| Date | Event |
| 16 Jan 1948 | Arrival of USS Burton Island and USS Edisto, Operation Windmill [8] |
| 20 Jan 1948 | USS Burton Island and USS Edisto depart |
| 19 Jan 1956 | Kista Dan arrives |
| 21 Jan 1956 | Kista Dan departs |
| 1957 | |
| 1 Jan 1957 | IGY Starts |
| 25 Jan 1957 | Kista Dan visits Vincennes Bay |
| 29 Jan 1957 | USS Glacier arrives at Windmill Islands |
| 30 Jan 1957 | USS Glacier escorts USS Arneb and Greenville Victory to Windmill Islands |
| 1 Feb 1957 | Sledge dogs brought ashore from Greenville Victory by John Molholm [4] |
| 3 Feb 1957 | Construction of main "Clements huts" started [4] |
| 8 Feb 1957 | Short exploration trip onto the plateau goes 25 miles east and returns the next day. New trail named "Sullivan Trail" [4 pg 68] |
| 11 Feb 1957 | Initial contruction of living quarters, mess hall, and general science building completed [4] |
| 14 Feb 1957 | Crew moves into living quarters [4] |
| 15 Feb 1957 | Major construction completed [4] |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Official commissioning of Wilkes Station |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Mail cancelled on Arneb |
| 16 Feb 1957 | USS Glacier, Arnebi, and Greenville Victory depart |
| 22 Feb 1957 | Meteorological shelter set up at Site 1 (S1) 10km from Wilkes by Cameron, Loken, and Molholm |
| 27 Feb 1957 | Trip to Haupt Nunatak for X days by Cameron, Loken, and Molholm. Cane line on Vanderford Glacier established. |
| 11 Mar 1957 | Operation Crampon sets out from Wilkes to establish location for S2. Cameron, Loken, Molholm, Eklund, Honkala, and Noonan. Jamesway at S2 set up 85km from Wilkes. |
| 11 Apr 1957 | Trip to Haupt Nunatak by Cameron, Dewart, and Long to measure cane line on Vanderford Glacier. |
| 1958 | |
| 22 Jan 1958 | Site-2 closed down by the 1957 crew pending change over |
| 23 Jan 1958 | USS Atka arrives at Wilkes, and departs to escort in the other ships |
| 25 Jan 1958 | USS Arneb, Atka, and Burton Island arrive |
| 27 Jan 1958 | Thala Dan visit |
| 30 Jan 1958 | Change of station command LTJG D. R. Bennett to LT R. S. Sparkes and Carl R. Eklund IGY to Dr. W. L. Tressler IGY |
| 30 Jan 1958 | USS Atka, Arneb, and Burton Island departs Wilkes |
| 31 Dec 1958 | IGY Finishes |
| 1959 | |
| 14 Jan 1959 | Magga Dan arrives for Change Over |
| 1 Feb 1959 | Opening Australian Post Office first use of APM1320- Kista Dan? |
| 5 Feb 1959 | Magga Dan departs |
| 7 Feb 1959 | Australia (ANARE) takes over Wilkes |
| 7 Jul 1959 | Hartley Robinson dies in tractor accident |
| 1960 | |
| 11 Feb 1960 | Magga Dan visit |
| 13 Feb 1960 | Post Office Open first use of APM1400 |
| 14 Feb 1960 | Magga Dan arrives for Change Over |
| 19 Feb 1960 | Magga Dan departs |
| 13 Nov 1960 | Traverse support Traxcavator departs from Wilkes |
| 15 Nov 1960 | Main traverse departs Wilkes |
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| 29 Nov 1960 | Traverse reaches furthest point south, 289km south of S2 |
| 6 Dec 1960 | Traverse starts return trip after 7 days enforced halt by weather |
| 8 Dec 1960 | Traverse arrives back at S2 |
| 11 Dec 1960 | Traverse arrives back at Wilkes |
| 1961 | |
| 2 Jan 1961 | Magga Dan arrives for Change Over |
| 10 Jan 1961 | Post Office open - Pentathol postcard cancelled |
| 12 Jan 1961 | Magga Dan departs |
| 16 Feb 1961 | Magga Dan at ice edge |
| 7 Nov 1961 | Arrival of BUNO 140439 en-route to McMurdo from Mirny |
| 8 Nov 1961 | P2V Neptune "Bluebird" crashes on take off on the plateau behind Wilkes |
| 11 Nov 1961 | Rescue and recovery aircraft from McMurdo |
