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Early Church

By Seb101

  • First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay

    First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay

  • Catholic settler in Parramatta petition Govener Phillip for a priest

  • Fr Dixon was caught up in the reaction of the Irish Rebellion

    Fr Dixon was caught up in the reaction of the Irish Rebellion

  • Fr Dixon arrived in NSW

  • First official public Mass is held by under strict Government supervision and is celebrated by priest Fr James Dixon

  • Father Dixon became a Priest

    Father Dixon became a Priest

  • Fr John Therry and Fr Phillip Conolly

    Fr John Therry and Fr Phillip Conolly, Australia’s first official priests, arrive in Sydney. Fr Therry opens the first Catholic school in Parramatta

  • Father Conolly leaves for Hobart leaving Fr John Therry the only priest on mainland Australia

  • Transportation of convicts to NSW is suspended

  • The British government passed the Australian colonies Government act which allowed of Victoria and the Moreton bay settlements