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Lay couple Mary and Michelle Burke started the first catholic church funded entirely by the local community's money. This school had two teachers, and 56 students. 5 years later the school would get its first permanent church St Stevens.
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Bishop Quinn arrived upon the Yarra yarra.
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Mother Vincent Witty, and the Sisters of Mercy established the first catholic secondary school All Hallows.
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All Hallows and James School for Boys became the first schools to be completely staffed by lay teachers. The student teachers taking there training before and after school.
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New laws were passed to provide: Free, Compulsory, and Secular, schooling. These new laws also removed state funding for all religious schools.
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35 New Catholic Schools were started
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Arch Bishop Robert Dun was appointed.
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Arc Bishop Robert Dun passed away and the new Arch Bishop James Chui took over.
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28 new schools opened
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The new Arch Bishop Bernard O'Shea was appointed.
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There is an increase in Lay staffing and 26 new schools are opened.
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After the Golburn school strike in 1962 catholic schools received funding.
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By the end of the decade there were 43 000 students enrolled and 113 schools across the whole of the Archdiocese.
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Francis Rush was appointed as the new Arch Bishop. Francis was the fist Arch Bishop that was actually born in Queensland. He was a priest for 62 years and an Arch Bishop for 40.
