Religious Groups in Australia in the Early Colony

By paigealexander

  • The First Fleet

  • First Mass

    Celebrated by Fr James Dixon

  • Irish Uprising

    Led to banning of Catholic Worship

  • Fr Jeremiah O'Flyn

    Conducted illegal worship services which was deported and left the Blessed Sacrament and a Sydney home

  • Fr Therry and Fr Connelly

    In colony with government approval

  • First Catholic Bishop in Australia

    John Bede Polding

  • First Catholic Schools

  • First Religious Order

    Sisters of Charity