Australian History Timeline

By simone.herzina

  • Catherine McAuley Birth

    Catherine McAuley was born near Dublin, Ireland on September 29, 1778.

  • John Therry and Father Conolly

    In 1820 John Therry and Father Conolly arrived in Australia - they were convict priests and were the first people to say the first mass.

  • Hume and Hovell

    Hume and Hovell did and expedition to Albury/Wodonga

  • First Home of Mercy Opens

    This first Home of Mercy opened on September 24, 1827, the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy.

  • In 1834 Ursula Frayne entered the Institute of Mercy.

    Religious Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in 1932. In 1834 Ursula Frayne entered the Institute of Mercy founded by Mother Catherine McAuley

  • Mother Catherine's Death and 100 sisters of Mercy in England and Ireland.

    Mother Catherine's death in 1841, there were 100 Sisters of Mercy in ten foundations ‘Sisters Of Mercy’ throughout Ireland and England.

  • Pope John Paul II declared Catherine McAuley "Venerable".

    Pope John Paul II declared Catherine McAuley "Venerable" (profoundly honored) in April of 1990.