Key dates regarding Australian history

First Fleet

Feb 3, 1788

Two schools created

Jan 1, 1792

Original plans for the colony did not include school, however two schools were created. One school for the children of military officers and one for children of convicts.

First church in Australia

Jan 1, 1793

First Irish Priest

Jan 1, 1800

First Catholic school

Jan 1, 1803

First recorded catholic mass

May 15, 1803

First mass held in Sydney

Uprising and rebellion of Irish convicts

Mar 4, 1804

300 Convicts were mad at the conditions that they lived in

Catholic worshiping services banned

Mar 10, 1804

Government claimed that Irish Catholics used religious gatherings to plot rebellion

First Priests to arrive with approval

Jan 1, 1820

The priest prior to this arrival did not have approval and were told to leave or forcefully deported

Catholics granted rights

Jan 1, 1829

The "Catholic Emancipation Act" gave Catholics the equal political rights to Protestants

First Bishop

Jan 1, 1830

Government gave permission to allow Catholics to have a bishop in Australia, Bishop Bede Polding

10 Catholic Schools

Jan 1, 1833

By 1833 there were 10 Catholic schools both catering for Catholic and Protestant

First Anglican bishop

Jan 1, 1836

Government Funding

Jan 1, 1836

The government started to provide funding for clergy's and catholic structures. Colonist supported that the government should provide good education for children

First church on the gold fields

Jan 1, 1851

First secondary girls' school in queensland

Jan 1, 1861

All Hallows

Catholic bishops disagree

Jan 1, 1869

Catholic bishops said that they would not agree to the system of education due to the fact that the government should not have a monopoly over the provision of education.

Government stops funding

Jan 1, 1872

The state government decided to stop funding catholic schools which forced children into government schools unless they funded their own schools

Australian Federation

Jan 1, 1901