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1. History of Catholic education in Australia - lessons 1-8

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name

Class

Date

Indigenous people of Australia have lived here for

approx 60,000 years

approx 45,000 years

approx 30,000 years

approx 10,000 years

At the time of colonisation, approx ______ languages were spoken by different indigenous groups throughout Australia

100

300

500

700

The majority of the 40,000 first convicts arriving in Australia between 1788 and 1868 were

English Anglicans

Irish Protestants

English Catholics

Irish Catholics

The official Church of the NSW colony was

Church of England

Catholic

based on indigenous spirituality connected to the land

there was no official Church

'The was bitterness, suspicion and antagonism between the colony’s rulers (Church of England) and the Catholics'.

True, the tension between Ireland and England was brought to the new colony

False, they left the tension back in their home countries and started afresh

The first official Catholic priests came to the colony in _____ and were _______.

1820; Fr Quigley & Fr Donvan

1790: Fr Therry & Fr Conolly

1890: Fr Madigan & Fr O'Leary

1820: Fr Therry & Fr Conolly

Catholic Churches were being built in the 1830s and Catholic schools, like those of other denominations, were funded by the government, as there were no state-run schools. This meant that

Catholic school were wealthy and employed highly qualified staff

many orders of nuns, priests and brothers earned a high salary working in Catholic schools

the funding barely covered costs so often untrained lay (non-religious) people - often ex-convicts staffed these schools

the Catholic Church used the funding to focus on building Churches and did not use the funds for education

St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and Fr Julian Tennison Woods founded the Sisters of St Joseph in ________, and opened schools for poor rural children throughout __________.

1866; Victoria

1866; South Australia

1901; Tasmania

1920; South Australia

The Education Acts 1972 stated that all schools would now be 'free, secular and compulsory'. Secular means....

not having any connection with religion

a level of Government

religions being able to choose their content

Governments being made up equally of all religious traditions

10.

In defiance of the Education Act of 1872 the Catholic communities were determined to maintain Catholic education in schools as a way to teach their children the faith, often an Irish faith. A key factor in the strength of Catholic schools in Australia in the late 19th century was...

Mary MacKillop encouraged all religious brothers and sisters to come to the colonies from Ireland

The bishops brought to Australia many religious orders of women and men who were attracted by the expansive and well resourced schools

The bishops brought to Australia many religious orders of women and men who taught with very few resources and often without a salary

The Church at the time established the first International Schools that attracted teachers from a range of countries

11.

Archbishop Roger Vaughan....

focused on BOTH the building of prominent places for Catholic worship and establishing a strong Catholic education system

focused on the building of prominent places for Catholic worship including cathedrals, churches and seminaries for training priests rather than the school system

focused on establishing a strong Catholic education system by encouraging religious orders to work in schools in Australia and was not concerned about buildings or politics

focused on building an 'Australian' Catholic Church that played a part in social and political life

12.

Cardinal Moran....