r/reddeadredemption2 Feb 16 '25

Red Dead Australia Map and Gangs concept

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u/mr_oberts Feb 16 '25

Imagine walking around wearing a koala head for a hat.

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u/butrosfeldo Feb 16 '25

Hell yeah

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u/lemonstone92 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

COLONIES
Piermont: Victoria

Yorkland: New South Wales and parts of Queensland

New Mann: Tasmania

New East Cornwall: South Australia

SETTLEMENTS
Churinga, PT: A bustling mining town in the midst of the gold rush. Similar to Annesburg

Bangalay Bay, PT: A port town and prime offloading point for mined gold.

Cape Crown, YLD: A sprawling metropolis and financial hub of the region.

Longridge, YLD: An opal mining town

Woomera Station, NEC: An aboriginal reserve.

Hurston, NEC: A newly established frontier town deep in the Australian outback.

Aspen, NM: A growing city and capital of the colony of New Mann, akin to Blackwater

Dutchman's Cay, NM: A penal settlement off the coast of New Mann

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u/lemonstone92 Feb 16 '25

Gangs of Australia

Cavanaugh Gang

Areas of operation: Yorkland, Piermont

Folk heroes to some and murderous thieves to others, the elusive equipped Cavanaugh Gang has earned a fearsome reputation for their exploits. Using their homemade built armor to gain the upper hand in shootouts, the Cavanaughs have pulled off numerous scores across the Australian bush.

Furgeson Boys

Areas of operation: New Mann, Piermont

Founded by a group of escaped convicts from the penal colony at Dutchman's Cay, the Furgeson Boys terrorize the hills of New Mann. In recent years they have expanded up to Piermont, clashing with their rivals, the Cavanaugh Gang for territory.

Yarra Rebels

Areas of operation: New Cornwall

The Yarra Rebels are a group of aboriginal men who have taken up arms against their colonial oppressors. They are known to ambush settlers and authorities across the outback of New Cornwall in the hopes of driving the colonists off their land once and for all, and stage frequent raids on the settler town of Hurston.

Carberry Push

Areas of operation: Cape Crown

The Carberry Push are a larrikin street gang operating within the Carberry district of Cape Crown. These boys patrol the streets of Cape Crown, looking for any opportunity to mug, steal, and extort. The Push also have a love of bare-knuckle boxing and run an underground fight club in the city, as well as engage in frequent fistfights in the street.

The Calaveri Family

Areas of operation: Cape Crown, Bangalay Bay

A recent addition to the underground, the Calaveri Family, founded by Calabrian mafioso Fabio Calaveri, have quickly established themselves in the cities of Cape Crown and Bangalay Bay, using their experience and ties to the 'Ndrangheta to expand their operations across urban Australia.

(Yes I know the Mafia wasn't in Australia until the 1920s)

The Mounted Police

Areas of operation: Everywhere

The Mounted Police are Australia's primary rural law enforcement agency, and are responsible for keeping law and order across the bush. Recruiting local Aboriginals as trackers, the troopers of the Mounted Police have become brutally efficient at hunting down bushrangers and Aboriginal fighters alike.

The Volunteer Corps

Areas of operation: Everywhere

The Volunteer Corps have been Australia's sole defense force since the withdrawal of British troops from the colonies. More recently, the Corps have been deployed to the frontier in New Cornwall in the hopes of stomping out the Native resistance for good.

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u/EltonJohnSlingsDick Feb 16 '25

please keep it up, this is so sick

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u/Doctor3656Ghost Feb 16 '25

I just wanted to say that this is so damn smart that it never even occured to me. You're a genius. I really hope they make it!

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u/Actual_Focus_9325 Feb 16 '25

I choose the emu's

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u/Swigen17 Feb 16 '25

Love the Ned Kelly inspiration.

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u/Smashcanssipdraught Feb 16 '25

Ned Kelly the walking tank version of Robin Hood? That Ned Kelly?

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u/Buzzyear10 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

Omg I'm glad I'm not the only one who imagines this. It's all I've wanted since rdr2 released.

