Archived-Sydney Requiem History

THIS IS CURRENTLY A DRAFT

This is the proposed Sydney History in Timeline form. Contact the VST Sydney 2.0 for suggested revisions, additions or general information. Also please keep in mind this is the public history of the Domain. The actual history and plot stuff is obviously excluded from this lot ;)

Timeline

• 1770 - Captain Cook arrives at Botany Bay.
• 1778 - Penal Colony of New South Wales established by the arrival of the First Fleet.
• 1790 - Second Fleet arrives. First coterie of Kindred from the “Western” world arrives aboard the Eventide. Governor Peter Bush takes control of the settlement in the name of the Invictus.
• 1791 - Third Fleet arrives. Priya Sarin, an Acolyte of the Circle of the Crone, and Governor Bush's lover arrives. It is rare that he is seen without her by his side.
• 1793 - First free settlers arrive. The first church is built in Sydney. More Kindred arrive in Sydney (including the first of the Lancea Sanctum), faced with an established Kindred population and Government. Governor Bush issues a blanket ban on the Embrace, and feeding from Mortals is only permitted via express permission from the Governor.
• 1808 - The Rum Rebellion overthrows the then Governor, William Bligh. The Kindred also petition Bush to lift the "animal only" feeding restriction. Governor bush decress that one mortal per month will be given to the Prisci of each Clan to do with as they see fit, so long as they return them to his care alive, however Lancea Santcum Prisci are excluded from the gift.
• 1810 - Lachlan Macquarie is established as the new Governor of the British Colony.
• 1819 - Hyde Park Barracks is built.
• 1840 - Due to pressure from the citizens of Sydney, England stops transport of prisoners.
• 1842 - Sydney becomes a City. Governor Bush lifts the feeding restrictions, however gives directives that feeding should be kept to a minimum to conserve the population. An Independent by the name of Julius Rose (NPC) is the first Kindred to ignore this directive, and is flogged into torpor. Rose is put into the care of the Circle of the Crone "until such time as he awakens by his own volition".
• 1852 - Gold discovered! Massive influx of people from all over the world seeking their fortune.
• 1855 - Fort Denison is built to protect Sydney, commissioned by the British Government, but in reality controlled by Governor Bush.
• 1867 - Governor Bush becomes a recluse, only rarely making a public appearance, but levying a tithe of 1% of all Kindred income of all subjects of the Domain. Priya Sarin becomes his Voice, and defacto Governor (though many whisper this has always been the case).
• 1888 - Town Hall opened.
• 1901 - Australia becomes a Commonwealth.
• 1906 - The Night of Three Princes. A violent Praxis seizure ensues. Governor Bush is attacked by Julius Rose, intent on killing him and taking the throne. Before the killing blow can be delivered, Edmund White (Governor Bush's personal aide - NPC?) flees with his torpored body. Julius Rose becomes the Second Governor of Sydney. That same night, faced with the idea of such a disturbing precedent being set, the Court rebels at this vulgar display of power, and torpors Rose. Tiberius Harkonus Augustus Marcellarius (then Carthian - not Invictus) rallies support sufficient to take the Governorship of the Domain, becoming Third Governor of Sydney. The Night of Three Princes (8th of February) becomes a day of remembrance in Sydney.
• 1916 - Targona Zoo opens.
• 1919 - Tiberius Harkonus Augustus Marcellarius realises that a praxis born from such a violent beginning will likely not succeed and encourages other members of the Court to step forward and rally support for the role. There are three contenders, however Tobias Mol is victorious, and becomes Fourth Governor of Sydney.
• 1920 - Sydney Airport opens.
• 1932 - Sydney Harbour Bridge is completed and Opened.
• 1934 - ANZAC War Memorial is built.
• 1958 - Tobias Mol is deposed by Abigail Gallagher, and becomes Fifth Governor of Sydney. Governor Gallagher's reign ushers in an era of prosperity and freedom for all.
• 1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens its doors.
• 1975 - Gallagher has her first public and heated disagreement with a member of her Court (the Keeper of Elysiusm) over the definition and jurisdiction of the Fourth Tradition. The majority of the Court side with the Keeper of Elysium. Governor Gallagher and her allies, the Nemites, launch a swift and bloody campaign against the members of the court not in league with them, and force those not loyal to the Governor to flee the city for the sanctuary of neighboring domains.
• 1976 - Ferdinand Wolfe represents the "rebel" Kindred population of Sydney at the annual National Conclave and claims the title of Sixth Governor of Sydney. He pledges that Sydney will join the Conclave when it is retaken from the Nemite incursion.
• 1979 - Abigail Gallagher and the last of the Nemites are driven from the City by Ferdinand Wolfe and the Court. Gallagher is tracked down and captured. A trial is held to determine her punishment. She is found guilty and sentenced to Final Death, the sentence carried out by Anthony Desmond.
• 1995 - Jack Wolfe becomes Seventh Governor of Sydney.
• 2000 - The Sydney Olympic Games held.
• 2007 - APEC Leadership summit.
• 2009 - World youth day. Pope Benedict XVI visits Sydney.

Governors of Sydney

• 1st Governor of Sydney - Duke Peter Bush, Ventrue Invictus (NPC) (1790 - 1906)
• 2nd Governor of Sydney - Julius Rose (NPC) (1906 - 1906)
• 3rd Governor of Sydney - Tiberius Harkonus Augustus Marcellarius (1906 - 1919)
• 4th Governor of Sydney - Tobias Mol (1919 - 1958)
• 5th Governor of Sydney - Abigail Gallagher (NPC) (1958 - 1976)
• 6th Governor of Sydney - Ferdinand Wolfe (1976 - 1995)
• 7th Governor of Sydney - Jack Wolfe (1995 - Present)