Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 22

1770 - Captain James Cook claims the east coast of New Holland in the name of King George III, naming the site Possession Island.
1872 - The 3200 km Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed.
1930 - The two spans of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are joined.
1985 - A Royal Commission found that there was no link between chemical defoliant Agent Orange and health problems of Vietnam war veterans.