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Immigration from Britain and Ireland
Irish immigrants came to England fleeing poverty and the Great Famine in Ireland. By 1861, 600,000 people, or 3 per cent of the English population, had been born in Ireland. In 1830, the British army was 40 per cent Irish. -
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic community of men who follow the spirituality and charism of St. Marcellin Champagnat in educating young people to come to know and love Jesus and Mary. The first Marist Brothers arrived in Australia in 1872 and established schools in Sydney. There are currently 5,000 brothers in 76 countries throughout the world. The true meaning to the word Marist is ‘Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ’. -
Cardinal Moran
Patrick Francis Moran was the third Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and the first cardinal appointed from Australia on the 25th of January 1884 and arrived on the 8th of September 1884. -
Establishment of the Maronite Eparchy
In 1584 Pope Gregory XIII founded the Maronite College in Rome, which flourished under Jesuit administration into the 20th century and became a training centre for scholars and leaders. In 1893, the Maronites sent two priests to Australia. -
The Labor Party Split
In 1955 the Australian Labor Party split for the third time in its history, this time over anti-communist sentiment. The split helped keep Prime Minister Menzies' government in power for another 17 years. -
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 is a worldwide religious teaching congregation within the Catholic Church. 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. -
World War 1
World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. It was started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Around 40 million people died from this war. -
Bob Santamaria
Bob Santamaria was a Australian Roman Catholic anti-Communist political activist and journalist. He was a guiding influence in the founding of the Democratic Labor Party. Working from the 14th of August 1915 – 25ty of February 1998 -
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. In January 1916 the Military Service Act was passed. -
Archbishop Mannix
Daniel Mannix became Archbishop of Melbourne in 1917. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th-century Australia. -
The Depression Years
The Depression years started in August 1929 and ended in March 1933. The Great Depression was the greatest and longest economic recession in modern world history. It began with the U.S. stock market crash of 1929 and did not end until 1946 after World War II. -
Cardinal Gilroy
Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy KBE was an Australian archbishop. He was the first Australian-born cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. On January the 11th 1953 he laid the cornerstone of the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Philippines. On the 18th of February 1946, and was assigned the title of becoming cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, becoming the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals.