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La Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first Mass within Australian territory.
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A total of 2086 Irish prisoners had been sent to Botany Bay, almost all of whom were Catholic.
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Dixon soon after left for Ireland, and it wasn’t until Fathers John Joseph Therry and Philip Connolly, chaplains chosen by the London government, that Mass was once more formally celebrated in the colony.
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Governor Macquarie places the cornerstone of St. Mary’s Chapel, which Fr. Therry then blesses.
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Out of the approximately 10,000 Catholics in Australia, 375 adults were born there and raised in a purely lay atmosphere, receiving the Catholic faith despite the lack of priests.
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About 10 Catholic schools were built in the country.
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Finally, St. Mary’s Chapel was finished. The first Mass is done by Fr. Therry.
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Broadway’s St. Benedict’s Church has been dedicated. It was created by Pugin, just like the Cathedral.
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Polding established Sisters of Charity, and the Good Samaritan.
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Fr. Julian Tenison Woods and Mary MacKillop established Sisters of St. Joseph.
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The “Josephites” were in charge of 35 schools in Adelaide.