Religion in Australia during World War I and against British policy in Ireland; the Reverend John Flynn – founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, currently featured on the Australian $20 note; and Sir Douglas Nicholls – Aboriginal rights activist, athlete, pastor and former Governor of South Australia. Sectarianism in Australia tended to reflect the political inheritance of Britain and Ireland. Until 1945, the vast majority of Catholics in Australia were of Irish descent, causing the British majority to question their loyalty to the British Empire. The first Catholic priests arrived in Australia as convicts in 1800, but the Castle Hill Rebellion of
Duchess, Queensland Duchess, Queensland Duchess is a town and a locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. The town is in the east of the locality. The Cloncurry Duchess Road passes through the locality from south to east, passing through the town. The Great Northern railway passes through the locality from east to north-west, passing through the town which is served by the Duchess railway station. The area has a train platform which leads to Cloncurry and Mount Isa. Duchess is surrounded by a series of stations including Mayfield station and Stradbroke station. In the north of the locality, there is