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First Mass
La Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first
Mass within Australian territory -
The Irish come
The first Irish convicts are transported to Botany Bay. -
The First Official Mass
Fr. Dixon presented the first public mass on Australian soil on May 15th 1803 at Port Jackson -
First Australian Priests
Father john therry and father philip connolly arrive in sydney as australia's first priests -
St Mary's Catherdral started construction
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Father Therry Is removed
Father therry removed from his role of colonies official chaplin -
Father Daniel Power
Father daniel power lands in sydney to replace Father Therry -
St Mary's Catherdral Finished
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Archdiocese expands
Archdiocese now has 33 parishes 30 churches and 35 priests -
Abolishing of state aid to religion
NSW gov passes bill to abolish state aid to religion -
The Founding of the Sisters of St Josephs
Mary Mackillop and father julian tenison woods founded the sisters of st josephs -
Mary Mackillop Excommunicated
Mary Mackillop was excommunicated by the bishop because it was thought that she would entice her sisters into defiance and disobedience -
Mary Mackillop is back
She is allowed back to continue her work -
Archbishop Polding dies
Archbishop Polding passes away at age 85 -
Archdiocese expanding Again
Now has 189 churches of sydney. 170 000 catholics more than 25,000 kids enrolled in archdiocese schools -
Labor Party
WW1 declared catholics influential in australia's labor party -
First Australian catholic PM
Jim Scullin was the first Catholic to become Australian Prime Minister, the first Prime Minister to have come from an Irish background, and the first Labor Prime Minister born in Australia. -
Need for more Catholic Schools
Catholic schools are overwhelmed by demand -
Vatican 2
Death of pope john mass changes from latin to english -
Pope john paul visits australia for the first time