Religion 1788-1850

  • Religion starts

    Some of the convicts on the first fleet were baptised or Christian one of them was James Dixon
  • Governor Philip order Sunday chrch

    Governor Philip ordered Sunday Anakin Church but the christens burnt it down to ashes
  • French exhibition

    A French exhibition brings a priest named Fr Louis Le Recevur but he died on the way sadly
  • The 5 christens

    5 Christens asked governor Philip that that Christians could have a Church that they can pray every Sunday instead of Anakin Church but he said no to everting
  • The challenge

    Catholics had to pray in secret or they get the cat-o-nine tails. Some times they gathered secretly in homes on Sunday
  • Fr James Dixon

    Fr Jame Dixon is the first catholic priest on NSW. “Governor king trusted Fr James Dixon as a educator of the middle class”. “King let Fr James Dixon be a priest”.
  • The public mass starts

    Fr Dixon hosts the first public mass in NSW