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Fr James Dixon born
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William Davis born
Convict-Got life transportation, had an area in his house in Australia for people to as a secrecy chapel -
John Bede Polding born
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Phillip Connolly born
pioneer Catholic priest in Tasmania. The first permanently appointed chaplain, he served bond and free alike. his role was to prepare convicted felons for death on the gallows. -
First fleet arrival
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Governor Phillip orders all convicts to attend Sunday mass
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First Church Service held in Sydney
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Jeremiah O’Flynn born
Roman Catholic priest -
John Therry born
Catholic priest who was one of the first allowed to minister in the colony, and who influenced Catholic church-building, education and civil rights, as well as being a parish priest at Windsor and Balmain. -
Petition started to get Catholic priests to Australia
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First Catholic priests arrive in Australia
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First Public Catholic Mass
Fr James Dixon in Port Jackson -
Fr James Dixon
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Castle hill uprising
Rebellion by convicts against the colonial authority of the British colony in NSW (Sydney) -
Period: to
Rum rebellion
Officers and men of the New South Wales Corps marched to Government House in Sydney in an act of rebellion against Governor William Bligh. -
Jeremiah O’Flynn arrives in Sydney
Publicised the needs of the Catholics living in New South Wales -
Jeremiah O’Flynn influenced the decision of the British
Influenced the decision of the British allowing the first official Roman Catholic missionaries to be sent to Australia. -
The beginning of Catholic education in Australia
Founded in 1820 by John Therry, it was the first Catholic school established in Australia, and second oldest school in Australia. -
Establishment of the Catholic Church in Tasmania
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St Mary’s Cathedral
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William Davis death
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.Early Settlement end.
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Jeremiah O’Flynn death
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John Bede Polding
First Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop of Sydney -
Phillip Connolly death
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Fr Dixon death
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George ‘William’ Morley born
He worked to improve conditions for Aboriginal people -
Eureka stockade
gold miners in Ballarat, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom. -
John Therry death
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Arrival of the Marist Brothers
Marist- ‘Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ -
John Bede Polding death
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George ‘William’ Morley death
