Religion in Australia, 1901 to the Present (1 Viewer)

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i currently have an assesment due on 1901 to the present.

the question is:
Undertake a secondary research to demonstrate an understanding of the importance and influence of religion in all of the following areas of Australian society. Ensure you discuss the role of the variants (denominations) of Christianity in addition to other religious traditions.

i have to discuss the influence of religion on schooling, public morality, laws and constitution and social welfare.

I've got the living religion text book which covers all of it, but im looking for a bit more indepth specific information.

ive tried all the main google searches, but have only been able to come up with just statistics of how many teachers are catholic, and all the rest of that.

is there something that i am missing? is there a keyword that im missign and should search for? or do you know of any good websites containing this sorta info?

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is it time for the new SOR google "banner"??
LOL

Ill leave that one up to red....










as a hint. for the various variants, try the websites eg Catholic Church=catholic.org.au etc
Also, try the individual topic areas+australia poverty+australia then build uup your searches eg poverty+australia+christianity (might have to rearriange them but it should still work)


If that doesnt work, maybe, just maybe someone who posts on the SOR board has a website that maybe, just maybe of help..... (*hint* try looking at peoples profiles......)

Was that friendly enuff tenille???
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come on guys this one sounds as if they have actually done some work before posting, must give them some credit!

lol he/she seems to know that we are just gonna say google, so they did look at the past posts

better than most, just giving us the question and say....do it for me....bah!

i personally only ever focused on education and social welfare because it think the syllabus only saids 2? i could be wrong

