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The first fleet arrived in Australia to start the European settlement.
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Catholic settlers at Parramatta petition Phillip for a chaplain.
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Fr James Harold & Fr James Dixon arrive as convicts.
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A convict priest, fr James Dixon, was given permission to celebrate Catholic mass. This only lasted 10 months.
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Fr Jeriemiah O'Flynn came to minister to the catholics in Australia. He was arrested and deported in 1818.
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Fr Jeremiah O'Flynn arrives - without government credentials.
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The first officially appointed priests, Fr John Therry and Fr Phillip connolly arrived in Australia.
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March, Conolly sent to Tasmania, Therry left in charge in NSW
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The first Catholic Bishop, John Bede Polding, arrived in Australia. He organised the catholic church in Australia into regions or 'diocese'.
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John Bede Polding became the first Archbishop of Sydney.
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Religious groups and orders started to further develop E.g. The sisters of charity/ mary mackillop.
