A book about the Shaws has come out; yours truly scored two copies..and the son and heir will score one, next time he is in town, eh. Thats promised to be july 2024, or thereabouts.
All those names from the childhood! Bushy Park, of the Tasmanian variety, scored an honourable mention..as did a few local families in the home town environs….they were cousin this, and cousin that..in the day, of course, on account of most of them have passed on. We didnt have too many cousins to speak of at the time,…that has blown out considerably now, of course🤕😄. Mum loved getting these relationships sorted out..we are related to so and so, you know, his mum was my mums second cousin..etc etc!
By the by, I was bignoting myself when I was a bit..well, ok, a lot..younger, and maybe..just maybe, a bit sillier..by saying that I was related to Florence Nightingale..one of Mums convoluted relationship connections..when one of the guys at the same hostel said..she was my grandmothers sister! Well I never!
The son and heirs Mum was fond of saying, that when her aunt Cissy married, one half of Western Australia got related to the other half..so, for him, cousins would be..as the North American lot are fond of saying..a dime a dozen. I always thought that our lot werent half as..prolific..well, the men, mosty true. Shaw women, though..different kettle of fish!😱😇 Some names from the…up your nose boys school in Hobart have cropped up…theres a Queensland connection or three as well…popular state!
First half or so is full of Irish connections..people coming and going…a few notable soldiers ..looks like Dad and my sometimes good self were the only Shaw Navy people..Some notable Navy cousins, though…Guess theres truth in the old saying..in the army, you can always walk home. In the navy, you have to swim! ( home..)
Young Jill has done a masterful job with this book..or should I say..in todays world😱, a mistressful job..ah..personful job? Doesnt have a ring to it, does it?!
She chortled when I called her Young Jill..I am eighty (something), she reckoned!

Dad was thatching one of his roofs, when a guy walked across from the main road, to talk to him about it..introductions went something like this..Im Charlie Shaw..well Im blessed! Im George Shaw..(fresh out from the UK.)
In later years, Georges lot came up with a connection..in 1600 and something, there were two brothers..Charles and our lot came from one brother, and Georges lot came from the other. This connection wasnt part of Jills remit..goodness, youd be there all day..ah..year..ah .well into the next life, and then some.