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First Fleet
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Two schools created
Original plans for the colony did not include school, however two schools were created. One school for the children of military officers and one for children of convicts. -
First church in Australia
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First Irish Priest
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First Catholic school
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First recorded catholic mass
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Uprising and rebellion of Irish convicts
300 Convicts were mad at the conditions that they lived in -
Catholic worshiping services banned
Government claimed that Irish Catholics used religious gatherings to plot rebellion -
First Priests to arrive with approval
The priest prior to this arrival did not have approval and were told to leave or forcefully deported -
Catholics granted rights
The "Catholic Emancipation Act" gave Catholics the equal political rights to Protestants -
First Bishop
Government gave permission to allow Catholics to have a bishop in Australia, Bishop Bede Polding -
10 Catholic Schools
By 1833 there were 10 Catholic schools both catering for Catholic and Protestant -
First Anglican bishop
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Government Funding
The government started to provide funding for clergy's and catholic structures. Colonist supported that the government should provide good education for children -
First church on the gold fields
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First secondary girls' school in queensland
All Hallows -
Catholic bishops disagree
Catholic bishops said that they would not agree to the system of education due to the fact that the government should not have a monopoly over the provision of education. -
Government stops funding
The state government decided to stop funding catholic schools which forced children into government schools unless they funded their own schools -
Australian Federation
