St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Georges Hall founded
The first two stages of the school were built in 1978 and 1980, at a total cost of $400,000. It was offici …
St Mary’s Primary Maroubra Bay and St Joseph’s Primary Maroubra Beach are renamed St Mary-St Joseph Primary, with two campuses
In its present form St Mary- St Joseph School began in 1979 as an amalgamation of two earlier schools: St Mary’s, …
St John Bosco College Engadine founded
St John Bosco College was originally founded in 1978 at the initiative of the parishioners of St John Bosco Parish …
St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Primary School Lurnea founded
St Francis Xavier’s Primary School was opened in 1975 by the Prime Minister, Mr Gough Whitlam, and blessed by Card …
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Moorebank founded
On 13 April 1975, St Joseph’s School was officially opened by the Prime Minister, Mr Gough Whitlam, and …
Archbishop Sir James Cardinal Freeman appointed Archbishop of Sydney
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 …
Apollo mission landed on the moon
On 20 July 1969, the first man landed on the moon. The first people to take their first steps on the moon were Nei …
McAuley Catholic Primary School Rose Bay founded
McAuley primary school began in 1967 and was established to replace the primary section of three schools t …
St Therese Catholic Primary Sadleir-Miller founded
St Therese School opened in 1967 with 150 children in two Kindergarten classes, a Year 1, and a Year 2 class. Sr Be …
Indigenous referendum recognises Indigenous Australians as citizens
In a 1967 referendum, over 90% of Australian voters agreed to change our Constitution to give the federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to allow for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be included in the census. Read Mor …
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Villawood founded
By 1965, a building was ready for a parish school, and this was blessed by Cardinal Gilroy on 24 January 1965. Sac …
St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School Woolooware founded
In 1960, the Church St Francis de Sales was built, and in 1963, it was converted into a school. The original churc …
Indigenous Australians receive the right to vote
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 …
St Therese’s Catholic Primary School Padstow founded
In 1962, the new parish of St Therese’s, Padstow was created, with Fr Timothy O’Carroll was the first pa …
Goulburn School Strike
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 Catholic Primary School Pagewood founded
Our Lady of the Annunciation Primary began in 1962 as an Infants’ School for the parish of Pagewood. The first …
St Joseph The Worker Auburn South Primary School founded
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School Auburn South was founded in January 1962. The Sisters of Ch …
St John Vianney’s Catholic Primary School Greenacre founded
In 1956, the parish of St John Vianney and St Thomas More, Greenacre was established. The Sisters of St Joseph sta …
De La Salle College Revesby Heights founded
De La Salle Catholic College Revesby Heights is a Catholic systemic Year 7–12 college for boys. The De La Salle …
Mount St Joseph Milperra founded
Education in the Josephite tradition of Blessed Mary MacKillop was the ideal of the new secondary …
Mater Dei Catholic Primary School Blakehurst founded
Fr Michael Kennedy founded the Mater Dei Blakehurst in 1960 and arranged for construction to begin. The school was …
St Michael’s Catholic Primary School Belfield founded
St Michael’s Belfield was established in 1959 by the Dominican Sisters with Sr M Joachim as the first p …
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Engadine founded
St John Bosco School began in 1959 on the corner of the old Princes Highway and Cambrai Avenue. Three Salesian Sis …
Second Vatican Council
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 founded
De La Salle Catholic College Caringbah opened its doors on the 28 January 1958. 65 boys had arrived to …
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School North Ryde founded
A church-hall was built in 1957, and this would serve as the first parish school. Fr Crehan arranged for the Siste …
St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove founded
St Ursula’s College opened in 1957 with 56 girls in first year classes with buildings still to be comple …
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School Strathfield South founded
The original St Anne’s was built in 1862 on land granted to Sydney’s pioneer chaplain, Fr John Therry. How …
Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill founded
The parish priest arranged for the Sisters of St Joseph to staff the new parish school at Christ the King Bass Hil …
St Margaret Mary’s Catholic Primary School Randwick North founded
Established in 1956 as a Kindergarten to Year 2 infants school, St Margaret Mary was staffed by the Brigidine …
St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School Panania founded
It was in 1950, that Fr Patrick Carr, parish priest of Revesby, purchased three acres of land in Tower Street, …
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Oatley founded
St Joseph’s Primary School began in 1955 with 75 pupils in Kindergarten, First and Second Classes. The f …
St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School Gymea founded
St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School Gymea was established in 1954 by the Sisters of St Josep …
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Como/Oyster Bay founded
St Joseph’s Primary started in 1953 by the Presentation Sisters (Wagga Wagga Congregation). Today, St Joseph’s …
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Kingsgrove founded
On 13 March 1949 the foundation s tone for Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church was laid by Cardinal Gilroy. Fr C …
Marist College Penshurst founded
Marist College Penshurst was established, at the urging of Fr Joseph Breen, the parish priest of St …
Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield founded
Fairfield parish was established in 1946 as there was a need for a Catholic boys’ school. Mrs D …
St Gertrude’s Catholic Primary School Smithfield founded
A parish school was sought by the people, and the Sisters of St Joseph were asked to …
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mt Pritchard founded
In a hut in 1952, the Mt Pritchard Catholic school was opened – it was then known as St Peter’s. Staffing the …
St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School Bankstown Central founded
St Brendan’s opened on 13 May 1952, with 52 pupils in Kindergarten, First and Second Classes. They were accommodat …
St Therese Catholic Primary Denistone founded
The school was opened in 1951 with an enrolment of 40 children and was conducted by the Sisters of Merc …
St Joseph’s Primary Maroubra Beach founded
In its present form St Mary- St Joseph School began in 1979 as an amalgamation of two earlier schools: St Mary’s, Maroubra Bay and St Joseph’s, Maroubra Beach, both founded in 1951. They themselves were built to replace an earlier school, St Peter Claver’s in Bellevue Street, which started in 19 …
St Mary’s Primary Maroubra Bay founded
In its present form, St Mary- St Joseph School began in 1979 as an amalgamation of two earlier schools: St Mary’s, …
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School Clifton Gardens founded
In 1949, Fr Tom Pierse purchased a large old home in Queen Street as the site for a school, and ar …
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Caringbah founded
In 1949, the then priest of the Cronulla parish, Monsignor James Donovan, proposed to establish a building on …