religion By bdodd15 1758 Fr James Dixon birth 1767 William Davis birth 1786 Fr Phillip Connolly birth 1788 First Fleet lands Sydney Cove Dec 25, 1788 Jeremiah O'Flynn birth 1790 Fr John Therry birth 1791 First Irish convicts 1792 Catholic settlers in Parramatta Nov 18, 1794 John Bede Polding Birth 1800 priests arrested as part of the 1798 Irish Rebellion 1803 First official public Mass Mar 4, 1804 Castle Hill Uprising Jan 26, 1808 The rum rebellion 26 January 1808 – 1 January 1810 Jan 1, 1810 The rum rebellion end 26 January 1808 – 1 January 1810 1817 Fr Jeremiah Flynn arrested 1820 Australia’s first official priests, arrive in Sydney. 1820 the beginning of Catholic Education 1821 The foundation stone of St Mary’s Chapel is laid 1821 Establishment of the Catholic Church in Tasmania 1822 Fr Therry founds the first Catholic school 1825 Fr Therry is misquoted in the Sydney Gazette 1826 Fr Daniel Power lands in Sydney to replace Fr Therry Feb 8, 1831 Jeremiah O'Flynn death Jan 1, 1832 George Morley 1839 Fr phillip Connolly Jan 4, 1840 Fr James Dixon death 1843 william davis death Feb 18, 1863 St Marys cathedral 18 February 1863 1864 Fr John Therry death Mar 16, 1877 John Bede Polding death Jan 1, 1916 george morely death