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From the 1830 to the 1914 over 300,000 Irish immigrants emigrated to Australia
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Moran was appointed to Australia on the 25 January 1884 and arrived on 8 September 1884.
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In 1894 a Maronite chapel was set up in Waterloo and served until 1897.
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On the 1st of January 1901 Australia’s 6 colonies under British rule became one and governed themselves.
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Australia Joined the war on the 4 of august 1914 when Britain declared war on Germany. Australia’s people believed they were apart of Britain and were entitled to do their part.
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Bob Santamaria was an Australian Roman Catholic anti-Communist political activist and journalist.
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During ww1 in Australia no man was conscripted instead they were all volunteers. In 1916 and 1917 they tried to pass the law of conscription however it got no votes.
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Daniel Mannix became Archbishop of Melbourne in 1917. He was anti conscription in ww1 which made people believe the Catholic Church was failing to do their part.
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The Australian economy collapsed from 1930 to 1939. This would be called the Great Depression.
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Gilroy became Cardinal on the 18 February 1946. He was the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals.
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The Australian Labor Party (ALP) split for the third time in its history in 1955. This time over anti communism. It was believed that there was a alleged communist infiltration of the trade union movement.