Module 5A - Important Person (Body Paragraph 3)

Question 1

Topic Sentence

Answer 1

Furthermore, Daniel Mannix had a significant impact on the history of religion in Australia, particularly through his leadership as the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1916 to 1963.

Question 2

Elaborating Sentence

Answer 2

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Mannix supported Catholic initiatives that opposed the growth of communism in Australia, including the:
- Catholic Social Studies Movement,
- The National Civic Council
- The charismatic Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria.

Question 3

Example 1

Answer 3

Driven by the fact that communism was an anti-Catholic way of thinking and a threat to the church, Mannix helped to raise the profile and influence of the Catholic Church in Australian society

Question 4

Example 2

Answer 4

As a promoter of the Catholic Action and of the Catholic Social Movement, he was responsible for establishing 181 schools, including Newman College and St Mary’s College, and 108 parishes which helped provide Catholic education to children, planting Catholic values and teachings in everyday life.

Question 5

Link Sentence

Answer 5

This had a lasting influence on religion in Australia by strengthening the Catholic community and expanding the Catholic school system, further emphasising the impact of Daniel Mannix’s influence on religion in Australia.