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Arrival of First Fleet at Sydney Cove.
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First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay
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Catholic settlers in Parramatta (N.S.W.) petition Governor Arthur Phillip for a chaplain
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a priest was given permission to celebrate religous scarments. father Jeremiah o Flynn cam to Australia to minister the catholics in australia
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Jhon Bede Pelding became the first catholic bishop in Australia.
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Fr. Henry Backhaus begins to say Mass in a tent on the goldfields of Bendigo
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St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire
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Bishops’ Pastoral Statement complains of injustice to Aborigines.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne opened, run by Sisters of Charity
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Death of Mary McKillop