Timeline
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This page provides a partial timeline of major events in the Wild Southwest. All dates are given according to the Southern States Calendar. The Borden Calendar considers all dates to be two years earlier.
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2020s
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2020
- The Great War (??). Start of the Winter (??). The precise year and date are uncertain with some estimates placing the war as early as 2014, and some as late as 2025. 2020 is used as a standard placeholder date throughout the Southwest.
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2024
- The STS Leeuwin II arrives in Albany harbour carrying 100 refugees from the north.
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2025
- Birth of Professor Arthur Kennetson (approx).
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2027
- The garrison at the Albany Forts commence trading with the city, ending seven years of isolation.
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2029
- Captain Davis pens the Principles and forms the Middleton Militia.
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2030s
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2030
- Birth of Gareth Morley (approx).
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2033
- 20th February - Captain Davis enters the Forts and in three days of negotiation convinces the garrison to help restore civil order. Within a year the gangs are driven out and Albany is under joint Militia and Garrison control.
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2035
- The Frenchman Bay Whaling Station is reopened to provide food and fuel for Albany.
- Birth of Warlord Anthony Barker (approx).
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2040s
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2041
- 22nd September - Chester Pass is clear of snow on the spring equinox. Considered the end of the Winter.
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2044
- Foundation of D'Entrecasteaux State.
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2045
- Foundation of the Borden Televisor newspaper.
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2047
- 1st June - Signing of the Castle Rock Treaty establishing the State of Porongurup
- 10th August - Captain Davis and a group of companions leave Albany for Manjimup on foot. They are never seen again.
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2050s
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2050
- 20th June - Anthony Barker single-handedly kills a rhinoceros sized mutant while armed only with a machete near Capel.
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2051
- Gareth Morley takes part in the first of several expeditions exploring the Frankland River Valley.
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2058
- Porongurup and Denmark formalise their common border with the Hay River Treaty. The town of Young narrowly votes to join Denmark.
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2060s
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2062
- Alexandra Bridge develops a strong militia, driving away the local warlords and raiders. A democratic town government is elected.
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2062
- 24th July - Two People's Bay Massacre, start of the Pirate War
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2063
- Alexandra Bridge and Karridale sign a treaty of co-operation.
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2064
- 3rd March - Launch of the PRS Resurgam
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2065
- 1st February - The last known panther in the Porongurups is shot and killed
- May - The Porongurup Rangers destroy a major Pirate base on Woody Island
- December - The Porongurup Rangers clear out the Pirate base at Esperance
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2066
- 8th March - Satellite crashes at Muradup. Start of the Satellite Plague
- April - End of the Pirate War
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2067
- July - The Albany Hospital develops a vaccine for the Satellite Plague.
- 15th October - The last recorded victim of the Satellite Plague dies in Windy Harbour.
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2067
- First edition of Hansen's Telegraphic Code Book.
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2070s
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2070
- May to September - Representatives from D'Entrecasteaux, Frankland, Denmark and Porongurup (with observers from Bremer Bay and Borden) meet in Denmark Town to draft the Treaty of the States.
- Gareth Morley begins researching at the Borden Library.
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2071
- 25th March - D'Entrecasteaux, Frankland, Denmark and Porongurup sign the Treaty of the States, formalising their borders and committing to peaceful co-operation.
- July 2nd - Robert Milford last seen in Tunney.
- July 8th - The Milford Farm is found abandoned. None of the Milford family are ever seen again.
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2072
- Establishment of Pallinup State.
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2074
- Gareth Morley releases his first series of Radlands maps.
- The Walpole Telegraph Company, Albany Telegraph Company and Denmark Telegraphic Union merge to form the Southern Union Telegraph Company.
- Founding of the Kangaroo Savings and Loan Company in Albany.
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2077
- The STS Leeuwin sets a currently unbroken record of just under 12 hours for the "timber run" from Windy Harbour to Albany.
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2078
- 5th June - The town of Mallalyup is destroyed by raiders.
- Gareth Morley releases his second series of Radlands maps.
- The Denmark Congress passes new banking and investment laws in an attempt at economic stimulus. Four of the five major banks move their headquarters to Denmark Town within the next four years.
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2079
- 1st June to 3rd June - The Great Solar Storm.
- August - A man claiming to be Peter Milford appears in Albany. He is soon revealed to be one Cyril Ashfield of Dinninup.
- September - The Kwinana Firearms Foundry KFF-60 goes into production.
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2080s
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2080
- The Kangaroo Savings and Loan Company declares bankruptcy.
- The Black Tuesday Fires devastate the forests of northern D'Entrecasteaux.
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2081
- The war of 2081 between the Nannup-D'Entrecasteux Alliance and the Southern Warlords.
- Release of the third and final series of Morley maps of the Radlands.
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2083
- 5th January - Cartographer Gareth Morley dies of lung cancer. His Warlord Realm maps are released the same week.
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2084
- The Kwinana Firearms Foundry starts production of the KFF-61a 'Homesteader'.
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2086
- The last reliable sighting of a panther anywhere in the Southern States (in Denmark).
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2087
- Professor Kennetson offers $1500 for any vegetation samples from the Jungle. No one accepts his challenge.
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2089
- 17th August - The Hapgood Expedition departs Albany on the Desert Jaxx. It passes Cape Le Grand on the 23rd and is never heard from again.
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2090s
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2091
- April - Barrets Timber Mill blocks Hawkes Timber Mill's access to the southern portion of the D'Entrecasteaux Wood Line
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2093
- February - Timbers suggested as remnants of the Hapgood Expedition are recovered from the Recherche Archipelago. The idea is soon debunked.
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2098
- The current year
