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History Of Religion In Australia. There has always been a degree of religious diversity in Australia. First contact with Muslims in Australia. David Hilliard is Reader in History Flinders University of South Australia. A Line of Time 1788 - Christianity came to Australia with the First Fleet with the continued arrival of convicts and free settlers from Britain.
A brief history of religious schools in Australia Historically speaking religion in schools has always been contentious. At the heart of this is the belief in powerful beings who arose out of the land created or gave birth to people plant life and animal life and connected particular groups of. Christianity still the top religion in Australia. In 1966 Christianity 88 per cent was the main religion. The religious makeup of Australia has changed gradually over the past 50 years. Arrival of Religions in Australia Mar 1 1701.
Australian federation by Mack hooper.
There has always been a degree of religious diversity in Australia. The first group of British settlers and convicts included people from a variety of Christian denominations usually reflecting the place of their birth. This is a contentious issue in many parts of the world. A Line of Time 1788 - Christianity came to Australia with the First Fleet with the continued arrival of convicts and free settlers from Britain. The story of religion in the first hundred years is dominated by the activities of the traditional Christian churches and evangelical missionaries. The arrival of free settlers in 1788 led to radical changes to aboriginal Australians.