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First Fleet arrives in New South Whales
30% of the 756 convicts were Catholic.Half of the Catholics were Irish.On the First Fleet Catholics were where not allowed to have a Catholic church.They were forced to go to the Anglican church service on Sunday.Govenor Phillip commanded that convicts would be flogged if they refused to attend to church.Some convicts even burnt down the first Anglican church built in the colony.also 30%of the convicts were baptised. -
Catholic settlers penition the Govener
The petition was early on but It still was a while before the first priest arrived.It was because Govenor Phillip was scared that the Irish would rebel and he didn't want that to happen so he said no! -
Catholics in Australia
A lot of catholic convicts were Irish they didn't keep going on with there faiths and traditional ways but there are still records of convicts using their prayer beads and prayer books before priests arrived. -
The first priest's arrive
The first priest's in new south whales where convicts.The Castle Hill rebellion scared Governor King that he took a way fr Dixon's privileges.Fr Dixon soon returned to Ireland, and Mass was not allowed to be celebrated again in the colony until Fathers John Joseph Therry and Philip Connolly which were chaplains were appointed by.[Chaplains are people who provide religious services] -
First mass allowed to be celebrated
When the Catholic convicts were allowed to have the first Catholic mass police watched to make sure that they did not rebel. And they were not allowed another mass till 16 more years. -
First free priest arrived
Fr O'flynn was not a convict priest he was a free priest England didn't approve of it he was sent by the pope.he got kicked out of new south whales in 1818. -
First official Catholic priest's arrive
Fr john Therry and Fr Phillip Connolly were the first official Catholic priests in Australia Fr Therry opened the first Catholic school in Australia Parramatta.The year after Fr Connolly left Hobart and Fr Therry was the only Catholic priest on the mainland of Australia. -
Catholics in new south whales
in the 1820 most of the Catholics were still convicts or former convicts. -
Emancipation act in England
The penal laws were avoiding Catholics from Government positions and other important jobs. -
First important officials in new south whales who were Catholics arrived
The emancipation act in England meant that strong people in the government at new south whales could be Catholics to. -
Bishop polding appointed
New South Whales was getting very popular and it was so very popular that a bishop was needed that bishop was bishop Polding! -
Church act
All religions were equally granted in new south whales.By 1836 bishop Polding had started 13 primary schools.7 for boys and 6 for girls. -
Caroline chislom championed the cause of women and emigrants
Catholic Chisolm was a very important female in the first colony.Charoline Chisolm was also a catholic. -
myall creek mascares-white settelers killed a bunch of aboriginies at myall creek
at Myall creek some white settlers killed a bunch Aboriginies.Bishop Polding was against the Aboriginies but he also was concerned about the settlers. -
Polding appointed Archbisop
by 1839 new south whales had a population of 101,904 and 21,298 were Catholics.the Catholic church to grow significantly in New South Whales. -
First priest arrives in Brisbane
The colony of Moreton Bay [where Brisbane is now] became part of the colony in New South Whales at the time that this happened Polding was the archbishop of Moreton Bay.
