Ecclesiology and Aboriginal Cultural Traditions
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When Christianity came to Australia, with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, it came as the religion of the Europeans. After the new penal colony had survived the crises of the first few years, the British gradually extended their control over the whole continent. Thus they established in this country the dominance of European culture. In fact they were determined that this ‘new’ country would be British. And the religion of Britain, as of Europe, was Christianity.
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