| 1962 | |
| 10 Jan 1962 | Thala Dan arrives for Change Over |
| 10 Jan 1962 | Post Office Open first use of APM1620 |
| 17 Jan 1962 | Official handover, Robert Thomson replacing Neville Smethurst as OIC |
| 18 Jan 1962 | Thala Dan departs |
| 28 Feb 1962 | Nella Dan arrives |
| 1 Mar 1962 | Nella Dan departs |
| 1 Mar 1962 | Totten Traverse departs Wilkes |
| 20 Mar 1962 | Totten Traverse starts return to Wilkes 36 miles south of S2 |
| 23 Mar 1962 | Totten Traverse arrives back at Wilkes |
| 17 Sep 1962 | Vostok Traverse departs Wilkes |
| 5 Nov 1962 | Vostok Traverse recieves fuel by USAP airdrop |
| 18 Nov 1962 | Vostok Traverse arrives Vostok |
| 25 Nov 1962 | Vostok Traverse departs Vostok |
| 1963 | |
| 11 Jan 1963 | Thala Dan arrives for relief voyage |
| 14 Jan 1963 | Vostok Traverse arrives back at Wilkes |
| 18 Jan 1963 | Post Office open |
| 24 Jan 1963 | Thala Dan departs |
| 1964 | |
| 12(15?) Jan 1964 | Nella Dan arrives for relief voyage |
| 15 Jan 1964 | Post Office open - Nella Dan |
| 24(26?) Jan 1964 | Nella Dan departs |
| 1965 | |
| 18 Jan 1965 | Post Office open |
| 19 Jan 1965 | Thala Dan can't get into Wilkes due to ice. Continued on to Davis |
| 28 Jan 1965 | Thala Dan arrives for relief voyage |
| 28 Jan 1965 | Started offloading and started surveys for Repstat construction. |
| 29 Jan 1965 | Started Repstat construction |
| 4 Feb to 6 Feb 1965 | Field trip by McLaren and Morgan (Wilkes '64 glaciologist) to S-2 to examine ANARE drill |
| 11 Feb 1965 | Thala Dan departs |
| 8 Mar to 27 Apr 1965 | Autumn glaciological/geological field trip with J. Lanyon; K Shennan; G Allen; W Demech; M Forecast and A McLaren. To establish existing stake positions and both ice and bedrock surface profiles. |
| 14 May to 19 May 1965 | Glaciological field trip to Haupt Nunatak with K Hicks; R Wiggins; M Hader and A McLaren |
| 26 May to 19 Jun 1965 | Glaciological/geophysical field trip to S-2 with A McLaren; G Allen; K Bennet and M Glenny |
| 10 Aug to 29 Aug 1965 | Dog team survey to Browning Peninsula with A McLaren; T Warriner; B Holmes and P Gibson |
| 1 Oct to 15 Nov 1965 | Geological spring field trip with J Lanyon; G Allen; K Shennan and others |
| 1 Dec 1965 to 13 Jan 1965 | Glaciological summer field trip with A McLaren; B Ryder; R Wiggins; M Forecast; M Bayley and S Harvey. |
| 1966 | |
| 11 Jan 1966 | Nella Dan arrives to inspect sites for Casey |
| 18 Jan 1966 | Post Office open - Nella Dan |
| 25 Jan 1966 | Thala Dan arrives for relief voyage |
| 26 Jan 1966 | Nella Dan departs |
| 28 Jan 1966 | Post Office open - Thala Dan & Nella Dan |
| 9 Feb 1966 | Thala Dan departs |
| 1967 | |
| 6 Feb 1967 | Thala Dan arrives |
| 9 Feb 1967 | Post Office Open first use of APM2310 |
| 10 Feb 1967 | Thala Dan departs |
| 1 Mar 1967 | Nella Dan at ice edge |
| 1968 | |
| 15 Jan 1968 | Nella Dan at ice edge |
| 22 Jan 1968 | Thala Dan arrives for relief voyage |
| 22 Jan 1968 | Post Office open - M.S. Nella Dan |
| 2 Feb 1968 | Thala Dan departs |
| 7 Mar 1968 | Nella Dan arrives at Repstat |
| 10 Mar 1968 | Nella Dan departs |
| 22 Jul 1968 | Reginald Sullivan dies on a trip to S2 |
| 1969 | |
| 8 Feb 1969 | Post Office Open, Opening of Repstat |
| 15 Feb 1969 | Thala Dan arrives |
| 19 Feb 1969 | Casey Opened |
| 19 Feb 1969 | Thala Dan departs |
| 9 Apr 1969 | Wilkes shut down with the turning off of power |
| 1970 | |
| 26 Jan 1970 | Nella Dan visits and picks up 19 men from Casey |
| 7 Feb 1970 | Thala Dan arrives for Casey relief |
| 17 Feb 1970 | Thala Dan departs |
