The Catholic Church Australia Timeline

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  • First Fleet lands in Sydney Cove

    After the first fleet deported in Sydney cove there were around 2086 catholic Convicts in new south wales

  • The First official public Mass is held

    The biggest and first mass held in Australia for the catholic Church was Celabrated in Sydney on 15th of may.

  • Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Conolly, Australia’s first official priests, arrive in Sydney.

  • Fr Therry founds the first Catholic school on Hunter Street, Parramatta

  • Fr Power dies

  • Bishop Polding takes control of schools and by1836 has 13 primary schools in operation. Seven are for boys, six for girls and all have government support. He lays the foundation stone for a church at Parramatta

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