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the first fleet arrived in austrlia to start the european settlement
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1791 First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay
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Fr James Harold & Fr James Dixon arrive as convicts.
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he had premisson to start a catholic mass
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1840 Transportation of convicts to New South Wales is suspended
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fr jeremiah o'flynn came to minister to the catholic in australia
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Aug 3 Fr Jeremiah O'Flynn arrives - without government credentials.
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fr john therry and philip connolly arrived in australia.
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Fr Philip Conolly and Fr John Therry arrive as official chaplains
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the first catholic bishop ,john bede polding arrived in austalia
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jhon bede polding became the first archbishop of sydeny.
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Robert Willson arrives as first Catholic bishop of Tasmania;
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1877 Archbishop Polding dies at Sacred Heart Presbytery in Sydney aged 85. Roger Bede Vaughan becomes Archbishop of Sydney
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1997 Restoration of the St Mary's Cathedral begins.
