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Australia is colonised + Christianity Arrives
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First Catholic School
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
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
Marist Brothers open their own school at the Rocks, Sydney