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300 Irish convicts came to Australia as convicts on the First Fleet. These convicts were catholics and were the first catholics to come to Australia.
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Father James Dixon led the first mass in Australia for Catholics
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Father Jeremiah O'Flynn became the new priest after 9 years of not having a priest
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The first official priests arrived in Sydney
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The catholic church came to be recognised and it was finally established in Australia.
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Father Therry opened the first catholic school in Parramatta near Sydney.
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A new priest arrived to lead the way for the catholics, his name was Father Daniel Power
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St Vinnies was established by a 20 year old university student named Frederic Ozanam who was born in Milan and he decided to make a Society and name it after the French saint of the poor.
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There were 20 catholic churches and 19 catholic schools.
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The first Bishop came to Australia and later became a cardinal by the name of Patrick Francis Moran
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The first catholic radio station was born, and they spoke and talked about what Jesus taught.
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This was the year that Australian Catholics had established their place in Australian society.
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The proportion of Catholics in Australia grew to a large 20.7%
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Pope John Paul II travelled to Alice Springs to talk to aboriginals
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Around 75,000 attend church each weekend. This is only about 15% of the Australian Catholics.
