religion in australia By Mitchell Goricanec 1800 first priests arrived with the colony 1803 first masses 1817 Arrival of Fr. Jeremiah O’Flynn “Prefect-Apostolic of New Holland” 1818 Fr. O’Flynn deported after the British Colonial Office opposes his appointment 1821 Construction of first Catholic church at Richmond, Tasmania 1833 Fr. Ullathorne arrives in Sydney as Vicar-General 1835 Bede Polding becomes Australia’s first Catholic bishop 1838 Arrival of Caroline Chisholm in Australia 1881 1881 First permanent St. Vincent de Paul Society established in Australia 1891 Foundation of the Australian Labor Party in Barcaldine, Queensland 1913 Arrival of Archbishop Daniel Mannix in Melbourne 1916 Establishment of the Catholic Women’s League 1928 International Eucharistic Congress, Sydney 1931 First attack on Nazism in the Melbourne Catholic newspaper The Advocate 1938 Monsignor Francois-Xavier Gsell appointed as Bishop of Darwin 1946 Archbishop Gilroy becomes first Australian Cardinal 1965 Australian troops sent to Vietnam 1991 Foundation of the Australian Catholic University 1997 Euthanasia legislation of Northern Territory defeated by Andrews Bill 2000 Opening of Corpus Christi seminary, Carlton
