Summary Points

1. Summary Points Religion in Australia Pre 1945 Explicit Teaching

2. Establishment of Christianity • Commenced on 26 January 1788 • Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian (Scotland) and Judaism • Approximately 12-18 Jews on the First Fleet - most famous - Esther Abrahams • First Service Conducted by Rev Richard Johnston

3. Sectarianism • Definition - a rigid adherence to a particular set of beliefs • Religious beliefs • Most noticeable between Church of England & Roman Catholics in the early settlement. • Battle of Vinegar Hill 1804

4. Sectarianism • Sectarianism was a feature of the early colony - evident within the Australian society up until the 1960’s • Sectarianism was evident in the development of education systems in the early colony.

5. Social Work • John Flynn - Royal Flying Doctor Service - an example of the Presbyterian Church • Flynn of the Outback - health care, counselling and support • Bush Brotherhood - Anglican Priests on horseback - traveled through remote parts of the colony.

6. Social Work • Outback communities were served spiritually and medically by the RFDS • The Presbyterian Church was the first to travel to the remote areas of the country. • The Anglican Church established the ‘Bush Aid Society’ to provide spiritual, emotionally, medical and educational support to remote parts of Australia

7. Social Work • Caroline Chisholm - Catholic - Female Factory at Parramatta • Educated, trained and assisted woman to find employment in the colony • Linked Men with their wives - family repatriation in the early colony • Caroline was English • Research her background - see links

8. Moral Order • Define - Temperance • Research the Temperance Movement in Australia in the 1880’s • Against alcohol, hotels and ‘moral’ decay. • Established - Coffee Palaces as a way to moderate/ eliminate drinking in society

9. Moral Order • Australian Protestant Defence Association • Anti- Roman Catholic • An example of a Sectarian group - active in the early last century • Celebrated significant Protestant Days - Empire Day, Orangeman’s Day

10. Education in the Colony • Public Instruction Act 1880 • Schools were to be Free, compulsory and secular • An end to state aid for Religious Schools • Impact on the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Methodist Schools

11. Education in the Colony • The Church of England was still the official religion - taught in Schools • Research the Role of Mary McKillop and education - her contribution to Religious Schools - commencing in Penola SA in the late 1800’s as a result of the Public Instruction Act 1880.

12. Education in the Colony • Read the handout - Influence on Education, Health and Morality • Outline the contribution of the Roman Catholic Church to education - pre 1945 • Outline the contribution of the Church of England to education - pre 1945

13. Acts of Parliament - Laws • The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 - known as the White Australia Policy • Prevented the arrival of non-White Europeans to Australia • Prevented/ Restricted other Religious Traditions • Focus upon White Christians from Europe

14. Acts of Parliament - Laws • The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 - known as the White Australia Policy • Restricted people from Asia, Indian, Africa or those who did not look like a white European • Was repelled in the 1970’s by the Labour Government • Used to keep Australia - European