mThe first Catholics to arrive in Australia were Irish convicts

from the first fleet.

m One-tenth of the convicts that arrived in Australia were
catholic, and half of these were born in Ireland.
mBy 1803, 2086 Irish convicts were catholic.
mOther people that arrived on the First Fleet were English,
Scottish and Protestant.
mThere have been protestants since the First Fleet in 1788
mBecause many people in Australia that arrived on the first fleet
were Catholics. Protestant people and ideas were prominently in
the early years of Australia·s history.
This is an image of the first fleet arriving to Australia caring convicts who would soon
become Australia·s first Catholic·s.
mame? James Dixon
mWho is he? James Dixon was the first priest in Australia,
who came from Ireland.
mWhat was his significance? James Dixon made a significant
contribution for the Catholics by saying mass on Sundays. He
started in1803 and masses on Sundays stopped in march
1804. Governor King withdrew James· permission and he was
sent back to Ireland. This was because of the Castle Hill
rebellion. Mass was not legally celebrated until 1820.
mame? John Bede Polding.
mWho is he? Australia·s first catholic Bishop and archbishop
of Sydney.
m What was his significance? John was made a bishop on
the 5th of April 1842 and Archbishop on the 22nd of April
1842. John established a firm administration with assistance,
he also consecrated St Mary·s as his cathedral and noticed
the need for more church buildings. He did this in the
Campbelltown Area, Parramatta, Windsor, Maitland And
Wollongong
mGot involved in the control of schools
mBy 1836 he had 13 primary schools.
m7 for boys and 6 for girls.
mWith the little time he had he spoke mass for all the
convicts
mDixon is considered to be the "founding father of Australian
Catholicism".
These are images of James Dixons grave (left) and John Polding (right)
mThere were 2 schools that had been established in the 19th
century, but sadly they didn·t survive very long.
mDevelopment then started to take place in 1820 and by 1833 10
schools across Australia has been established.
m During this time schools were receiving assistance from the
government. This lasted until the 1860·s
mIn the1850·s the schools started a campaign for all schools
to be free, secular and compulsory.
mAfter this they realised they couldn·t rely on government for
much longer, so the bishops reached out to other orders and
countries to help out and soon enough they did
Today, ew orcia still stands as a visible expression of the Catholic faith in Western
Australia, despite the closure of the school.
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Samuel Marsden 1812

mThis quote is linked to Oppositions towards catholic·s because

the British were worried that their empire would be lost to the
catholic·s.
mThis quote is referring to the fact that the British Empire was
opposed to the matter of letting Catholic·s celebrate mass
mThe British were always against catholic·s and giving them the
right to celebrate mass.
mThey then let catholic·s celebrate mass every Sunday so
Catholics would fight back and take over the British empire in
anger.
m
Mary MacKillop and The Sisters of Saint Joseph·s.
mh
In 1866 Mary MacKillop opened a catholic school in
Penola. By the end of 1869 Mary were 21 schools opened and in
a variety of areas.
mþ  The whole aim of schools were to educate the
poor for free, and to locate the schools in areas that were
isolated from the rest of the world.
m
 Caritas Australia
mh
Caritas Australia began in June 1964 as the Catholic
Overseas Relief Committee.
mþ   Project Compassion is Caritas Australia·s annual
awareness and fundraising campaign. It·s the main way Caritas
Australia raises money. Every Catholic school and every Catholic
parish around Australia is invited to be part of the Project
Compassion Appeal.
mBecause of the variety of cultures coming out to Australia
there were many different rituals that people would use
celebrate mass.
mThey then combined the different ways and came up with
the Australian catholic church way,
mSo instead of having different cultures of people celebrating
mass, they all came together and showed their devotions to
God as one, which attracted many more numbers
There are 2 main issues the church is facing today
1. Loss of Believers: Most people today don't go to church
every Sunday. They think church is boring and a waste
of time because it has nothing to do with their current
lives today.
2. ot enough Funds: Churches are having difficulty raising
enough money to be able to give to charity and pay for
basic bills around the church