In my personal observations of people, I have known in my life, along with public figures. I am convinced that Australian generations are on average five years younger than American ones. Below, I will give a description of both early to middle 1960s, along with early to middle 1980s cohorts, here in Australia.
Regarding the early to middle 1960s cohorts, they are utterly dominated by Prophets. I don’t start seeing a sustainable number of Nomads until say after 1966 or even 1967. Even then late 1960s cohorts often are either Prophets or have a Prophet tinge to them. Indeed, I don’t feel much affinity with the late 1960s cohorts, which I do with the 1970s cohorts. Therefore; I am inclined towards either 1966 or even 1967 for our first-Generation Xer equivalent cohorts, with 1986 being the last cohort.
Now to the early to middle 1980s cohorts, I see very few Civics, rather I see a lot of Nomads. I have personally known many people born as late as 1986, who are even more of a Nomad archetype than myself. Even the late 1980s cohorts are often mixed Nomad and Civic, with only the solid Civics starting to appear until the 1990s cohorts. Overall, I am arguing for a 1987 date for the first Millennial cohorts in Australia, which is the best estimate.
This reflects the public attitude towards the 1980s as compared to 1990s cohorts. For example; politicians in Australia born in the 1980s (which there is a considerable number) aren’t seen as those of promise, like some born in the 1980s are seen in America, such as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Buttigieg, Ilhan Omar, and Abdul El-Sayed. Rather it is those politicians born in the 1990s who are those of promise such as Jordon Steele-John (1994).
Now to the 2000s cohorts, they are the ones which are mass mobilizing for movements such as the school climate strikes (with some of the current Artist generation, acting as ‘helpmates’). Indeed, the ‘Generation Zer’ cohorts I see as our Core Civics. It is notably that political activism by the young started to increase considerably after these cohorts started coming of age. Also, people's comments about Generation Zers who I encounter in real life, remind me a lot of what the Lost generation said about the GI's when they were coming of age.
Regarding the early to middle 1960s cohorts, they are utterly dominated by Prophets. I don’t start seeing a sustainable number of Nomads until say after 1966 or even 1967. Even then late 1960s cohorts often are either Prophets or have a Prophet tinge to them. Indeed, I don’t feel much affinity with the late 1960s cohorts, which I do with the 1970s cohorts. Therefore; I am inclined towards either 1966 or even 1967 for our first-Generation Xer equivalent cohorts, with 1986 being the last cohort.
Now to the early to middle 1980s cohorts, I see very few Civics, rather I see a lot of Nomads. I have personally known many people born as late as 1986, who are even more of a Nomad archetype than myself. Even the late 1980s cohorts are often mixed Nomad and Civic, with only the solid Civics starting to appear until the 1990s cohorts. Overall, I am arguing for a 1987 date for the first Millennial cohorts in Australia, which is the best estimate.
This reflects the public attitude towards the 1980s as compared to 1990s cohorts. For example; politicians in Australia born in the 1980s (which there is a considerable number) aren’t seen as those of promise, like some born in the 1980s are seen in America, such as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Buttigieg, Ilhan Omar, and Abdul El-Sayed. Rather it is those politicians born in the 1990s who are those of promise such as Jordon Steele-John (1994).
Now to the 2000s cohorts, they are the ones which are mass mobilizing for movements such as the school climate strikes (with some of the current Artist generation, acting as ‘helpmates’). Indeed, the ‘Generation Zer’ cohorts I see as our Core Civics. It is notably that political activism by the young started to increase considerably after these cohorts started coming of age. Also, people's comments about Generation Zers who I encounter in real life, remind me a lot of what the Lost generation said about the GI's when they were coming of age.