Religious Education
Religion In Australia Before White Settlement
When the first fleet arrived on the Autralian continent in 1788, there were roughly 750 00 indiginous people in Australia, living in around 700 distinct groups. Each group had its religious system containing its own stories and rituals, they were very closely connected to the land.
The white people did not understand how important the land was to the indigenous people, and how distressing it was for them to move away from their sacred land. Aboriginals were often killed by squatter who travelled throught the area. They were killed if they tried to defend their land and lives, sometimes even in organised masscares.
The First Catholics In Australia
The first Catholic's to come to Australia were Convicts, around 40,000 of them. They had travled to Australia from Ireland in between 1788 and 1868. Most of these convicts had been transported due to theft and violence. These rebel's were mainly men that were dedicated to Irelands independence.
They were not the usual criminal's they were generally kind hearted men, there crime' were just rebellion against British rule.
The poor in Ireland was the Catholicism that the Irish convicts brought to Australia. The English and Scottish convicts were Protesters, and the Irish men were Catholics.
The button on the left will send you to a link showing you numerous amounts fo photos on The First Catholic's In Australia