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La Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first
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The first Irish convicts are transported to Botany Bay. -
Fr. Dixon presented the first public mass on Australian soil on May 15th 1803 at Port Jackson
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Father john therry and father philip connolly arrive in sydney as australia's first priests
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Father therry removed from his role of colonies official chaplin -
Father daniel power lands in sydney to replace Father Therry
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Archdiocese now has 33 parishes 30 churches and 35 priests
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NSW gov passes bill to abolish state aid to religion
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Mary Mackillop and father julian tenison woods founded the sisters of st josephs
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Mary Mackillop was excommunicated by the bishop because it was thought that she would entice her sisters into defiance and disobedience
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She is allowed back to continue her work -
Archbishop Polding passes away at age 85
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Now has 189 churches of sydney. 170 000 catholics more than 25,000 kids enrolled in archdiocese schools
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WW1 declared catholics influential in australia's labor party -
Jim Scullin was the first Catholic to become Australian Prime Minister, the first Prime Minister to have come from an Irish background, and the first Labor Prime Minister born in Australia. -
Catholic schools are overwhelmed by demand
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Death of pope john mass changes from latin to english
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