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1788 - The Invasion
26th of January 1788 is the day that the British Invaded the indigenous people and started the genocide of Australia. -
1788 - Reverend Richard Johnson
Reverend Richard Johnson, an Anglican, was the chaplain assigned to the first fleet and he conducted the first Christian service in Australia. -
1793 - Church opened
Reverend Richard Johnson a man who had no government funding opened his own Church with his own funds to open the first Church in Australia history. -
1794 - A new chaplain arrives
After Reverend Richard Johnson returned home a new Chaplain who was his assistant Samuel Marsden replaced him. -
1798 - Church burnt down
In 1798 the first Church in Australia built by Reverend Richard Johnson was burnt down. -
1800 - Richard Johnson returns home
In 1800 after his Church was burnt down Reverend Richard Johnson returned home to England. -
1800 - Irish Priest arrived
In 1800, an Irish Priest arrived in Australia, not as official clergy but as a convict accused of aiding rebellion in Ireland. Governor King decided that Irish convicts would be better behaved if they were allowed access to a priest and to celebrate race. -
1803 - St Johns Anglican Church founded
Marsden is credited with founding St Johns Anglican Church in Parramata in 1803, but he was not a popular figure with either the government or the convicts. -
1803 - First recorded Catholic mass
The first recorded Catholic mass was celebrated in Sydney on 15th of May 1803 by the convict priest Father James Dixon. -
1804 - castle hill rebellion
On 4th of March 1804, angry at the harsh conditions under which they lived, more than 300 Irish convicts armed with spears and rifles railed at Castle Hill crying 'Death or liberty'. -
1820 - First Government priest arrived
Father Therry Phillip Connolly 1st priests to arrive with government approval with the Roman Catholic Church. -
1829 - Emancipation Act
English Parliament passes the Catholic Emancipation Act. The same political rights as protest and right to hold public office