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Part One: The Unconvicted Convict

The first Catholics to reside in Australia arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. They were mostly Irish convicts, together with a few Royal Marines. One-tenth of all convicts transported to Australia were Catholic, and half of these were born in Ireland, while a good proportion of the others were English-born but of Irish extraction. Most of the rest were English or Scottish. By the year 1803, a total of 2086 Irish convicts, nearly all of whom were Catholic, had been transported to Botany Bay.

The Catholic Church in Australia is served by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, which is the permanent collegial assembly of the Bishops of Australia.

Detailed text on the Catholic Church in Western Australia.

The site tells the life of Mary MacKillop and her growth and challenges as a sister within the Catholic Church.

St. Mary MacKillop, in full Saint Mary Helen MacKillop, also called Saint Mary of the Cross, (born January 15, 1842, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died August 8, 1909, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; canonized October 17, 2010; feast day August 8), religious figure, educator, and social reformer who was the first Australian beatified by the Roman Catholic Church and the first Australian to be recognized as one of its saints.

MacKillop was educated at private schools and by her father. She received her First Holy Communion on 15 August 1850 at the age of eight. In February 1851, Alexander MacKillop left his family behind after having mortgaged the farm and their livelihood and made a trip to Scotland lasting some 17 months. Throughout his life he was a loving father and husband but never able to make a success of his farm. He was even worse as a politician or at any kind of job. During most of the times the family had to survive on the small wages the children were able to bring home.

Stateline visits the South Australian town of Penola where Mary MacKillop worked as a governess for her uncle and aunt and began her life as a nun.

On Sunday, October 17, 2010, Mary MacKillop became Australia’s first declared Saint when she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Square, Rome.

This site contains a collection of articles to celebrate Mary MacKillop's canonisation.

Keith is on the trail of Mother Mary MacKillop - hopefully Australia's first saint.

Australians - Mark McKillop 1842 - 1909. A step away from being Australia's first Saint Mary McKillop devoted her life to the poor, and the education of their children, she had decided on her life's mission by the age of 15.