Early priests of Australia

Who officiated the first Catholic marriage in 1803?

• Fr Dixon

• Fr Harold

• Fr John Therry

• Jeremiah O'Flynn

Which priest was deported in 1818 for ministering as a priest without the correct documents?

• Fr O'Flynn

• Fr John Therry

• Fr Harold

• Fr O'Neill

The 1804 _____ _____ Rebellion was an attempt to overthrow British Rule in NSW.

The two first official Catholic priests in Australia were...

• Father Therry

• Father Conolly

• Father O'Flynn

• Father O'Neill

Which of the following are true for early Catholics in Australia?

• Most were poor

• Many were convicts who had rebelled against the British gov in Ireland

• Many were in positions of authority

• They were unpopular, if not even despised by Protestant Australians

• Many were suspicious or fearful of them

In what year did the Education Act make school free, compulsory and secular?

• 1820

• 1836

• 1872

• 1888

Order these events (earliest to latest)

• Funding was withdrawn from Catholic schools

• Golbourn school strikes occurred

• Father Dixon's permission to say Mass was withdrawn

• The Church Act meant the gov started funding Catholic schools

• Fr John Therry arrived in Aus

Between 1820 and 1833, Australian Catholicism was dominated by Fr _____