Formative Years (1830 - 1870’s)

By zoebohhm

  • Presentation Sisters

    The Presentation Sisters, officially the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a religious institute of Roman Catholic women founded in Cork, Ireland, by Venerable Nano Nagle in 1775.
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    Mary Reiby

    Mary Reibey is one of the most famous early convict women in the colony of New South Wales. A convicted horsethief, Mary went on to run an extensive importing and mercantile business and there are numerous references to her business dealings, liquor licences, land grants and purchases throughout the State archives.

  • Christian Brothers

    The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802.
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    Caroline Chisholm

    Caroline Chisholm was a 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her support of immigrant female and family welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the calendar of saints of the Church of England.

  • St John’s (Tasmania)

    St Johns Church, is an Anglican church in Launceston, Tasmania and the oldest church in the city having started construction in 1824.

  • Sisters of Mercy

    The Religious Sisters of Mercy are members of a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations.
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    Fr Julian Tenison Woods

    Julian was a gifted missionary priest, scientist, writer, musician and popular lecturer. As a lifelong student of geology, palaeontology and zoology, Julian shared Mary's commitment to education for the poor.

  • St Vincent de Paul Society

    The St Vincent de Paul Society is a lay Catholic organisation that aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society.

  • Church Acts

    The Church Act reduced tensions between the competing strands of Christianity present in the colony of New South Wales.

  • Sisters of Charity

    The Mission of the Sisters of Charity Foundation is to provide support for and financial assistance to community initiatives that will benefit poor and marginalised people.
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    Mary Mackillop

    The first Australian candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), known in the convent as Mother Mary of the Cross, was the foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

  • St John’s Pro Cathedral (West Australian)

    t is the first and the oldest Roman Catholic church in Western Australia; the place is associated with the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church and the first religious orders in the State
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    Old St Stephen’s Church (Queensland)

    Old St Stephens Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church at 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by A W Pugin and built from 1849 to 1850 by Alexander Goold and Andrew Petrie. It is also known as Pugin Chapel.

  • Gold Rushes

    The California gold rush led directly to the settlement of California by Americans and the rapid entry of that state into the union in 1850.

  • St Francis’ Church (Victoria)

    St Francis' Church on the corner of Lonsdale Street and Elizabeth Street, is the oldest Catholic church in Victoria, Australia. The main body of the church is one of very few buildings in central Melbourne which was built before the Victorian gold rush of 1851.

  • Good Samaritan Sisters

    They are involved in social work, nursing, respite and residential care, education, parish work, centres of spirituality and administration. Good Samaritan Sisters are women who have committed themselves to work for justice in the world.

  • Sectarian violence at Duke of Edinburgh visit

    In 1868, Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster and second son of Queen Victoria, was on a world tour on the steam frigate HMS Galatea, with Australian ports of call at Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and Brisbane, as well as Sydney.

  • Establishment of the Sisters of St Joseph

    The first congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph was established in a number of gold rush towns in the Bathurst area in 1872, following a direct approach by Bishop Matthew Quinn to Sister MacKillop.

  • St Patrick’s (South Aust)

    St Patrick's Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church on Grote Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Opened in 1914, St Patrick's was built as a replacement for the original St. Patrick's church that is considered the first Catholic Church in Adelaide.