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When the Britain settlers began to start there settlement, 30% of the 756 convicts were catholic. While the settlement was going Governor Phillip had built an Anglican church. If convicts had refused to go to Governor Phillips Anglican church they would be flogged. Some of the convicts had burnt down the colony's first Anglican church.
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In 1792 when the convicts had ask Governor Phillip to have a catholic priest Governor Phillip refused to have one because he had thought that bad sneaky mischief would happen and things would get out of hand and some of the Irish would rebel.
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Most of the early Catholics were Irish convicts. These Catholics had not practise there faiths in traditional ways, Britain Governors had believed that Catholic convicts had been secretly praying and using prayer beads and books.
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In 1798 the first Catholic priest who was father Dixon had came to the colony and is a convict, father Dixon had been transported because he was up in the Irish Rebellion.
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It was in till the early 1800 that the first Catholic mass was allowed to
be celebrated. This catholic mass had Anglican police surrounding it.The next mass had been celebrated after the further 16 years. -
It was when pope of England had allowed father O' Flynn to come and be a priest, father O' Flynn was not a convict but had been expelled from NSW in 1818.
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It was in tell 1820 the first official Catholic mass was allowed to be celebrated with farther Connolly and Therry in NSW
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By then in the 1820's some Catholic convicts were still convicts and some had served there duty in NSW and were free settles.
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Now they had 20,000 Catholics in NSW and had needed and bishop for more super vision for the priest
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The Governor in 1836 had realised that all religions had the same right to do there traditional prayers.
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As then in the colony at Moreton Bay now were we are in Brisbane Polding was the Moreton Bay Archbishop. In 1843 Thomas MacDougall Brisbane had named Brisbane after his last name.