- Education
- Education until the latter part of the 19th century was reserved for the privileged and rich
- A comprehensive education system was not seen as a necessity, but some were established by the Church of England
- 1833: Denominational System proposed:
o Burke would give funding for all Church Schools
o Children were received non denominational religious instruction
o Public opinion opposed the integration of classes and denominations, however Catholics supported the bill
o Thus sectarianism prevented a universal education system
- The middle class established their own schools based on the British model
- 1836: Church Act-financial assistance for churches based on congregation size
- 1850-1860: tight control over funding to non-secular schools-many closed
- 1852: S.A. removed state aid to denominations, Mary MacKillop developed Catholic system
- 1862: State Aid withdrawn from all denominations in NSW
- 1972: Secular Education Act, Victoria
- Eventually Victoria, QLD, Tasmania and South Australia had no aid for denominational schools (15 minutes bible reading in SA)
- 1850 - 90s saw withdrawal of financial aid for denominational schools and the introduction of a free, compulsory and secular education system
- Middle class not greatly affected by the abolition of aid because they already had a system of independent schools aiming to:
o Produce Christian gentlemen and leaders, young ladies etc
o Provide religious instruction
o Maintaining positions in society
- 1880: Public Instruction Act introduced by Henry Parkes �_ education to be free, compulsory and secular
- Catholic schools established through the rapid growth of Australian religious orders (Sisters of Charity (1838) Josephites, Good Samaritan Sisters, Sisters of Mercy Marist and Christian Brothers):
o To pass on Catholic tradition and heritage
o To improve the economic status of Catholics
o More than 25% of all children attend Catholic schools
- Reintroduction of State Aid:
o Opposition based on sectarian fear of Catholic dominance
o The middle class could pay high fees, however poor Catholics could not
o School fees kept small because the schools were staffed by orders
o Post war migration �_ could not maintain a system without aid
o 1956: some State Aid to Catholic schools due to rise in Catholic population after war
o 1962: Goulbourn Strike limited aid resumed, due to:
 Catholic schools closed on the basis of inadequate toilet facilities
 2000 students turned up at state schools
 Parents were paying taxes, therefore could enrol in schools
o 1967 State governments granted financial aid to non-government schools
o 1974 Commonwealth Labor Government introduced federal aid
- 1964: funding for science blocks in secondary schools – ALP under Menzies after winning election
- 1967: State Aid to independent schools
- 1974: Commonwealth Schools Commission guarantees funding
- 70% of Jewish students receive a Jewish education
- The Christian education system accommodates 20% of the Australian market producing many fine Australians
- Social welfare
- Christianity has functioned as the conscience of Australia as it has the most influence with schools and charities
- Christian activism has lead to legislations and social welfare reforms
- Until the 1960s welfare was segregated as churches looked after their own and excessive social support was ‘socialist’
- Anglicans generally supported the status quo particularly when it was conservative, while Catholics agitated for their own lower class problems but did not want to appear as disloyal citizens
- Methodists worked for equity for all except the Catholic poor
- Salvation Army concentrated on practical assistance
- Christian churches remained stuck in the Depression mentality whereby they assisted without questioning the structures in question
- Vatican II gave Catholics permission to work with other Christians
- 1973-75: Henderson Poverty Commission set up largely as a result of work done by the Brotherhood of St Laurence
- 1985: ‘Changing Australia’ - released by Uniting, Anglicans and Catholics
- Catholic, Anglican and Uniting churches largest providers of community services beside the government sector in Australia
- Increasingly governments call on the voluntary sector to provide welfare service, while at the same time resisting ‘interference’
- The Brotherhood of St Laurence supports the St Vincent de Paul Society’s report Two Australias: Addressing Inequality and Poverty
- Christian churches collectively are largest non-government provider of community and welfare services in Australia
- Salvation Army provides $300 million social welfare service annually, funded by the Red Shield Appeal and used in aged accommodation, foster care and family homes, crisis accommodation, drug rehabilitation and Red Shield stores.
- Anglicare - $280 million annually spends 60% on 39 aged care agencies providing nursing home, hostel and retirement village care. Also provides housing, employment and disability support.
- Catholic: St. Vincent de Paul, largest welfare agency which has 2000 groups and centres employing 3000 staff and 30 000 volunteers. Has Facilities for the homeless and aged accommodation. Centacare, the peak Catholic agency which provides a range of family and social service – Migrant services providing 150 chaplains to different ethnic groups
- The Uniting Church has most extensive welfare network, with 1500 centres of 20,000 staff. The largest is Wesley Mission and Unifam – provides counselling services and Burnside – support families and young people. Uniting Senior Ministries – largest non-government provider of aged care and Frontiers Services – flying doctors
- Churches lobby and collaborate with government on welfare and aid
- Indigenous rights-advocated by all denominations publicly
- Poverty-respond to effects and causes
- Unemployment-many churches have agencies in the Job Network
Other Traditions:
- Buddhism is not centrally organised �_ very little opportunity for large agency work
- Gradually Buddhist-run agencies are being established within communities
- Islamic Council-advocate on social issues
- Zakat-compulsory religious tax used to fund Islamic welfare
- Dispute in Judaism as to how much to fund Israel and how much to welfare
- Jewish Welfare Society supports Jewish community
these are just some of my old notes....you might find that it is very similar to the stuff on the bos resource pdfs hint hint... ;)
i did add a couple of stuff....

don't forget the other religius traditions

ps: yeh i'm in a helping mood today
 

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LOL...has someone hijacked red's account???

Who are you really??
LOL

I agree. This one did some work before hand....


The syllabus does say two but this area can/does pop up in the multi guess so you cant be too careful...... plus theer was something on this in the markers notes about teachers/schools misinterpreting what "study 2..." really means (actually means at least two which implies all of them..... stupid BOS)
 

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Originally posted by snapperhead
is it time for the new SOR google "banner"??
LOL

Ill leave that one up to red....










as a hint. for the various variants, try the websites eg Catholic Church=catholic.org.au etc
Also, try the individual topic areas+australia poverty+australia then build uup your searches eg poverty+australia+christianity (might have to rearriange them but it should still work)


If that doesnt work, maybe, just maybe someone who posts on the SOR board has a website that maybe, just maybe of help..... (*hint* try looking at peoples profiles......)

Was that friendly enuff tenille???
LOL
I have no idea about what you are talking about....

