ANZCC note: Conflicting information as to Fr Fallon's first appointment.

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Gravestone inscription: Tu es sacerdos in aeternum. To the memory of / Rev. John Fallon, / the first Parish Priest of Kapunda, / and the first priest who died in Sth Australia, / ordained in Adelaide 1849 by Dr Murphy, / appointed to Kapunda July 1849, / Died at St John's / 25 March 1860, aged 40 years, / and was buried in St John's Church, / his remains were removed to this grave in 1891. / Requiescat in pace. / This stone was erected by the parishioners, / and unveild [sic] by / Archbishop Killian, / 4th Oct. 1936.

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Roman Catholic Church, South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal, Adelaide, 2 August 1849, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195938181:

Two gentlemen, the Rev Mr Fallon, and the Rev. Mr Coffa, were ordained by his Lordship, Dr Murphy, on Sunday last, at the temporary place of Worship, West Terrace. A most impressive address was delivered before conferring Priest's orders, and a highly crowded assembly witnessed the imposing ceremony.

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Payments to Ministers of Religion, Adelaide Observer, 15 December 1849, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158928370:

Colonial Secretary's Office, Dec. 11, 1849.
Warrants are now lying in the Colonial Treasury for payment to the undermentioned Ministers of Religion, of the amount of stipend to which they are respectively entitled, under the Church Ordinance, No. 10, of 1847:—
…
Rev. John Fallon
…
By his Excellency's command,
CHAS. STURT,
Colonial Secretary.

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Kapunda, South Australian Advertiser Adelaide, 30 March 1860, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1203739:

A serious event happened here last Sunday. The Rev. J. Fallon was on Sunday morning in his usual health, and he was walking towards the stable when he suddenly fell down senseless. Medical aid was immediately summoned, and Dr. Blood arrived within 20 minutes, but all his efforts were unavailing, as were those of Dr. Popham, who arrived shortly before his death, which occurred about 7 o'clock p.m. He was buried on the following Tuesday. His funeral was one of the largest Kapunda ever witnessed; there could not have been less than 300 persons present of all denominations. He was buried in front of the altar by the Very Rev. M. Ryan, assisted by the Revs. Carew and Smyth. After the burial three ministers arrived from Clare. He was much respected here, and I am sure that his loss has deprived the Catholic ministry of a most valuable and trustworthy servant.

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Sudden Death, Adelaide Observer, 31 March 1860, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158174337:

A melancholy instance of the uncertainty of life occurred on Sunday at Kapunda. The Rev. Mr. Fallon, the Roman Catholic priest of that locality, had, at 8 o'clock, assisted in performing the morning mass, apparently in perfect health. On leaving the chapel he raised his hands, and at the same time made an exclamation as of suffering from a sudden pain. On being asked if he was ill, his answer led to the inference that he was not aware of anything of a serious nature, but he died within 12 hours of the attack, which was an apoplectic seizure. The rev. gentleman was much respected in the district, and his sudden removal by the hand of death has caused a general feeling of sorrow amongst his people. Mr. Fallon was not of a habit which would have made it probable that he should be [s]ubject to an attack of the kind.

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Father Fallon's Funeral, Adelaide Observer, 31 March 1860, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158174362:

Our correspondent at Kapunda says:—"The remains of Father Fallon were buried in St. John's Chapel, Kapunda, last Tuesday, by the Vicar-General, assisted by Fathers Rowe and Smyth. A large number of persons attended, and seemed generally impressed with a sense of having lost a friend. Father Smyth delivered an oration, and claimed the prayers of the flock for one who had braved wintry cold and summer heat to administer to the spiritual wants of a very large and scattered district."

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The Late Father Fallon, South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 10 April 1860, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1204106:

The late lamented Rev. John Fallon, who has been so suddenly taken from amongst us, arrived in this colony in November, 1845. He completed his theological studies under the late Bishop Murphy, and was ordained by him as Priest towards the end of 1848. Immediately after his ordination he entered on his missionary duties at Salisbury and Gawler Town, of which extensive and populous districts he had the spiritual care for about three years. He was afterwards removed to Kapunda, which continued to be the scene of his labours to the close of his life. On his arrival in the district he had neither church nor presbytery. To understand, and in some way appreciate the amount of his labour, we must recall to mind what the district was ten years ago. The members of his flock were few, and lived far apart; to enable them to comply with their religious duties it was necessary for him to perform many a long and wearisome journey. All may well remember how willingly and how zealously he did so. He forgot self in consulting the welfare of others, and God's glory. He built four churches and a handsome presbytery; one at Gawler Town, one near Kapunda, one at the Gilbert, one at Hamen's on the Light, and had already made arrangements for another Catholic Church in the township of Kapunda. It is impossible to over-estimate the labour and anxiety of mind which all these services and exertions must have cost him--they remain as monuments of what zeal and perseverance can effect with small means, when pastor and people are united. It is not too much to say that the memory of Father Fallon will long remain in the hearts of the flock that he loved so well, and so faithfully served.--Northern Star.