Australian history

By LiamH.

  • Spanish Arrival at Australia

    Spanish naval captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros calls Vanuatu “La Australia del Spiritu Santo” – Southland of the Holy Spirit

  • First Mass

    Possibly first Mass was said on Australian soil during this year by Fr. Receveur

  • First public Mass

    First public Mass said by Fr. Dixon

  • Arrival of Fr. Jeremiah O’Flynn

    “Prefect-Apostolic of New Holland”

  • First official priests arrive

    Frs. Therry and Conolly, the first official priests arrive
  • Construction of first Catholic church

    Construction of first Catholic church

    Richmond, Tasmania
  • Fr. Ullathorne arrives

    Fr. Ullathorne arrives

    Fr. Ullathorne arrives in Sydney as Vicar-General
  • Bede Polding becomes Australia’s first Catholic bishop

    Bede Polding becomes Australia’s first Catholic bishop

  • St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire

    St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire

  • Re-building of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney begins

  • Complaint of injustice to Aborigines

    Bishops’ Pastoral Statement complains of injustice to Aborigines
  • Completion of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat

    Completion of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat

  • Opening of St. Patrick’s Seminary

  • Consecration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne

    Consecration meaning to having been made or declared sacred.

  • Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

    Beginning of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart missions in the Northern Territory

  • Archbishop Daniel arrives

    Arrival of Archbishop Daniel Mannix in Melbourne

  • Central Catholic Library

    Establishment of the Central Catholic Library in Melbourne
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne completed

    St. Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne completed

  • First Australian Cardinal

    Archbishop Gilroy becomes first Australian Cardinal
  • St Francis Cathedral Adelaide completed

    St Francis Cathedral Adelaide completed

  • Death of Bob Santamaria

    Death of Bob Santamaria

    He was an Australian Roman Catholic anti-communist political activist and journalist.
  • St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney completed

    St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney completed