Brian Condon: Letters and Documents in 19th Century Australian Catholic History

[Source: Adelaide Archdiocesan Archives copy]

October 1821

Dear Sir,

May I be permitted to inform you that His Excellency the Governor, having ascertained that persons professing the Catholic Faith are not allowed by the tenets of their religion to attend any other place of worship besides their own, has exempted them from the necessity of going on Sundays to Church.

I have therefore respectfully to beg, Sir, that you will have the kindness to extend this indulgence to the Government labourers under your immediate Jurisdiction.