Catholic education in Australia
Catholic education in Australia refers to the education services provided by the Catholic Church in Australia within the Australian education system. From 18th century foundations, the Catholic education system has grown to be the second biggest provider of school-based education in Australia, after government schools. The Catholic Church has established primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions in Australia. As of 2018, one in five Australian students attend Catholic schools. There are 1,755 Catholic schools in Australia with more than 777,000 students enrolled, employing almost 100,000 staff.
St Bede's Bentleigh East in Victoria
Mary MacKillop established an extensive network of schools for the poor and is Australia's first canonised saint of the Catholic Church
GPS athletes from St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, pictured in 1939
The observatory at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview was founded by the distinguished Jesuit scientist Edward Francis Pigot in 1908
Christianity in Australia
Christianity is the largest religion in Australia, with a total of 43.9% of the nation-wide population identifying with a Christian denomination in the 2021 census. The first presence of Christianity in Australia began with British colonisation in what came to be known as New South Wales in 1788.
Richard Johnson, Church of England chaplain to the First Fleet. Evangelicals dominated early Australian Protestantism.
St Mary Mackillop is Australia's first canonised saint of the Catholic Church
Eva Burrows was the 13th General of the Salvation Army (worldwide leader).
All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, Belmore, Sydney. Waves of post-World War II multicultural migration diversified the makeup of Christianity in Australia.
