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the beginning of Catholic Education
The permanent presence of Catholicism in Australia came with the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788. The first schools in Australia were Christian schools established by the Church of England in the early days of British settlement in the late 1700s. -
First Public Catholic Mass (Fr James Dixon)
Irish priest transported to Sydney after taking part in the Irish uprising of 1798 -
the Castle Hill Uprising
The rebellion was an attempt by a group of Irish convicts to overthrow British rule in New South Wales and return to Ireland where they could continue to fight for an Irish republic. -
the Rum Rebellion
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the then-British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose Governor William Bligh -
Establishment of the Catholic Church in Tasmania
The Catholic Church became established in Tasmania, then Van Diemen's Land, in 1821 with the arrival of Father Philip Connolly. At the time, about one third of the population was Roman Catholic. ... For most of Tasmania's history the proportion of Catholics to other religions has only been about one fifth. -
St Mary’s Cathedral
The Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Mother of God, Help of Christians is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney, currently Anthony Fisher OP -
Eureka Stockade
The Eureka Rebellion occurred in 1854, involving gold miners in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom -
arrival of the Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers arrived in Australia in 1872 at the invitation of the Archbishop of Sydney. The Brothers in Australia currently operate as two Provinces (administrative units) with centers in Sydney and Melbourne.
