Church Act 1836

The Church Act, also known as the Church Building Act,[2] was a 1836 law in the Colony of New South Wales. It was drafted by John Plunkett and enacted by the Governor, Sir Richard Bourke.[3] It was subtitled "An Act to promote the building of Churches and Chapels and to provide for the maintenance of Ministers of Religion in New South Wales."[4]

The statue of Sir Richard Bourke outside the State Library of New South Wales notes in its inscription that he "established religious equality on a just and firm basis".[1]

The Act established equitable funding for Church of England, Church of Scotland, and Roman Catholic churches. It thus led to the effective disestablishment of the Church of England.[5][6] Bourke later extended the provisions of the Act to Methodist and Baptist churches, as well as the Jewish community.[7]

References
  1. "Sir Richard Bourke". Monuments Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Church Building Act 1836 No 7a". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. Suttor, T. L. (1967). "Plunkett, John Hubert (1802–1869)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 2. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. Oliver, Alexander (1879). A Collection of the Statutes of Practical Utility, Colonial and Imperial, in Force in New South Wales. p. 160. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "Bourke Church Act". Defining Moments. National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. Ngui, Samantha (2008). "Freedom to worship: frameworks for the realisation of religious minority rights". University of New South Wales. p. 40. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. "The Church Act, 1836". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

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