Religion 1788 1850

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  • 30% of the 756 convicts where baptised Catholics

    30% of the 756 convicts where baptised Catholics

  • Change and challenge

    Governor Philip forced the convicts to go to Anglican
  • Convict

    Convict

    In 1792 five lay Catholic petitioned Governor Phillip to have Catholic Church
  • Private practice

    Private practice

    To keep there catholic faith they had to do it privately
  • Fr James Dixon

    Fr James Dixon

    In January 16 1800 Fr James Dixon arrived in New South Wales in the Frendship.
  • Public mass

    Public mass

    Fr James Dixon was a prisoner priest in the early Colony of New South Wales and said the first Mass sanctioned by the governmen The proclamation was read at Government House, Parramatta, and the first Mass was celebrated in Sydney on 15 May 1803
  • First Public Mass

    First Public Mass

    The OfficialCatholic was celebrated in Australia at Sydney in 15th May 1803