Formative Years 1830-1870

  • Mary Reiby

    She started a business, with land grants and liquor license.
  • St John’s (Tasmania)

    It was a orphan school
  • Church Acts

    The church acts funded the Catholic Churches
  • Caroline Chisholm

    She helped women and families on their journey to Australia, improving the conditions for them.
  • Sisters of charity

    They are a congregation of sisters helping people in Australia.
  • St Francis’ Church (Victoria)

    It was designed by Samuel Jackson and is the oldest church in Victoria on its original site.
  • Christian Brothers

    They ran the children's homes Bindoon, Castledare Special School, Castledare, Clontarf, Subiaco Boys' Orphanage and Tardun Farm School
  • Society of St Vincent de Paul

    A international voluntary organisation that helps the poor.
  • Good Samaritan Sisters; Sisters of Mercy

    They helped people with poverty and injustice.
  • St John’s Pro Cathedral (West Australia)

    It’s the earliest Catholic Church in Western Australia.
  • St Patrick’s (South Australia)

    It was the first Catholic Church in Adelaide but was demolished.
  • Old St Stephen’s Church (Queensland)

    It was designed by A W Pugin and Built by Alexander Goold and Andrew Petrie.
  • Gold rush

    The gold rush made colonies more progressive in turning them into cities.
  • Mary MacKillop

    She started the first order of nuns.
  • Establishment of the Sisters of St Joseph

    It was founded by Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods.
  • Fr Julian Tenison Woods

    He co-founded the congregation of sisters of Joseph of the sacred heart
  • Presentation Sisters

    They helped the poor families through primary and high school.
  • Sectarian violence at Duke of Edinburgh visit

    Prince Alfred was almost assassinated by Henry James O’farrell.