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First Irish Convicts Arrive To Australia
The first Irish convicts are transported to Botany Bay in 1791. -
Irish Rebellion Causes Priests To Get Arrested
The Irish Rebellion started on the 26th of May 1798. Three priests were arrested as part of the protest, they were then moved to New South Wales as convicts. -
Father James Dixon Arrives In Australia And Is Unable To Perform Mass
Father James Dixon arrives to Australia as a convict and does not yet have the permission to celebrate Mass. -
Permission To Have Mass Three Times A Month
Governor Phillip King grants permission to Father Dixion to hold three masses each month within the colony of Sydney. This helped the Catholic community in Sydney grow, because the colonised now had a mass that they could attend three times a month. The first official Catholic mass in Australia was on the 15th of May 1803 -
First Catholic School
Parramatta Marist High School was founded in 1820 by Father Therry and was the first catholic school built in Australia. -
First Roman Catholic Bishop Of Australia
John Bede Polding became the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Australia in 1835. -
Sydney's First Bishop
John Bede Polding became the first Arch Bishop of Sydney in 1843 -
Saint Augustine Church Burnt
The Saint Ausgustine Church was burnt as part of the Philadephia Native Riots. -
Fire Destroys Saint Mary's Cathedral
A fire blazes through Saint Mary's Cathedral and the building is burnt to the ground. Archdeacon McEnroe leads fundraising for a new cathedral to be built. This time would have been hard for the Catholic community of the time but showed everyone coming together fundraising for a new cathedral to be built. -
Sisters of Saint Josephs Was Founded
Mary Mackillop and Father Julian Woods found the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1966. The exact date of this event is unknown. -
Mary Mackillop Dies
Mary Mackillop, one of the most influential people to the church died on the 9th of August 1909. She was an Australian nun that had influenced Catholics by spreading her vision, to have a more caring world. She had this care for others and helped those in need even though she never had much moneywise.
