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.
John Flynn was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later separated into Frontier Services and the Presbyterian Inland Mission, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.
John Flynn, 1929
Flynn's grave, near Alice Springs.
John Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, 2015