Revisionist

~ Made in Australia ~

Post WWII

In contrast to turmoil of the founding century and half, which had established Australia's unique character, post war Australians, experienced their formative years, in a homogeneous society, which reinforced core values taught in school, in church, in community and in the home. As young men and women, this cultural stability lead to a receptiveness for novelty provided by technology and popular media. We were exposed to new ideas, packaged in simple ballads and songs by groups such as the Beatles, rock and roll of the Rolling Stones and many others popular artists who delivered to the mass audience of 1960s youth, and introduced the new epoch of bewildering potential mysteriously named the Aquarians Age?

Post war lives were influenced by waves of electronic developments and microchip technology available in the form of labour saving devices and new materials, manufactured and processed in factories nearby. We learned the sciences and arts, as much through the limelight of celebrity performance on television dramas, as we did from formal education, church and the example of our parents.

Was the result an era of open mindfulness or is that the state of mind of youth in each generation?

Youth experience the logic and lessons of their station in life yet in the 1960's every lad and lass also listened and watched as television exposed broader issues of social behaviour and reform, wars and disasters and news from all parts of the world... These matters set us apart from our local opportunities and were essential in participating in the broader multi-cultural society which was destined to become normal in Australian society.

One set of responsibilities of the generation of the mid 20th century has been to articulate the experience and importance of heritage to an age in which consumers had came to believe in instant gratification. This developed in the manner of Prometheus flying too close to the sun, from open systems founded on freedom which soon lead to excess and disrespect of self and others; core values were at risk as conflict with social unification factors that sustained their lives were being undermined by anarchy. This pivotal period for humanity overseers advances in communication and artificial intelligence systems which superseded mechanical and electrical systems of the industrial revolution. This may be likened to the predicament Plato faced with the invention of written records when he was reportedly outraged, at the loss of mind power that was inherent in placing our thoughts on a piece of paper. In this our 21st.millennium, we have inherited the right to publish our own stories often to a disinterested world and this is our ancestral history and fragments of the ancestor's story. Irish people from southern Tipperary and Clare settled the area from Young to Boorowa to Yass to Galong in the middle and late nineteenth century. The Irish had been encouraged to go there by the Deputy Surveyor of New South Wales, a former convict, James Meehan.

Upon the establishment of a Federation of Australia in 1901, the emigrant children of the peoples from United Kingdom. specifically, the children of Patrick Egan and Jemima Stormont lived in Junee. To help you picture the period, note that at the time, other families of the name Egan in Junee included:

(1) James and Elizabeth,

(2) John Egan and Emily E Ashcroft ~ A brother of Patrick and his wife.

(3) Thomas and Margaret,

(4) Michael J and Mary A ~ possibly an uncle of Patrick and his wife.

5) Timothy B and Annie

(6) John and Catherine.

Notes:

Late 19^th Century

1. Records for the later quarter of the 19^th century include NSW records of Births Deaths and Marriages, Census records, Sands Directories Sydney and NSW 1858-1933 and the memories of living relatives, entries in the family bible of the Luck family and newspapers records online.

2. The Sands directories by name for “Pastoral” records business owners, their station, post town and stock district such as “Bickham…Blandford…Murrurindi “and “Spring Vale…Wingen…Murrurindi” “Gilmandyke…Burraga…Bathurst” and “Chowar…Deniliquin…Moulamein” are cross referenced in the electoral rolls and census of 1901.