Significant Contributions towards Establishing the Catholic Church in Colonial Australia By Tilly_A Jan 15, 1842 Mary Mackillop was born in Fitzroy Jan 1, 1860 Mary met father Tenison Woods 1862 Mary got a job of a teacher in Portland,Victoria Mar 19, 1866 Mary and Father Tenison Woods opened up there first catholic school that was also when she started teaching 1867 Mary Mackillop became a nun and formed the Sisters of Saint Josephs 1869 72 sisters where teaching in 21 schools they had also built a refuge for woman in distress and an orphanage 1870 Mary set up a school in Brisbane in an old cottage Sep 22, 1871 She got excommunicated from the church 1880 Mary set up a small school in a country town in New Zealand 1900 The sisters of St Josephs returned to Queensland Aug 8, 1909 Mary Mackillop died in North Sydney 1995 Mary Mackillop became a saint
