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When the First Fleet came to Australia, 316 of the 1044 convicts were Catholics.
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The first priest in Australia was James Dixon who came to Australia to be a convict. This happened in 1803.
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James Dixon goes back to Ireland.
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In 1817, Fr Jeremiah O'Flynn comes to Australia.
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Joseph Therry and Phillip Connolly were the first Government approved priests.
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John Bede Polding was the first Arch-Bishop of Australia,but arrived in 1835.
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John Bede Polding becomes a Bishop in 1843
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In the 1850s Mary Mackillop gives education to the poor.
