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If catholic convicts wanted to say catholic prayers they would have to do it very secretly -
When the first fleet arrived in Sydney cove 30%of the convicts were baptised catholic -
If Convicts refused to go to the Anglican massy they would get flogged. -
The first priests arrived in New South Wales in the early 1800’s. But they arrived as convicts, James Dixon was one of the convicts. He was given permission to present mass for Catholics, at a couple of locations such as Liverpool, parramatta and Sydney. -
In 1803 the first public catholic mass was held -
Father Dixon was put to work as a school teacher