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The First Fleet mostly consisted of Christians from the British Isles. For the first few decades of the colony, Christians and Protestant groups had trouble establishing their Churches.
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The first chaplain of the colony who was an Anglican priest and managed a farm and served as a magistrate. Johnson used used his own money to build a church which opened in 1793 and it was burned to the ground in 1798, 1800 Johnson returned to England.
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He was a Catholic priest that arrived at the colony as a convict. He was given permission by the Governor to say Mass for the Irish convicts.
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300 convicts rebelled against the harsh conditions and treatment they received
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The Irish rallied at Castle Hill but were then fired upon by the troops. Due to this uprising, Marsden believed that the Irish Catholics were using Mass to plot rebellions so then Catholic worship was banned.
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He was a Catholic priest and was not authorised to conduct services or operate as a chaplain so in 1818 he was deported.
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Gave Catholics the same political rights as the Protestants and they were able to hold public office.
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Its population consisted of all the Protestant groups
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Late 1890s = 2000
1910 = 6000
1950 = 13000