MacKillop had founded the Sisters of St Joseph.

  • Independent Schools

    In 1868, independent school throughout the Australian colonies had been opened and staffed by religious orders. For example, the Irish Christian Brothers.

  • Government School paying

    Up until 1872, the colonial governments gave money to any denomination that wanted to run schools, since there was no developed state system of education at the time.

  • Free, compulsory and Secular

    State Governments passed a series of Education Acts.

  • The Arrical of a new Archbishop

    Archbishop Vaughan arrived in Australia from England

  • The Death of an Archbishop

    Archbishop Vaughan died.

  • Opening of Christian Brothers School, Balmain

    "Our main object shall ever be to teach our pupils to value above all thing their eternal salvation, and to secure this by faithfully and steadfastly adhering to the faith of their Fathers."
    Br O'Hagan, Christian Brother

  • Australian Federation

    The Government had passes the discriminatory Immigration Restriction Act,

  • Catholic Federation

    Dr Mannix began a campaign to persuade Catholics not to vote for anit-Catholic politicians in elections, whether they were from the Labor Pparty or not.

  • Catholic Campaign continues

    In 1915, the Victorian Catholic Workers Association, a group of Catholic memeber within the Labor Party, Formed with the support of the bishops to work within the Labor Party for educational justice.

  • Dr Mannix and Conscription

    By 1916, the relationaships were so strained that Catholics were accused of not sharing the war effort and of avoiding joining the army. Also, in April, there was a rebellion in Ireland against the British Rule.

  • Comment of Archbishop Vaughan

    Here, then was a cleric of extraordinary abilities, strong willed, proud and ambitious in the life of intellectual religion, an eloquent master of the art of preaching. He was not wanted in Australia.
    O'Farrell, P.

  • Faith of Our Fathers

    Faith of our fathers
    Living still,
    Inspite of dungeon, fire and sword.
    O how our hearts beat high with jy
    Whene'er we hear that glorious word.
    Faith of our Fathers, holy faith!
    We wiil be true to thee till death.
    We wiil be true to thee till death.
    Campion, E

  • I am a Little Catholic

    I am a little Catholic
    I love my holy faith
    I will be true to holy Church
    And steadfast unto death. I shun the school of those who seek
    To snare poor Catholic youth
    No Church I own, no schools I know,
    But those that teach the truth
    Campion, E