Practice questions-Religion in Australia pre–1945

Sectarianism in Australia pre-1945

Catholics in the colony were a small minority and many felt they were harshly treated by the Church of England, which was the official religion

The Church Act, 1836

Government funds were equally available to schools of all religious denominations

Statement 1: In colonial Australia, religious traditions established places of worship, leading rituals and ceremonies for adherents.

Statement 2: Pre-1945, religious groups in Australia played a major part in charity work, education and public debate.

Statement 3: Prior to 1945, religions helped in the provision of health services such as hospitals and facilities for the mentally ill, the physically ill and the disabled in the colony.

true

The first church to be built in Australia was in Sydney in 1793.

true

wowserism

A person who seeks to eliminate behaviour deemed to be immoral or sinful within the community

the largest categories of the variant of Protestantism present in Australia during 1828

Baptist, Calvinist, Lutheran, Quaker, Wesleyan, Church of England. Presbyterian, Protestant