Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/May/May 22

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• 1856 - First Parliament of New South Wales opened by the governor, Sir William Denison.
• 1901 - The foundation stone for St John's Cathedral, Brisbane was laid by the Duke of Cornwall and York, the church celebrated 100 years of construction in 2006, and is only gothic-style stone building under construction anywhere in the world.
• 1998 - Murray Gleeson is appointed as the eleventh Chief Justice of Australia.