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George Morley
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Timeline of the Catholic Church in Australia
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Fr James Dixon
Irish priest transported to Sydney after taking part in the Irish uprising of 1798. On 15 May 1803 he conducted the first public Roman Catholic mass and marriage in Sydney. -
First Public Catholic Mass
This was a signal event as an act of emancipation for Catholic worshippers. By time it happened the colony had about 1700 of them. This mass was celebrated by Fr Jame Dixion. -
The Castle Hill Uprising
The rebellion was an attempt by a group of Irish convicts. This was to overthrow a British rule in New South Wales and return to Ireland where they could continue to fight for an Irish republic. -
The Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the then-British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose Governor William Bligh. -
Jeremiah O’Flynn
Priest who helped to publicize the needs of Catholics in New South Wales and to influence the British government in 1820 to allow the first official Roman Catholic missionaries to be sent to Australia. -
Fr Philip Conolly
Philip Conolly. Philip Conolly (1786–1839), pioneer Catholic priest in Van Diemen's Land, arrived in Hobart in 1821. The first permanently appointed chaplain, he served bond and free alike. Perhaps his hardest role was to prepare convicted felons for death on the gallows. -
The Beginning of Catholic Education
The first Catholic schools, humble as they were, sprang up in the Sydney area in the 1830s. They were run mainly by lay people. The first Catholic school in Victoria, established in Melbourne in 1840 by Father Patrick Geoghagan. -
John Bede Polding
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St Mary’s Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral was the first Catholic Church in Australia and is the first land granted to the Catholic Church in Australia. It took 60 years to build and was later it burned down in a fire. -
Establishment of the Catholic Church in Tasmania
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Fr John Therry
Father John Therry had a significant involvement in the enrichment of Australian Catholicism. Therry was responsible for building multiple churches around Australia. He is most renowned for building St. Bedes Church in Appin, which is the oldest Catholic Church still in use in Australia mainland. -
Eureka Stockade
The Eureka Stockade was caused by a disagreement over what gold miners felt were unfair laws and policing of their work by government. Police invaded the mines to enforce the licensing laws, in late November 1854. The miners refused to cooperate, and burned their licences and stoned police. -
Arrival of the Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers arrived in Australia in 1872 at the invitation of the Archbishop of Sydney. The Brothers in Australia currently operate as two Provinces with centers in Sydney and Melbourne. -
William Davis
A crack shot and renowned prizewinner, he won the Goulburn Gun Club's trophy in the 1890s when he was well over 70. Davis's greatest local fame sprang from his passion for cricket, a game he introduced to the district in the early 1850s.
