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.