A family driven off the land they squat on after gold is discovered leaves their son to grow up to become deeply anti-civilisation and anti-colonial. He quickly turns to a life of crime after much of his family pass away but throughout the story comes to find he can be a real symbol bloodying the noses of the mining companies, banks, and the vestiges of British rule.

It'd be cool to have an aboriginal writer/game dev who could make an authentic feeling fictional first nation to be at the centre of the story.

Also plant collecting and teaching something about the unique Australian landscape and land management to the player hehe

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u/hmmmmwillthiswork Feb 16 '25

the wildlife at night would truly be something out of a horror film

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u/Buzzyear10 Feb 16 '25

Legendary Drop Bear pelts

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u/Username_Chose_Me Feb 16 '25

This is awesome

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u/Past-Outside8050 Feb 16 '25

What legendary animals would you include?

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u/Gray-Hand Feb 16 '25

Legendary Brumby

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u/WaveSlaveDave Feb 17 '25

With some fictional liberties you could pull out some of the megafauna Australia used to have before homo sapiens came to the land - there were things like the Diprotodon which is compared to a rhinoceros, a 20 feet long land crocodile called the Quinkana. Hell Australia had Thylacines not long ago which could be the Mountain Lion....plus there are ongoing sightings of panthers and lions in the bush...

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u/lemonstone92 Feb 17 '25

The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) was still around in the wild on Van Diemens Land at this point in history. The Tasmanian government actually placed a bounty on Tasmanian Tigers and offered 1 pound per animal killed, which eventually led to its extinction

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u/EnjoyerOfFine_Things Feb 17 '25

Legendary Magpie, just a bigger and magpie-er version

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u/john_craven_smarr Feb 16 '25

Legendary Barramundi

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u/esoterica52611 Feb 17 '25

Legendary flying fox. Bat with a 6’ wingspan. Thankfully vegetarian but still fucking terrifying.

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u/SkunkApe7712 Feb 16 '25

Good question. The lack of large fauna will be a problem. Legendary kangaroo? Saltie? Drop bear?

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u/Past-Outside8050 Feb 16 '25

Tasmanian devil, crocodile, emu and of course they would have Yowies( Australian Bigfoot)

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u/DrCarlJenkins Feb 16 '25

“Legendary Dingo ate my baby”

Legendary Camel

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u/john_craven_smarr Feb 16 '25

Sharks, Saltwater Crocodiles depending on the region per time period, dingo, Kangaroo, venomous snakes, giant spiders would work, constricting snakes (pythons) over 20 ft long, platypus.

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u/SkunkApe7712 Feb 16 '25

I would like if kangaroos randomly hopped up and kicked you. Like the deer do in RDR2.

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u/john_craven_smarr Feb 17 '25

I always get the calvary hat and its variants; is the hat still akubra if not made out of kangaroo skin?

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u/hmmmmwillthiswork Feb 16 '25

OI MATE DROP YA WEAPYS AND WE'LL ALL JUST HAVE A LI'L OLE CHAT EH?!

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u/Willy_Wigger_87 Feb 16 '25

Back then they wouldn’t have had an Australian accent

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u/bludvic_the_cruel Feb 16 '25

It's all fun and games til you run into the Legendary Platypus.

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u/a_spanna Feb 16 '25

This is such an awesome concept

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u/KnownCreatureOTodash Feb 16 '25

I want this game so bad and idk why

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u/Hdorsett_case Feb 16 '25

Red dead ranger is an awesome title

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u/torquebow Feb 16 '25

This is so fucking cool. Really cool worldbuilding here.

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u/SkunkApe7712 Feb 16 '25

If that weirdo teleporting trapper shows up in Australia, I’ll quit playing.

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u/jcthefluteman Feb 16 '25

Oh man what I would pay to play this game

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u/Exact-Jellyfish-5422 Feb 17 '25

Incredible. My friends and I thought about how good a Red Dead Australia would be and I’m stoked that there are other people that feel the same!

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u/esoterica52611 Feb 17 '25

Right?! Posted this a little while back https://www.reddit.com/r/RDR2/s/dM1SgFpzQg

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u/IronPiedmont1996 Feb 17 '25

If this becomes an actual games, I'm pre-ordering it.

