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Immigration from Britain and Ireland
There has been a continuous movement of people between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain due to their proximity. This tide has ebbed and flowed in response to politics, economics and social conditions of both places. -
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Growth Years
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Marist Brothers and Fathers
Founded by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the Marist community has been part of Australian society since 1896. Starting with a small school, the Marist Brothers were dedicated to providing care, accommodation and an education to all young people, regardless of their circumstances. -
Cardinal Moran
Despite anti-Irish lobbying by English Catholic bishops and a British government agent, Moran had the strong support of Propaganda officials and the endorsement of Pope Leo XIII himself. He was appointed Archbishop of Sydney on 25 January 1884 and arrived on 8 September. -
Establishment of the Maronite Eparchy,
On 8 May 1893, the Maronite Patriarch sent two priests to Sydney, having realized the need to establish a Maronite Mission in Australia. In 1894, a Maronite chapel was set up in Waterloo and served until 1897. On 10 January 1897, Saint Maroun's church in Redfern was dedicated. -
Federation
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia. -
De La Salle brothers
The De La Salle Brothers arrived in Australia in 1906 to establish Catholic schools. By 1932 a De La Salle school was established in Roma, Queensland, and in 1955 they set up a school and community in Scarborough. In 1961 the Brothers established BoysTown in Beaudesert. -
Archbishop Mannix
After World War II Mannix sought to stop Communist infiltration of the Australian trade unions; he played a controversial part in the dissensions within the Australian Labor Party and backed the largely right-wing Catholic Democratic Labor Party, which broke away. -
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World War 1
World War I was a global war originating in Europe. Invloved most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. -
Bob Santamaria
Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria, usually known as B. A. Santamaria, was an Australian Roman Catholic anti-Communist political activist and journalist. He was a guiding influence in the founding of the Democratic Labor Party. -
Conscription Debate
Conscription was also a debate about the obligations of citizenship. Those supporting conscription argued that: military service should not be an individual choice. the supreme duty a citizen owed to their country was to fight for it. -
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The Depression Years
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. -
Cardinal Gilroy
Gilroy rose steadily in the Catholic Church and was appointed Archbishop of Sydney in 1940 and Australia's first Cardinal in 1945. He presided over rapid growth in the Catholic school system and in 1969 became the first Catholic Cardinal to be knighted since the Reformation. -
The Labor Party Split
The Australian Labor Party split of 1955 was a split within the Australian Labor Party along ethnocultural lines and about the position towards communism. Key players in the split were the federal opposition leader H. V. "Doc" Evatt and B. A. Santamaria, the dominant force behind the "Catholic Social Studies Movement" or "the Movement".