Australian Catholic Life Part 4

By jcowling
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    Kathleen Mary Egan

    Kathleen Mary Egan was born on 16 December 1890, and passed away in 1977.
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    Elizabeth Durack

  • Fr John Brosnan ordained

  • Caritas begins in Australia

    In the early stages of Caritas Australia, it was named the Catholic Church Relief Fund (CCRF). But in 1996 the name was changed to Caritas Australia.

  • Vatican II

    On the 11 of October 1962, Pope John XXII founded the second vatican council.

  • ‘White Australia Policy’ ends 1973

    In 1973 the government definitively renounced the White Australia Policy

  • Edward Bede Clancy

    Edward Bede Clancy was made Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn and served there until February 12, 1983, when John Paul II transferred him to Sydney as the archdiocese's seventh leader.

  • The Mabo Decision

    The Mabo decision was a decision decided by the High Court of Australia that decided that terra nullius should not have been applied to Australia. This decision recognized that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have rights to the land, as they were the first people to discover what we call home.

  • Wik

    The Wik decision was when four judges voted against pastoral leases to not extinguish native title rights.
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    WYD 2008

    World Youth Day 2008 was a catholic youth festival in Sydney. It was the first WYD held in Australia, and in Oceania

  • Fr Frank Fletcher

    Great Supporter and Friend of Aboriginal Christianity Father Frank Fletcher