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
John Mavor (Australia) months. He retired in April 2007. He was conferred membership of the Order of Australia in the 1999 Australia Day Honours. John Mavor (Australia) Reverend John Mavor is an Australian minister of religion. He was the 8th president of the Uniting Church in Australia, serving in that role from 1997 to 2000. He was accepted as a candidate for the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1954. Mavor worked for the Queensland Synod as director of Mission and Parish Services, then as the Moderator of the Synod from 1988 to 1989. He was President of the Assembly for a three-year term