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10% of the first convicts were catholic and 50% were from Ireland
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They arrived as convicts. James Dixon had conditional freedom to perform Mass but lost privilege after Castle Hill rebellion.
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Father John Joseph Therry & Phillip Connolly, this arrival is regarded as the formal establishment of the Catholic Church in Australia.
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This ran from around 1833 to the late 1860's
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Nuns and Brothers ran the first catholic schools. Their clientele were wealthy and or catholic.
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John Bede Polding was the first bishop. His priests were mainly Irish - there was a conflict between Polding's vision and their ideas.Irish clergy dominated Australian Catholic Life.
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This ran until 1893 and with no money to pay the staff, the bishops appealed to religious orders in Ireland and other European countries/Nuns/Sisters and brothers.
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First catholic church in 1907 at Coffs harbour
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From the 1960's - 70's there was an influx of non-English speaking immigrants including one million plus catholics from Italy. Malta, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Hungary and numerous other places. Ideas and practises came into conflict.