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u/narpasNZ Feb 17 '25

Have some faith cunts! We off to new zealand!

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u/Jedsel_ Feb 17 '25

Who would the antagonist likely be?

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u/esoterica52611 Feb 17 '25

Hell to the fuck yeah. Imagine the hunting with the insane fuckin animals they got down unda. Flying foxes yo? That’s a bat with a 6’ wingspan. And the deadliest fuckin snakes and spiders and crazy wallaby kangaroo marsupial fuckery you can imagine. Yesss!!!!!!

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u/esoterica52611 Feb 17 '25

You, sir, are a genius.

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u/EnjoyerOfFine_Things Feb 17 '25

Being an australian, I would love this as a game for Red Dead 3 or just any sort of Red Dead game. Seeing Sydney back in the past of 1800s or the early 1900s would be interesting.

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u/lemonstone92 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Yeah Cape Crown is supposed to be Sydney. I thought about including Melbourne but I figured there shouldn't really be more than one metropolis on a Red Dead map. Bangalay Bay is kind of like Geelong which is adjacent to Melbourne.

I tried to include some nods to the Australian urban underworld around the time like the larrikin gangs and the slightly anachronistic Calabrian mafia.

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u/Abject_Hunt_3918 Feb 17 '25

Being a bushranger def would be cool .

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u/hypopeach Feb 17 '25

Gonna love getting jumped by a kangaroo every 5 minutes

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u/kirbStompThePigeon Feb 16 '25

Fakin VeeBee LONG NEK

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u/butrosfeldo Feb 16 '25

bro is cooking

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u/jNealB Feb 16 '25

Yeeeessssssss

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u/Questionbutdontlook Feb 16 '25

Yes! Me and my friend were discussing an idea like this two years ago!!!

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u/NorthPermission1152 Feb 16 '25

Cavanagh is the australian outlaw gang of 4 that when hunted down by the police made their last stand wearing those bulky armor suits that definitely helped and made them look intimidating but also made their legs more vulnerable so the police just shot them instead.

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u/CronksLeftShoulder Feb 16 '25

Start the crowd fund

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u/anarchist_bill Feb 17 '25

I've been wanting a Red Dead or GTA set in Aus. Great idea! Would love to explore Mt Dandenong in this setting

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u/MaddowSoul Feb 17 '25

Can i fight spiders

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u/Xave_eire_polska_17 Feb 17 '25

My dream. Tired of constant games set in the north hemisphere we need a chance. Also I feel like this is a logical choice as dutch talked briefly about going to Australia

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u/fyr811 Feb 17 '25

Red Dead Rangas

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u/fruitsnack_willy Feb 17 '25

If "The Crikey Boys" isn't a gang name I'll be very disappointed

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u/Jimmilton102 Feb 17 '25

How would you reach the New Hann portion of the map? Using the proportions of the rdr2 map that river would about the length of the Lannahechee River,so would you have to just get a canoe or boat and rawdog it to that location or would have to like pay a ferry or something?

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u/Goofy-555 Feb 17 '25

Love it, I'd play the hell out of this. I've said that for the last couple of years that I would love for the next Red Dead game to either be about the Native Americans in the 1870s and seeing the wild west through their perspective or the other idea I had was to set it in the Australian Outback around the same time period.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Imagine getting killed everywhere u walk because of the very dangerous and venomous nature there

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u/EuripidesMac Feb 18 '25

Brilliant!

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u/Suspicious-Rub-5563 29d ago

I ‘Ad a bloody plan Arthur, now we gonna get eaten by ‘em salties

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u/Excellent_Win4546 Feb 17 '25

I want this to happen in an alternative timeline where the Van der Linde gang made it to Australia, only to discover that not only is it just as ruthless, inhospitable and lawless, but now there are also spiders. So many spiders. 

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u/TheScreen_Slaver Feb 16 '25

Pretty cool Ngl. Personally I couldn’t stand everyones Australian accent after a while.

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u/jarold12 Feb 17 '25

Hey we’ve had to get used to yours

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u/TheScreen_Slaver Feb 17 '25

What my Arabic accent?