Education:
· Christianity continues to play a significant influence on education in Australia. Most non-government schools are sponsored by a Christian denomination. Choice in education is an enshrined Australian value today, expressed through the fact that more than a quarter of Australia’s children attend Christian schools.
The abolition of government aid to church schools (‘state aid’) in the 19th century resulted in differing responses across denominations. Protestant denominations did not continue with primary schools but established private secondary schools that have made a great contribution to education and leadership in the Australian community.
The Catholic Church established its own parish primary schools and secondary schools, staffed by teaching orders such as the Josephite, Mercy and Good Samaritan sisters and the Marist and Christian Brothers, and paid for by parents and the Catholic community. Without state aid these schools were often ill equipped and under-resourced. Catholics consistently lobbied for state aid, which was a fierce, sectarian issue for much of the 20th century.
Government funding for non-government schools is now a fact of Australia’s political life. In 1962 the controversial Goulburn Catholic school strike paved the way for consideration of renewal of state aid. In 1964 the Menzies government authorised science subsidies for all secondary schools making way for the substantial injection of Federal government funds for non-government schools, which began under the Whitlam government in 1967 By then the question of state aid was more a rational issue rather than a religious one. The Australian Council for the Defense of Government schools (DOGS) formed in August 1964 and opposes state aid to non-government schools and promotes public education. Non-government schools are now funded on a ‘needs’ basis, according to their community’s capacity to support them. However, no non-government school can receive more than 80% of the cost of education in a government school. In effect non-government schools
save the government funding, in 1974 the Commonwealth Schools Commission was established to control funding for all schools.
Christian schools are flourishing in Australia. In 1998, 1694 Catholic schools educated 637,000 or 20% of Australia’s students. Teachers in these schools

are 98% ‘laypeople’, and centralised diocesan education offices manage the most of the schools. Education, along with health care and welfare services, contributes to making the Catholic Church the largest private employer in Australia. The Catholic church also conducts two universities, the Australian Catholic University which has a number of campuses in the eastern states, and Notre Dame Australia, in Western Australia.
About 100,000 students attend 127 schools run by the Anglican Church, which has recently set up a network of inexpensive schools in western Sydney. Lutheran and Seventh-day Adventist school systems have a long history in Australia. In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of other Christian schools that are generally small combined primary and secondary schools. Christian Community Schools and Christian aren’t Controlled Schools are the two largest networks.
The issue of state aid to religious schools continues to be a controversial political matter.

Social Welfare
· There are two major ways in which Christianity has influenced the welfare of Australian society:
~ Through specific services offered to people in crisis.
~ Through the lobbying of local, state and federal governments for
social structures that allow for the fullest development in the
potential of each human being.
· Catholic. The 40,000 members and volunteers of the St Vincent de Paul society make it one of Australia’s largest organisations working against social injustice. Its Disability Services Vocational coordinates the support of employment services for people with an intellectual disability. Home visitation is a response to calls for assistance from people in the local community who are often provided with furniture, clothing and household goods free of charge through the society’s Centres of Charity and opportunity shops. These centres also offer affordable clothing and goods for the wider community. The profit from the sale of stock from the centres is used to provide resources and support to people in need. The society has also developed many special works that include hostels for the homeless. Its Hostels for Homeless Men branch is the largest provider of services and support for homeless people and facilities for the aged in NSW. The Matthew Talbot Hostel in Sydney alone provides crisis accommodation for 200 men.
· Methodist. In 1963, the Methodist Sydney City Mission established LifeLine, a 24-hour telephone counseling service. In 1964, a Methodist minister, the Rev. Ted Noffs established the Wayside Chapel at Kings Cross. In 1967, the Wayside Chapel established a Drug Referral Centre and a Drug Addiction Research Foundation. Much important community knowledge and action in the area flowed from Noffs’ pioneering work. His

