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Spanish naval captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros calls vanuatu "La Ausralia del Spiritu Santo - South land of the Holy Spirit
Pedro Fernandez was the first visitor of the land mapped out by Captain William Bligh of the British navy in 1793. The islands were named the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks. -
Arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove
Possibly first Mass was said on Australian soil during this year by Fr. Receveur -
First public Mass said by Fr. Dixon
James Dixon was a roman catholic priest, he was born in Castlebridge, County Wexford, Ireland. There he was arrested in 1798 under suspicion of taking part in the Irish rebellion -
Arrival of Fr. Jeremiah O'Flynn "Perfect-Apostolic of New Holland"
He was a priest who helped to publicize the needs of Catholics in New South Wales and to influence the British government in 1820 to allow the first official Roman Catholic missionaries to be sent to Australia. -
Arrival of Fr. Patrick Geoghegan in Melbourne
Geoghegan built St Francis' Church, Melbourne, the earliest surviving Catholic church in Victoria. A memorial tablet marks his grave in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Dublin, and there is a statue of Bishop Geoghegan outside St. Francis Church in Melbourne. -
John Brady appointed Bishop of Perth
After five years Brady was appointed vicar-general of Western Australia. Accompanied by a Dutch priest and an Irish catechist, he arrived in Perth on 13 December 1843 and was gratefully welcomed by the small group of Catholics who had been without a priest. -
St. Vincent hospital opens in Sydney
The Sisters of Charity were founded in Dublin in 1815 with a commitment to helping the poor. Having witnessed first-hand the conditions causing poverty, then Congregational Leader, Mother Mary Aikenhead opened St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin in 1834 then eventually the st vincent hospital in Sydney -
St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire
29 June 1865 the first St Marys Cathedral in College Street, Sydney was destroyed by fire. All that remained of the original buildings was the Pugin facade and belltower along with part of the north-east transept. Plans for a new Cathedral were drawn up and the foundation stone was laid in December 1868. -
Death of Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly is a famous Australian bushranger that has hardly left the news since his life in the colonial era. Being defiant against discrimination and corruption Ned symbolized a Hero for common people that could not stand up for their political concerns against law enforcement. -
Archbishop Moran made Cardinal
He was appointed Archbishop of Sydney on 25 January 1884 and arrived on 8 September. -
Death of Mary McKillop
Mary MacKillop Facts. The first Australian candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church -
Beginning of first world war
World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States -
Foundation of the Knights of the Southern Cross
The Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross is a national organisation of Catholic laymen who operate with the support of the Australian Bishops. Autonomous Branches of the Order operate in each Australian State. The Order is guided by the Catholic faith and the cardinal and chivalrous virtues of prudence, faith, justice, fortitude and temperance in all its charitable works. It strives to serve the wider community and support those in need. -
beginning of World war II
The two dates most often mentioned as “the beginning of World War II” are July 7, 1937, when the “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. -
Olympic Games, Melbourne
The 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne was a 'coming of age' for Australian sport and proved Australia was capable of hosting a global event never before held outside of Europe or North America -
John Paul II visits Australia for Beatification of Mary McKillop
Pope John Paul II is remembered for his successful efforts to end communism, as well as for building bridges with peoples of other faiths and issuing the Catholic Church's first apology for its actions during World War II
