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