wide-ranging ministry also includes family relationships, international understanding, racial and sectarian tolerance and understanding, personal crises and confrontation with a drug problem. Aboriginal issues were of primary importance.
· Anglican. In 1901, Archdeacon William Boyce was an active temperance worker and crusader for a wide range of social reforms including aged and invalid pensions, changed labour laws and slum clearance. Later, Archdeacon Robert Hammond devised and implemented a scheme of linking unemployed men with land and home ownership. By 1939, 110 cottages had been built on 225 acres now known as Hammondville. Hammond engaged in rehabilitation of those brought before the courts, sheltered 114 homeless families, served over 250,000 meals a year, provided clothing, furniture, free hot showers and haircuts for the destitute. His vision and energy have left an enduring legacy in what today is the Hammond Care Group.
In more recent times, Anglicans have placed greater emphasis on contributing to the policy debate in governments. Through its expert committees, the Anglican Church looks at complex social issues in the light of the Bible, church doctrine and ethics, in order to work out appropriate responses. It provides emergency support for refugees, English language classes for recent immigrants, and cross-cultural workers among ethnic groups.
About 80 different Anglican groups come under the umbrella organisation of Anglicare. Anglicare provides approximately 25% of welfare services in Australia including:
~ The Good Samaritans (whose volunteers, for instance, ran the
Women’s Room at the Kosovar Refuge Safe Haven at Singleton.
~ The Brotherhood of St Lawrence which works with the poor and
the unemployed.
~ Being one of the largest providers of aged care in Australia.
~ 29 chaplains in prisons and Life After Prison Ministry.
~ Juvenile justice centres.
~ Medical and psychiatric hospitals.
~ Emergency services.
~ Clothing bins collect material that is sorted and opportunity
shops, sold to selected markets overseas or converted into
industrial wipers. Nearly $1.2 million has been distributed over a
ten-year period from opportunity shops to other Anglicare
ministries.
· Baptist. Although Baptists have a long history working in social welfare areas, one of their most successful welfare ventures, Baptist Inner City Ministries (BICM), only began formally under that title as recently as 1987. BICM works with:
~ Street sex workers- there are over 200 people involved in street
sex work each week in NSW and these are the most vulnerable
and marginalized of all people involved in the sex industry. The

BICM Woman’s Space offers hospitality and acceptance to the
women of this group through a drop-in centre in Sydney’s inner-
city suburb of Woolloomooloo.
~ The Fair Wear campaign for fair wages for migrant women
outworkers who have previously been exploited by the clothing
industry.
~ People with gambling, drug and alcohol addictions, with
mental and physical health needs, experiencing violence,
homelessness, long-term unemployment or Australian residency
and discrimination problems.
~ A back shed café and opportunity shop.
~ A fruit and vegetable co-operative and distribution of food
hampers.
~ Scripture teaching at the local school.
~ An Aboriginal Community Development Officer who works to
motivate Indigenous people to move into community activities,
teaches students at the local school about Aboriginal culture,
conducts Indigenous burial services as asked and assists with
referrals in cases of needs related to mental health and alcohol.
· Lutheran. Lutheran Community Care contributes significant work in child welfare, general hospital visiting, psychiatric hospitals, distributing used goods and clothing to those in need, professional social work and counseling.
· The Uniting Church. In Australia has the most extensive Christian welfare network with 1,500 centres with 20,000 staff. The largest centre is the Wesley mission


(there may be some dodgey spelling in there im nout sure, im sure you can work it out)
 

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Originally posted by snapperhead
hmmmmmm, what did this mean then??
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one bad thing about the internet is its hard to detect sarcasm :p
 

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thanks for your responses guys its much appreciated

i am active in many boards so i know when someone asks a question they all go "dont ask just google it", which is what i did i googled for ages trying to find information but i didnt get what i was looking for. thats why i asked for any specific keywords i should be searching for.

i gave you the question in the hope it might contains some specific information for you, it was not a plea for "im a slack lazy bum... do my work for me"

thanks heaps for the information, ill sift through it tonight

much appreciated!
 

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NP 4play..I wish other ppl were as appreciative.
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Seraph->please dont tell me what to do! :)
 

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Taken from someplace else:

Forsyth said:
Found these whilst surfing the web....enjoy
They are for the bits of the syllabus we have just finished.... (Outcome 1)
found them randomly my arse :p ahah seeing that was not at all odd, i had to check to see if they were mine... heheheh

the things i do when im bored
 

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LOL shhhh my secret identity!!
I didnt lie as such.. I did find them whilst surfing!!

Gotta steal it from where ever I can get it!!!
 

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Lol I feel honoured ;)

*Tenille bored and looking around*
Tenille: they look farmiliar..
Tenille: hmmm
Tenille:wait...*checks*
Tenille: hahah what an odd person...
 

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LOL.....should of referenced them I know (will fix now) but they are good summaries so I wanted to use them!!
 

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