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1872 BCE
Catholic Schools
Many of the colonial governments gave money to any denomination that were given the choice to run schools, since there was no develpoed state of education at the time. Fathers Terry and Connelly began a small school system of Catholic schools. Many schools were starting small and were struggling a bit but were slowly developing through Australia -
1850 BCE
The First Catholics In Australia
It is has been told that the first Catholics in Australia were Catholics, but many of these Catholics were transported to Australia for theft and violence, while another large number of people were transported for "riot and sedition". This meant that they had been convicted of rebelling against the British government in Ireland. Not only were these Catholics from England but 40,000 were Irish. Many of these Irishmen were men who generally were good people. -
1820 BCE
White Settlement Destruction
It was known that the white settlement caused destruction and death, for Aboriginal people and their culture. The white settlers didn't understand that destroying the land impacted the indigenous very badly. Many white people also known as pastroralists moved through the country and separated indigenous people from their tribes. Often when tribes tried to defend themselves it would end up with many indigenous people injured or killed. -
1820 BCE
Priests
Up until 1820 there was no Catholic Priests, Fathers Terry and Connelly arrived. This was marking a beginning of regular Catholic worship and Catholic Education in Australia. -
1815 BCE
White Settlement in Australia
The First Fleet arrived on the continent Australia, it was estimated the 75,000 indigenous people were living in Australia during this time, each indigenous group had there own beliefs, stories, rituals and generally were very close to the land. -
1798 BCE
Violent Rebellion
In Ireland a violent rebellion had occured which caused mistrust and suspicion regarding the all the Irish Catholics and what they were regraded by the authorites. In Australia, during the beginning there was suspicon, bitterness between the coloney's rulers and the Catholics. Catholic faith was seen as threat. -
1798 BCE
Leader
William Johnston, an Irishman was transported for taking part in the 1798 rebellion in Ireland, William Johnston assembled three hundred men outside Sydney. He led them in rebellion against the Governemnt at Castle Hill in New South Wales. This rebellion caused caused hatred, fear of the Irish to the authories. The cause of the rebellion was blamed on Catholic teaching and that the Irish were given permission to assemble a Mass -
1705 BCE
ARCHBISHOP VAUGHAN
Archbishop Roger Vaughan has been called the architect of Catholic education in Australia. Whilst arriving in Australia from England in 1873, Archbishop Roger Vaughan acted as a coadjutor. He was young, energetic and visionary. He had his mind set on building a Catholic education and making Catholicism a visible force in Australia. -
Catholic Worship and Education in Australia
The first official Catholic priests Father Therry and Conolly arrived. This marked the beginning of consistent Catholic worship and education in Australia. -
The Start of Catholic Schools in Australia
The colonial governments gave money to any denomination that wanted to run schools since there was no developed state system of education at the time. Fathers Therry and Conolly began a small system of Catholic schools. In the beginning untrained people staffed these schools. This was the beginning of Catholic Schools which soon evolved across Australia. -
Funding for Schools
The Catholic Church was well established in Australia. Schools were funded by the government along with state schools. -
Up and Running
By 1861 there were Catholic bishops in Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. -
Helping Hand
Mary Mckillop and Fr Julian Tennison Woods have founded the Sisters of St Joseph and had opened schools for poor children throughout South Australia -
Education Acts
In Victoria, and very soon after Australian colonies had passed a series of Education Acts. Education in Australia was free, compulsory and secular. -
System of Schools
Until the passing of the acts, the Catholic Church were running its own system of primary schools and supported by the government.
The church of England aspired to be the official church in Australia lots of tension arose between various Catholics which were mainly Irish. The Irish were seen as interlopers. -
Debates in the Australian Community
In the years leading up to the Education Acts there was a fierce debate in the Australian community about the place of religion in education. The Education Acts said that all schools would be secular, this meant they would not be associated with any Church and religion would not be apart of the school curriculm. School would still be free and children were recquired to attend. -
Schools in Early Australia
Lots of Catholic communities in Australia were determined to maintain Catholic schools by keeping them open. Many of the people were poor and have to scrape money together. Classes were taught in old buildings with very few resources. The Catholics were very brief about the schools and would explain that the purpose was to teach their children the true faith which was an Irish faith. -
iluihuuho
Religious education in Catholic schools was centered in a book written in 1937 called “The little green catechism”. This book involved questions and answers that were then memorized by students. The days religion lessons would consist of students reciting aloud the answers of the Catechisim which discussed all matters of belief, moral life and Church laws. It was regular for Priests and Bishops would test the children. -
Fear of Catholics
Fear against Catholics was fuelled by clergy of the Church of England.