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First Fleet arrives in Australia
First Australians arrive -
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History of the Catholic Church in Australia
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First Catholics arrive
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First Catholic Church is built
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Archbishop Vaughan arrives
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Australia's first Bishop
Polding -
First Government representative
Robert Wilson is appointed Bishop of Hobart -
First Bishop of Perth John Brady
John Brady -
First Bishop of Melbourne
James Alipius Goold -
Diocese and Provinces split the Church
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First Bishop of Brisbane
James Quinn -
Sisters of St Joseph founded by
Mary Mackilop and Father Julian Tenison Woods -
St Vincent de Paul is established
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Patrick Moran is appointed Cardinal
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Norman Gilroy appointed Archbishop of Sydney
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Norman Gilroy is appointed Cardinal
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James Robert Knox appointed Archbishop of Melbourne
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Archbishops Freeman and Knox created cardinals by Pope Paul VI
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Melkite Diocese is established
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George Pell appointed Archbishop of Melbourne
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George Pell is appointed Archbishop of Sydney
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Denis Hart appointed Archbishop of Melbourne
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Archbishop Pell is appointed Cardinal
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World Youth Day in Sydney
Pope visits Australia