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The first fleet arrived in Australia to start the European settlement
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A convict priest, Fr James Dixion, was allowed to celebrate Catholic mass. This lasted ten months.
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There was a rum Rebellion in New South Wales
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Fr Jeremiah O'Flynn came to minister to the Catholic's in Australia. He was arrested and deported that year.
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The first officially appointed priests, Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Connolloy arrived in Australia.
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The first Catholic Bishop, John Bede Polding, arrived in Australia, He organised the Catholic church in Australia into regions or 'dioceses'
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John Bede Polding became the first Archbishop of Sydney
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Regious groups and orders started to further develop - E.g. The sisters of Charity/Mary Mackillop
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Victoria becomes a separate colony from New South Wales. Fr. Patrick Dunne celebrates Mass on the goldfields of Ballarat
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St. Vincent's Hospital opens in Sydney
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Mary McKillop pasted away in 1909 and Buried at the Foundation of the University of Queensland.
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The first world war started in 1914
