Development of the Catholic Church in Australia

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  • First Fleet Lands

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    Catholic Church in Australia

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    Catholicism in Australia

  • Irish Convicts to Botany Bay

  • Irish Rebellion in England

  • Fr James Dixon arrives

  • First public Mass held

  • Castle Hill Rebellion

  • Fr Therry and Fr Conolly arrive as first priests

  • Fr Therry founds the first Catholic school on Hunter Street, Parramatta

  • Australia's first census is held-- 11,236 catholics

  • laws preventing Catholics holding Government positions ends

  • St Mary's Chapel is completed

  • John Bede Polding is ordained as Bishop

  • Bishop Polding takes control of catholic schools

  • Death of Mary Mackillop

  • Catholic Weekly prints its first issue