Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 22
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- 1896 – The second Victoria Bridge is opened in Brisbane by the Governor of Queensland, Lord Lamington. The previous bridge was destroyed by floodwaters.
- 1903 – Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia is born in Sydney.
- 1926 – The Council for Scientific Research (CSIR) formed; later became the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
- 1938 – Poet C. J. Dennis died.
- 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, bassist for INXS is born.
- 1977 – The Uniting Church of Australia is formed from the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian Churches.