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Kathleen Mary Egan
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Elizabeth Durack
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Fr John Brosnan
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Edward bede Clancy
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Fr Frank Fletcher
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vatican II
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, addressed relations between the Catholic Church and the modern world. -
caritas began in Australia
Caritas began in Australia in 1964 as the Catholic Overseas Relief Committee (CORC). It's initial focus was to distribute funds the Catholic Church had received for overseas relief from the United Nation's 'Freedom from Hunger' campaign. In 1966, CORC became known as the Australian Catholic Relief (ACR). -
end of white Australia policy
In 1973 the Whitlam Labor government definitively renounced the White Australia policy. In its place it established a policy of multiculturalism in a nation that is now home to migrants from nearly 200 different countries.