David Horn,
Starting off, if I wasn’t familiar with Strauss and Howe’s generational theory, I would consider myself as a Millennial. However, being familiar with Strauss and Howe’s generational theory, I consider myself as archetypically a Nomad, with a quite Nomad upbringing, which includes remembering the last Awakening if somewhat faintly and seeing myself as a late wave member of a Nomad generation. Although these days I don’t act like a typical Nomad anymore, I might have acquired some Civic and especially Artist traits in the meantime. Indeed, I know plenty of people a little younger than myself, who are much more Nomads than me, including my sister born in 1985.
According to McCrindle research they define the dates of the Millennial generation in Australia from being 1980 to 1995. However, they use quite different methodologies, to what I use. Because I use Strauss and Howe's generational theory, then apply it to observations of Australian history, politics, culture and my own personal observations as well.
Looking through things through the prism of Strauss and Howe generational theory. Australian turnings and generations are currently about 5-6 years behind North America. That explains why a lot of our early to middle 1960s cohorts are Prophets, those early to middle 1980’s cohorts are Nomads and 2000’s cohorts are Civics. Also, for much of the 1960’s Australia was in a First Turning, pretty much the whole of the 1980s was in an Awakening and the much of the 2000s we were in an Unravelling.
When it comes to Australian Millennial and Generation Z cohorts, McCrindle describes the Millennials as mixed Nomad/Civics, while Generation Z cohorts are described as Civics. Indeed, our current young adult Civic generation are being identified with Generation Z cohorts. When it comes to my cohorts (I was born in 1983) who were born in the early to middle 1980's, while there are a few Civics, however the rest are pretty much Nomads. On the other hand, those 1990s and 2000s cohorts are Civics. Also given our last Awakening ended in 1989/90, then the approximate Nomad/Civic generation boundary is around 1986/1987. Even then it is not until the 1990s cohorts when the Civic archetype pretty much dominates.
That reflects only in the last year or two, that the young adulthood Civic generation have just found their political voice and our Neo-Artists (which are for the greater part in the Generation Alpha cohorts) are just starting to get noticed. That contrasts with America, according to former American T4T forum users I talk to, they say that the America Millennial's found their political voice back in the early part of this decade and the current child Artist generation is being associated with Generation Z cohorts.
These are my estimates of Australian turnings and generations
High 1950-1968
Awakening 1968-1989
Unraveling 1989-2009
Crisis 2009-2028?
Builder (Artist) 1927-1946
Boomer (Prophet) 1947-1965?
Generation X & Y (Nomad) 1966?-1986
Millennial (Civic) 1987-2006
Generation Alpha (Artist) 2007?-
Starting off, if I wasn’t familiar with Strauss and Howe’s generational theory, I would consider myself as a Millennial. However, being familiar with Strauss and Howe’s generational theory, I consider myself as archetypically a Nomad, with a quite Nomad upbringing, which includes remembering the last Awakening if somewhat faintly and seeing myself as a late wave member of a Nomad generation. Although these days I don’t act like a typical Nomad anymore, I might have acquired some Civic and especially Artist traits in the meantime. Indeed, I know plenty of people a little younger than myself, who are much more Nomads than me, including my sister born in 1985.
According to McCrindle research they define the dates of the Millennial generation in Australia from being 1980 to 1995. However, they use quite different methodologies, to what I use. Because I use Strauss and Howe's generational theory, then apply it to observations of Australian history, politics, culture and my own personal observations as well.
Looking through things through the prism of Strauss and Howe generational theory. Australian turnings and generations are currently about 5-6 years behind North America. That explains why a lot of our early to middle 1960s cohorts are Prophets, those early to middle 1980’s cohorts are Nomads and 2000’s cohorts are Civics. Also, for much of the 1960’s Australia was in a First Turning, pretty much the whole of the 1980s was in an Awakening and the much of the 2000s we were in an Unravelling.
When it comes to Australian Millennial and Generation Z cohorts, McCrindle describes the Millennials as mixed Nomad/Civics, while Generation Z cohorts are described as Civics. Indeed, our current young adult Civic generation are being identified with Generation Z cohorts. When it comes to my cohorts (I was born in 1983) who were born in the early to middle 1980's, while there are a few Civics, however the rest are pretty much Nomads. On the other hand, those 1990s and 2000s cohorts are Civics. Also given our last Awakening ended in 1989/90, then the approximate Nomad/Civic generation boundary is around 1986/1987. Even then it is not until the 1990s cohorts when the Civic archetype pretty much dominates.
That reflects only in the last year or two, that the young adulthood Civic generation have just found their political voice and our Neo-Artists (which are for the greater part in the Generation Alpha cohorts) are just starting to get noticed. That contrasts with America, according to former American T4T forum users I talk to, they say that the America Millennial's found their political voice back in the early part of this decade and the current child Artist generation is being associated with Generation Z cohorts.
These are my estimates of Australian turnings and generations
High 1950-1968
Awakening 1968-1989
Unraveling 1989-2009
Crisis 2009-2028?
Builder (Artist) 1927-1946
Boomer (Prophet) 1947-1965?
Generation X & Y (Nomad) 1966?-1986
Millennial (Civic) 1987-2006
Generation Alpha (Artist) 2007?-