Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 19


 * 1820 – Joseph Wild discovers Lake George and names the Snowy Mountains.
 * 1907 – The Rabbit-proof fence is completed.
 * 1961 – Four Corners TV current affairs program first screened.
 * 1986 – Nine-year-old Sydney schoolgirl Samantha Knight disappears from Bondi in Sydney.