The Early Church by Ahoora

By ceichy
  • 5000 BCE

    Aboriginal people lived in Australia and believed that they were created by the dreaming.

  • The First Fleet arrived in Australia there were 11 ships and over 1000 people

  • Reverend Richard Johnson of the church England of held the first mass

  • 5 people asked the governor for a catholic priest.

  • The convicts burnt the church down.

    In 1793 st Phillip Anglican church was build.
  • Period: to

    Many Irish were sent to Australia

  • Fr Dixon were not allowed to say mass

  • Period: to

    Fr Harold and Fr Dixon and Fr O'Neil arrived at Australia but they were not allowed to celebrate mass

  • In 1804 Fr Dixon was not to celebrate mass but he did.

  • Fr Dixon left Australia

  • In 1809 fr Dixon went to jail and left Australia