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First Catholics in Australia
the first fleet arrived with convicts, sailors that were mostly from Ireland. first man was captain cook. -
First Priests
priest arrived as convicts. james dixon was the first priest as a convict. priests were then hired from the government after Dixon lost his privelages -
catholic schools
anyone could attend a catholic school as long as they were baptised in the catholic church. there were 10 catholic schools in 1833, in that same year the government sponsored the schools until 1872 when the education acts changed in states and the aid from the government was removed -
First Bishop
John Bede Polding was the first Bishop. there were conflicting ideas for the future of the church between polding and the irish until the irish beliefs dominated as the main religion -
post-war era
the number of catholic's increased as well as the number of brothers, nuns and priests. there became a high level of attendance to mass and many catholics belonged to catholic groups. the devotion to the rosary was common among australians -
change
millions of non english speaking immigrants travelled from italy, malts, the netherlands, germany, crotia and hungary
