Sectarianism in Pre 1945 Australia

What is Sectarianism

• Excessive devotion to making a profit

• Excessive devotion to a particular sect or religious faith

• Extreme ideas about people from other cultures

• An excuse for acts of war

Answer explanation

Sectarianism = Excessive devotion to a particular sect or religious faith

Sectarian tension in Australia before 1945 was mainly between

• The Germans and The English

• Jewish people and Muslim people

• Protestants and Catholics

• Christians and Aboriginal people

Answer explanation

Before 1945, European Australia found itself divided along very clear religious and political lines – with a particular division between Catholics and Protestants.

Tension between Protestants and Catholics was a result of pre existing conflict

• like in Braveheart - English taking over Scotland

• because Martin Luther protested and the Catholics didn't like it

• over divorce and whether or not that's okay

• between the English (Church of England) and Irish (Catholics)

Answer explanation

Sectarianism in Australia had clear links with the conflict between the Church of England and the Irish Catholics in Ireland prior to Australian settlement.

Employment advertisements often included this phrase:

Answer explanation

*Employment advertisements would include the line ‘Catholics need not apply’.

Protestants generally tended to be

• People with no education

• a tiny group of people most of whom were priests

• Well educated and with more employment options

• Not willing to go to war against Germany as Luther wat German

Answer explanation

Protestants were generally more educated and middle class, better education gave them more job opportunuties.

Which of the following staements would be true of Catolics in pre-1945 Australia

• They were often less educated

• Employers discriminated against them

• They were more likely to be 'working class'

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Catholics were generally less educated and working class, Employment opportunities for Catholics were generally more restricted than for Protestants

English/Irish Tension reflected sectarian differences and

• political, cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences

• that's it, just religious differences

• hatred which goes back to Roman times

• disagreeements from the Viking era

Answer explanation

much of sectarianism and the English–Irish antagonism also reflected political, cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences as much as religious issues.

Daniel Mannix was a

• member of the IRA

• leader of Sinn Fein

• Protestant minister

• Catholic Archbishop

Answer explanation

• Daniel Mannix was ordained as a priest in 1890 and sent to Australia in 1912 to act as an assistant to the Archbishop of Melbourne, whom he succeeded in 1917

Protestant leaders mostly​ ​ (a)  

• did not suppout Australia joining WWI
• Spoke out against conscription
• wanted to ally themselves with Germany
• urged their congragations to join the war effort

Answer explanation

Many Protestant ministers were urging their congregations to join the war effort at all costs.

Prime Minister Billy Hughes held a referendum to see if Australians supported

• France and wanted to become a French-speaking colony

• freedom from English rule

• conscription to support Britain's involvement in WWI

• becoming a republic

Answer explanation

Prime Minister William (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952) held a national referendum in 1916 to see whether the Australian people agreed with conscription.