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Preface

FAREWELL TO TIPPERARY
The O’Keefe Clan
Leaving Ireland (1841)

ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA (1841)

Arrival in Sydney Cove
Working at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Land purchased at Wagragobilly
Michael travels to New Zealand
Michael returns to Australia
Michael’s marriage 1867

McEVOY FAMILY
Marriage of James Keefe and Catherine McEvoy (1843)
Death of Julia’s mother (1859)
Railway construction 1860s-1870s

MICHAEL’S FAMILY AT WAGRAGOBILLY (1872)
Birth of two sons
Move to Wagragobilly (1872)
Growth of Australian identity 1870s
Birth of eight daughters

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS (1888)
Centenary of European settlement
Financial crisis (1890s)
Economic Depression (1890s)
Death of Michael’s father (1891)

POLITICAL ACTION - REFERENDUM
Political action (1901)
Emergency of Political Parties
Referendum (1898)
Commonwealth of Australia (1901)
Labour Party Victory (1910)
Michael appointed J.P.
 

THE WEST FAMILY
Eva and Elizabeth travel to NZ
Eva O’Keefe meets Thomas West
The West Family
Thoms West (Snr.) married Mary Bond
Death of Thomas West (Snr.) 1897)
Thomas West (Jnr.) marries Eva Keefe (1908)

GROWTH OF ECONOMY (1901 - 1914)
Paper currency (1910)
Uniform postal charge (1911)
Wireless telegraph station (1912)
World War One (1914 - 1918

THE ROBERTSON FAMILY
Birth of Edna Robertson (1918)
Robertson Family - Paisley, Scotland
Yull Family - Aberdeen, Scotland
David Robertson (Jnr.) married Robertina Cross (1911)

THE CROSS FAMILY
Cross Family - Cork, Ireland
Mossman Family - Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Edna meets Cecil West (1930s)
Marriage - Cecil West and Edna Robertson
Death of Cecil Thomas Keefe West
Death of Edna Robertson

THE DEPRESSION (1920s)
Thomas and Eva West return to Australia
The Depression (1929)

FAREWELL TO JULIA AND MICHAEL
Death of Julia O’Keefe (1923)
Death of Michael O’Keefe (1930)
Michael’s Obituary

REFERENCES

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