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Ross Smith, Keith Smith, James Bennett and Wally Shiers arrive in Darwin, Australia from England. The pilots win the race, having completed the journey in twenty-eight days.
The Dominican sisters arrived in Adelaide from Ireland, at the invitation of Bishop Laurence Bonaventure Sheil. They established a religious community and school on Franklin Street.
The foundation stone for Adelaide’s first Catholic church, St Patrick’s, was laid in December 1845. It was the principal place of Catholic worship in Adelaide until St Francis Xavier Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. A tower designed by architects Wright & Hamilton was added in 1876.
