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Biography of James Dixon, an Irish priest wrongly accused and convicted of taking part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and transported to Australia. Dixon became the first Roman Catholic priest permitted to minister to the Catholics of New South Wales. Draws on recently published contemporary diaries and historical records. Challenges the perceived division between Catholics and Protestants.