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T h e A u s t r a l i a n C o l l a b o r at i o n A Collaboration of National Community Organisations Religion in Australia Religion has been defined by the Australian High court as Congregationalist, Lutheran, Baptist and Methodist faiths a complex of beliefs and practices which point to a set of were all present in Australia. Christianity has remained values and an understanding of the meaning of existence . the dominant religious tradition in Australia, with sectar- The faith communities that practice religion in Australia ian rivalry - notably between Irish Catholics and English exhibit many different structures of belief, practice and Protestants - being a feature of Australian life until the lat- organisation that frame their attitudes to life as a whole. ter part of the twentieth century. In Australia, religion is usually associated with a belief in Jewish people first came to Australia aboard the First Fleet God (for instance, as in the Jewish, Christian or Islamic in 1788 and many more arrived as refugees after World traditions).
TheAusTrAl iAnCollborA ATion www.australiancollaboration.com.au 3 Constitutional and legislative protection for religious practice Religious freedom is safeguarded by section 116 of the
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