Progression of Catholic Schools within Australia

Australia is colonised + Christianity Arrives

1788

First Catholic School

1820

The first Catholic school in Australia was founded in October 1820 by Irish Catholic priest Fr John Therry and run by convict and lay person George Marley

State government passed a series of Education Acts in Victoria

1872

The substance of these acts was that education for all children was now to be free, compulsory and secular.

Marist Brothers open their own school

1872

Marist Brothers open their own school at the Rocks, Sydney