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They arrive brining white culture as well as catholicism to Australia -
Fr Dixion holds the first mass under very close supervision by the government -
Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Conolly, Australia’s first official priests, arrive in Sydney. Fr therry then opens the first catholic school -
Australia’s first census is held and reveals a white population of 36,598 which includes both free settlers and convicts. Among these, 25,248 are Protestants and 11,236 Catholics
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Mary MacKillop becomes the first Sister and Mother Superior of the Sisters of St Joseph -
Australias first saint dies -
The start of lay teachers and not just brothers and sister
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A big first step when Australia had its first catholic prime minister -
This is a step towards helping immigrants and keeping up with the catholic belief of helping everyone
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Death of Pope John XXIII who is succeeded by Pope Paul VI. The Second Vatican Council commences and appoints Cardinal Gilroy to the Council of Presidency. The Mass changes from Latin to English. The church began to modernise and the church began to adapt and change depending on the environment you were in. -
\Pope Paul VI makes the first-ever Papal visit to Australia -
The Holy Father Pope Francis appoints George Cardinal Pell as Prefect of the new Secretariat for the Economy. The Most Rev Anthony Fisher is appointed as the ninth Archbishop of Sydney.