Australian church history By Bridget.Hadley3002 Period: 1520 to 1520 Portuguese sailors explore some of the northern and eastern coast 1606 A Spaniard de quiros calls Vanuatu 'la Australia del spiritu santo' 1766 French sailors reach and describe the Great Barrier Reef 1770 Captain cook arrived at Botany Bay 1788 The first fleet arrived at Sydney cove 1789 Small pox kills half the aborigines in Sydney area 1800 First convict priest arrive 1803 The first public mad is offered by father Dixon 1805 Fathers accused of encouraging the Catholics in castle hill 1817 Father Jeremiah arrived in England 1820 The first official priest arrives 1821 Father theory and Connolly go to Tasmania and bulids the first Catholic Church 1825 European settlement in Western Australia 1829 Father john arrives 1832 Jh plunkett becomes a general and roger therry a judge 1833 Father ullathorne arrives in Sydney 1833 Father ullathorne arrives in Sydney 1834 The Henry brothers begin settlement in Victoria 1835 John bede polling becomes Australia's first catholic bishops 1836 Ullathorne's book attacks the convict system 1838 Caroline chrisholm arrives in Australia 1929 James scullin is elected prime minister 1930 The Great Depression 1931 Father PJ Moloney begins the palm island and fantome island mission 1934 Eucharistic congress in Melbourne 1936 The grail begins in Australia 1939 2nd world war 1940 The beginning of 'the movement' 1945 Dr Woodbury begins the aquinas academy in Sydney 1946 Post war migration from Europe begins 1950 The bishops 'letter'makes all migrants feel at home 1952 Father peyton 'the family that prays together stays together' 1954 The week of prayer for Christian unity begins 1955 The labor party split 1955 Many new catholic schools 1958 Pope pius xii dies 1961 Publication of 'the living parish hymn book' 1962 The secound Vatican council commences 1962 Goulburn school strike 1963 Pope john xxiii dies 1964 Government money is given to Australian catholic schools 1965 Project compassion is started 1967 Pope Paul VI writes populorum 1967 Pope Paul VI writes populurum progressio 1968 The pope writes humanae vitae 1968 The pope writes humanae vitae 1970 Paul VI becomes the first pope to visit Australia 1970 Pope VI becomes the first pope to visit Australia 1971 Neville bonner becomes the first aboriginal member in parliament 1972 Action for world development commences 1973 First Maronite bishop in Australia 1974 Marriage encounter spreads to Australia 1974 First marriage encounter spreads to Australia 1975 International women's year 1975 First aboriginals priest ordained 1975 International women's year 1976 Social justice statement on women 1979 Outlook magazine commences 1980 The first catholic lay people graduate in theology 1986 Pope john Paul II visits Australia 1987 Women's movemnent in the Catholic Church 1987 First Melkite bishop arrives 1995 Pope john Paul II visits Australia 2000 The jubilee year 2000 The jubilee year 2008 World youth day held in Sydney 2008 World youth day held in Sydney 2010 Mary MacKillop canonisation in Rome 2010 Mary MacKillop canosiation in Rome