The Story of the Church in Australia

When the First Fleet arrived in Australia there were approximately how many Indigenous people living in Australia?

• 750
• 750 00
• 750 000
• 750 000 000

The first convicts in Australia 

• were very bad criminals
• had usually been convicted for petty crimes
• were stowaways on ships
• were unknown

Most of the convicts were

• English
• Scottish
• Irish
• Welsh

The Irish Catholics were rebelling against

• African rule
• Hungarian rule
• Irish rule
• British rule

Most of the Irish convicts that were transported to Australia were

• Poor and oppressed
• Rich and authoratative
• Middle class
• Aristocrats

People in charge of the early Australian colony were

• Gypsies
• Church of England (Protestant)
• Jewish
• Hindu

From the very beginning of the early Australian colony there was bitterness, suspicion and antagonism between the colony's rulers and the Catholics.
True or false

• True
• False

The Irish rebellion which took place at Castle Hill in 1804 was led by

• James Cook
• Arthur Phillip
• William Johnston
• Winston Churchill

Who was the first Priest to say Mass in the early colony?

• Father Dancer
• Father Prancer
• Father Donner
• Father Dixon

When did regular Catholic worship begin in the colony?

• 1920
• 1720
• 1820
• 1788