Admin

St Francis Xavier’s Primary School was opened in 1975 by the Prime Minister, Mr Gough Whitlam, and blessed by […]

On 13 April 1975, St Joseph’s School was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Mr Gough Whitlam, […]

James Darcy Freeman was born in Sydney on 19 November 1907. He was ordained on 13 July 1930 by Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo. He was elected Bishop of Hermopolis In Partibus Infidelium and auxiliary of Sydney on 9 December 1956. He was consecrated on 24 January 1957 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydn […]

On 20 July 1969, the first man landed on the moon. The first people to take their first steps on the moon wer […]

McAuley primary school began in 1967 and was established to replace the primary section of three scho […]

St Therese School opened in 1967 with 150 children in two Kindergarten classes, a Year 1, and a Year 2 class. […]

By 1965, a building was ready for a parish school, and this was blessed by Cardinal Gilroy on 24 January 1965 […]

In 1960, the Church St Francis de Sales was built, and in 1963, it was converted into a school. The original […]

The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 received assent on 21 May 1962. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the option to enrol and vote in federal elections. The enrolment was not compulsory but once enrolled it was compulsory to vote. Read More […]

In 1962, the new parish of St Therese’s, Padstow was created, with Fr Timothy O’Carroll was the fir […]

The Goulburn School Strike occurred in July 1962, when families of the students at St Brigid’s Primary School protested. They were protesting for the government to provide assistance to construct new toilet blocks at the school to meet government health requirements. The strike saw a divide in th […]

Our Lady of the Annunciation Primary began in 1962 as an Infants’ School for the parish of Pagewood. The […]

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School Auburn South was founded in January 1962. The Sisters […]

De La Salle Catholic College Revesby Heights is a Catholic systemic Year 7–12 college for boys. The De La S […]

Education in the Josephite tradition of Blessed Mary MacKillop was the ideal of the new secon […]

Fr Michael Kennedy founded the Mater Dei Blakehurst in 1960 and arranged for construction to begin. The schoo […]

St Michael’s Belfield was established in 1959 by the Dominican Sisters with Sr M Joachim as the fi […]

St John Bosco School began in 1959 on the corner of the old Princes Highway and Cambrai Avenue. Three Salesia […]

The Second Vatican Council was announced by Pope John XXIII on 25 January 1959. It was to provide a spiritual renewal to the Church for the Christians separated from Rome, to join in a search for Christian unity. The Council was completed on 8 December 1965 with 16 documents enacted by the council f […]

De La Salle Catholic College Caringbah opened its doors on the 28 January 1958. 65 boys had arriv […]

A church-hall was built in 1957, and this would serve as the first parish school. Fr Crehan arranged for the […]

St Ursula’s College opened in 1957 with 56 girls in first year classes with buildings still to be c […]

The original St Anne’s was built in 1862 on land granted to Sydney’s pioneer chaplain, Fr John Therry […]

The parish priest arranged for the Sisters of St Joseph to staff the new parish school at Christ the King Bas […]

Established in 1956 as a Kindergarten to Year 2 infants school, St Margaret Mary was staffed by the Brigi […]

It was in 1950, that Fr Patrick Carr, parish priest of Revesby, purchased three acres of land in Tower St […]

St Joseph’s Primary School began in 1955 with 75 pupils in Kindergarten, First and Second Classes. […]

St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School Gymea was established in 1954 by the Sisters of St […]

[…]

St Joseph’s Primary started in 1953 by the Presentation Sisters (Wagga Wagga Congregation). Today, St Jos […]

On 13 March 1949 the foundation s tone for Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church was laid by Cardinal Gilroy. […]

Marist College Penshurst was established, at the urging of Fr Joseph Breen, the parish priest […]

Fairfield parish was established in 1946 as there was a need for a Catholic boys’ school. […]

A parish school was sought by the people, and the Sisters of St Joseph were aske […]

In a hut in 1952, the Mt Pritchard Catholic school was opened – it was then known as St Peter’s. Staffin […]

St Brendan’s opened on 13 May 1952, with 52 pupils in Kindergarten, First and Second Classes. They were accom […]

The school was opened in 1951 with an enrolment of 40 children and was conducted by the Sisters of […]

In its present form, St Mary- St Joseph School began in 1979 as an amalgamation of two earlier schools: St Ma […]

In 1949, Fr Tom Pierse purchased a large old home in Queen Street as the site for a school, a […]

In 1949, the then priest of the Cronulla parish, Monsignor James Donovan, proposed to establish a buildin […]

St Luke’s School opened in May 1950 with 108 children in Kindergarten, First and Second Classes. Ther […]

Our Lady Star of the Sea School opened with 28 original pupils in the Miranda church-hall in January 1950. Th […]

With the Catholic population of the inner western suburbs of Sydney increased after World War II, the parish […]