Catholic Church in Australia

Who officiated the first Catholic marriage in 1803?

• Fr Dixon

• Fr Harold

• Fr John Therry

• Jeremiah O'Flynn

The Catholic Church's response to their school funding being withdrawn was to...

• Increase involvement of religious orders

• Increase school fees

• Close some Catholic schools

• Join with other religious schools

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

(a)  

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

Between 1820 and 1833, Australian Catholicism was dominated by Fr (a)  

Which of the following refers to tensions between different groups within a religion?

• Secularism

• Sectarianism

• Subdivision

• Separatism

There were no religious orders in Australia prior to 1872

• True
• False

Religious schools first started receiving government funding when the ____ Church Act was passed

• 1872

• 1804

• 1836

• 1842