Arrival

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Arrival Establishment of Christianity

• In Australia

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1788 - 1981

• Anglican Church in Australia was called the
  Church of England
  in Australia

King Henry VIII
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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

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1792 and 1796

• Petitions for a Catholic Priest were ignored by
  the British colonial authorities

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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
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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
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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
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1810

• Australias first group of Congregationalists met
  and conducted services in the schoolroom of
  William Pascoe Crook.

William Pascoe Cook
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1812

• Methodist meetings started

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1815

• The Methodist Reverend Samuel Leigh arrived from
  the British Wesleyan Methodist Conference to
  conduct services.

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1818

• The Church and State were formally recognised as
  separate and independent institutions within the
  colony

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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
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1820 1821

• A Methodist Church was established in Hobart
  (1820)
• A Methodist Church was established in Sydney
  (1821)

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1823

• The Presbyterian Reverend Lang arrived in Sydney
  and Reverend Macarthur arrived in Hobart.

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1824

• The first Presbyterian communion service was
  celebrated in the Ebenezer Church.
• It remains the
  oldest
  Australian
  
  church still in
  use today.

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Prior to 1834

• Australian Catholics were under the jurisdiction
  of the Bishop of Mauritius

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1834

• Authority over Australian Catholics was given to
  Bishop Bede Polding, based in Sydney
• The Baptist Church is established in Sydney

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1838

• The Lutherans first arrive from Germany and set
  up in Queensland and South Australia

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1839 - 1841

• Baptist Church is established in
• Launceston (1839)
• Adelaide (1840)
• Melbourne (1841)

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1850

• Sydney saw the establishment of the first
  Unitarian Group.

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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.

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1880

• Local people in Adelaide formed the first
  Salvation Army Corps

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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.

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1896

• The First Greek Orthodox priest arrived from
  Samos to conduct services in Melbourne and Sydney

A Greek Orthodox Icon
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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.

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1904

• The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovahs
  Witnesses) set up its first branch in Melbourne.