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Arrival & Establishment of Christianity. In Australia. 1788 - 1981. Anglican Church in Australia was called the Church of England in Australia. King Henry VIII. 1788. Arrival of the First Fleet About 1/3 of the convicts were Catholic - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Arrival & Establishment of
ChristianityIn Australia
1788 - 1981• Anglican Church in Australia was called
the Church of England in Australia
King Henry VIII
1788• Arrival of the First
Fleet• About 1/3 of the
convicts were Catholic
• Reverend Richard Johnson (1753-1827) was the first chaplain
• He arrived with the First Fleet
1792 and 1796• Petitions for a
Catholic Priest were ignored by the British colonial authorities
1803• The earliest recorded
Catholic Mass was celebrated by the Irish Priest Father James Dixon (1758-1840)
• He had been transported for allegedly encouraging the Irish Rebellion of 1798
Irish Rebellion
1804• Father Dixon lost his
official permission to celebrate Mass in public because he was suspected of complicity in the convict uprising at Castle Hill.
• All Catholic convicts were again compelled to attend Anglican services
Uprising at Castle Hill
1809• The Ebenezer
Presbyterian Church was built on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, under the leadership of a layman, James Mein. Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
1810• Australia’s first group
of Congregationalists met and conducted services in the schoolroom of William Pascoe Crook.
William Pascoe Cook
1812• Methodist meetings started
1815• The Methodist
Reverend Samuel Leigh arrived from the British Wesleyan Methodist Conference to conduct services.
1818• The Church and State were formally
recognised as separate and independent institutions within the colony
1820• Catholic Priests were
allowed to settle and conduct services in the colony
• Fathers John Therry and Philip Connolly arrived in Sydney
• Connolly then went to Hobart
Father John Therry
1820 & 1821• A Methodist Church was established in
Hobart (1820)• A Methodist Church was established in
Sydney (1821)
1823• The Presbyterian Reverend Lang arrived
in Sydney and Reverend Macarthur arrived in Hobart.
1824• The first Presbyterian communion service
was celebrated in the Ebenezer Church.• It remains the
oldest Australian church still in use today.
Prior to 1834• Australian Catholics were under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of Mauritius
1834
• Authority over Australian Catholics was given to Bishop Bede Polding, based in Sydney
• The Baptist Church is established in Sydney
1838• The Lutherans first arrive from Germany and set
up in Queensland and South Australia
1839 - 1841• Baptist Church is established in:• Launceston (1839)• Adelaide (1840)• Melbourne (1841)
1850• Sydney saw the establishment of the first
Unitarian Group.
1851• Missionaries from the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) arrived in Sydney.
• Within a few short years there were Mormon missions in all colonies.
1880• Local people in Adelaide formed the first
Salvation Army Corps
1885• The first Australian Cardinal was
appointed in Sydney and he became the head of the Catholic Church in Australia.
• Some Seventh-Day Adventists came to Melbourne from the USA.
1896
• The First Greek Orthodox priest arrived from Samos to conduct services in Melbourne and Sydney
A Greek Orthodox Icon
1898• First Christian Scientist service in Australia was
held at Melbourne.• The first Orthodox Church was built in Surry Hills
(NSW), by Greek and Lebanese Christians, with assistance from Church of England clergy.
1904• The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Jehovah’s Witnesses) set up its first branch in Melbourne.