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1788 firt fleet arrives in New South Wales
30% of 756 convicts that arrived in N.S.W were catholic. In 1788 governor Phillip made an order that every convict and settlers had to attend at Anglican Sunday church services, if you didn't attend you would get flogged. Most Irish had no interest in catholic faith or religion. Some of the convicts burnt down the Anglian church but Governor Phillip would not miss one mass. The only way the Catholics could keep up their faith was to say the traditional prayer the rosary. -
1792 catholic settlers potition the governor
some catholic convicts asked governor Phillip to get a catholic priest but governor Phillip said a but fat NO! -
1797 Catholics in Australia
Catholics in Australia had a hard time same did the other convicts. they had no choice but to go to the Anglican church. -
1798 The first priests arrive in N.S.W
in 1798 Fr Dixon and another two priest arrived in N.S.W as convicts, they arrived on January. -
1803 first mass allowed to be celebrated
governor Phillip allowed the first mass to be celebrated, but police were watching just incase the convicts did something like burn down the church again. -
1817 first free prist arrived
Fr O'Flynn was not a convict he was a free settler but he was sent by the pope. in 1818 he was expelled. -
1820 First official catholic priests arrive
the first official priests were Fr Connolly and Fr Therry. -
1828 Catholics in N.S.W
in the late 1820s catholic were still convicts or free settlers -
1843 first preist arrives in brisbane
in Moreton bay Polding was the archbishop.
