Timeline of the catholic church of australia

By Ben.Kennedy

  • Dutch sea captain Dirk Hartog landed on western coast of Australia

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    Timeline of the catholic church in australia

  • The English pirate William Dampier spends nine weeks on the north-west coast of Australia

  • Captain Cook explores Australia’s east coast

  • Arrival of First Fleet at Sydney Cove

  • Arrival of Fr. Jeremiah O’Flynn “Prefect-Apostolic of New Holland”

  • Fr. Ullathorne arrives in Sydney as Vicar-General

  • The Catholic Church in Australia is divided into provinces and dioceses

  • Beginning of the gold rush

  • St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire

  • Completion of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat

  • Death of Ned Kelly

  • Beginning of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart missions in the Northern Territory

  • Death of Mary McKillop

  • First attack on Nazism in the Melbourne Catholic newspaper The Advocate

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge completed

  • End of World War II

  • Olympic Games, Melbourne

  • Foundation of the Australian Catholic University

  • St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney completed