The Growth of the Modern Church in Australia

Origins of the Catholic Church in Australia
The First Catholics to come to Australia were the Catholics on the first fleet. These people were mostly Irish convicts who were sent out for committing a crime. They were sent here because the jails in England were getting over crowded and they need to find a place for them. Most Catholics that came to Australia spoke Gaelic.
In the late 1940's, people started coming from Eastern Europe and later one more refugee's came from southern Europe, northern Europe and Netherlands. This was because of the war that was happening at the time. When the Eu…