Hogan's Bluff
The original estate can still be found on current maps at "Hogan's Bluff"
- a mystical geographical formation, a bluff, marking heart of the estate.
(Cnr Coopers Shoot & Broken Head Roads)

Official Surveyor's Map of '1884

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(Note: James Hogan c'1833-'1899 grave is located at the old
disused settler's cemetery at Tintenbar, on the left, top of
a hill, just off the main highway, 10 min. north of Ballina)

Kevin Hogan was collateral damage of the American Pacific War ('First Cause': Admiral Perry's Black Ships in '1853 forced Japan, a closed country for 300 years, to open up to buy American goods - so the Japanese modernized, fast. Then they challenged American colonial dominance in their backyard, particularly in China, by first taking on the Russian colony there. "Kami-Kaze" pilots were named after the divine wind which halted a Chinese armada intent on invading raping and pillaging Japan centuries earlier - they say the Japanese distort the way history is taught in school, not to mention the Opium Wars where the British we trying to force opium trade down the throats of the Chinese people and won, thereby annexing Hong Kong...) So it was bascially American big business bullets which act as a catalyst for exposing BallyHogan - the deaths of the 3 main Hogans in the space of a year, making it an easy target for the catholic church ticket sales to heaven. Pig Iron Prime Minister Bob Menzies was going to let the Japanese come as far as the Queensland border (where they promised to stop). So the angst levels were raised in the north. Martin Hogan got done in May '1942, aged just 50, a few months after Pearl Harbour. Matt, then 15, tells the story of Father Scott coming around not long after extorting money from Ada and old Mary told Scott "To get the hell off our propery!" Not just a church window but the cente-piece effectively confirming a huge 'donation', a catalyst in the demise of the Hogans of Piccadilly Hill Coopers Shoot Byron Bay. Particularly during the Great Depression, a blatantly wasteful and ill-conceived white elephant given the already population shift to Byron Bay township. And then a need for another new church there. But Father Scott was hellbent on outdoing the other denominations - kept exorting money from families struggling to feed, clothe and educate their kids. The irony is that the historian wonders why three of the main families of Byron Bay literally died out!

The Hogan's were a key family in the development of Byron Bay
and are thus featured in "Time & Tide" History of Byron Bay
Centennial '1884 - '1984 Maurice Ryan - some extracts:

BallyHogan Byron Bay Lineage: 1. James Hogan b.'1833 - d. 6 June '1899 2. Martin Hogan b. 21 Feb '1892 - d. 14 May '1942 3. Matthew James Hogan b. 15 December '1926 - d. '2008 4. (Matthew) Peter Hogan b. 26 July '1956 5. Tara Hogan b. 31 December '2002

Byron Bay

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Hogan History Research Summary So far, research stretches back to when Michael Hogan married Anne Fizgerald probably in Thurles, C Tipperary. One of the sons, James (my great-grandfather) born c. '1834, came to Australia (with his brother Patrick - other bros supposedly went to North America) c. '1861. James later pioneered Byron Bay, northern NSW (As above). http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3541/ballyhog.html http://www.byron-bay.com/ A commemorative public notice marking the Centenary (June 4 '1899 - June 4 '1999) of James Hogan's death was printed in the "Byron Echo" June 1 '99 issue page 32 (Acrobat PDF). And the Editors kindly printed the piece below in the following week's issue (June 8, p8): Echo Archives (echo_14.02) or Echo Acrobat viewer. Respecting Ancestors One thing I picked up the importance of, from living in Japan for most of the 90s, is respecting the deeds of ancestors. The Japanese return to their ancestral home towns every year for the O-Bon Festival in August. The ritual includes a visit to the ancestral grave plot and giving the spirits sake and rice. So when I came back this time to the Bay and took the drive up to the original settler's cemetery in Tintenbar I was particularly moved by the inscription on my great grandfather's headstone: James Hogan Died June 4 1899... And realised the centenary was coming up. What to do - how could I mark the event, do something to tip my hat? Then I heard an 'Echo' and knew I had to put a public commemorative notice in the local Echo classifieds. According to records James was the sixth pioneer into the area (then known as Cavana), taking up his selection, 'BallyHogan', on May 4, 1882. The only remnant of his toil is the marking on local maps for a rather eerie geographical formation in the heart of the old estate called 'Hogan's Bluff' (out Cooper's Shoot way). Current and original selectors' maps can be found on a special commemorative web page on the Internet at: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3541 Unfortunately, for all his toil, research indicates that the local catholic church ended up with most of the estate. (Old Father Scott got his hands on it to build his pet white elephant church in Bangalow - way too extravagant for the parish size, which was later to prefer the Bay church anyway - the only remaining evidentiary hint being the brass donation plaque from the Hogan family, under the main statue configuration.) And it was one of James Hogan's six sons, John, who went to WWI and came back and named El Arish in Northern Queensland in honour of the greatest cavalry victory in modern military history - the liberation of Palestine in 1918 from 400 years of Turkish rule - spearheaded by the 'Billjims' (Australian Light Horse). Unfortunately, Hollywood and the spinmasters later gave the credit to Lawrence of Arabia, and assigned the Australians the fiasco at Gallipoli instead. I recommend researching your family history and putting up a free web site at GeoCities too, for time immemorial. Don't you think we owe them that much? Peter Hogan Sydney Note: Echo Letters 6/22 page 35 - a reply, "The Home of Homo Sapiens" Echo Publications Pty Ltd email : editor@echo.net.au www : http://www.echo.net.au/ Info on Hogan name Clare Heritage Centre Antoinette O'Brien Letter Extract - 6th May 1997, Ref: 17215 [To a Hogan family in the U.S.] ...The Hogan surname was quite strong in Co. Clare during the last century with our Master Index of Baptisms recording just over 920 families of the name. Dr Edward McLysaght in his Book "Irish Families Their Names and Origins" which was published in the late 1950's gives the following account on the name. O'HOGAN. The Hogans are a Dalcassian family, their eponymous ancestor being Og-an [Og='young'] who was descended form and uncle of Brian Boru, the most celebrated of all the kings of Ireland. The Dalcassian territory extended well beyond the boundaries of Cop. Clare which was the heart of Thomond, thheir country. The Hogans occupied the extreme north-eastern part of it and their chief lived at Ardcrony, near Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The name is numerous in Ireland, being among the hundred commonest surnames. The great majority of the eight thousand or so persons so called (which is the estimate of the present Hogan population) belong to their original habitat, being found to-day in Counties Tipperary, Clare and Limerick. There are also a number in Co Cork, whose origin is stated by O'Donovan to be different form the Dalcassian Hogans. One of the minor Corca Laidhe septs was O'Hogan. IN Irish the name is O hOgain but the prefix O is only occasionally went with in the modern form in English. In seventeenth century the name was often written Ogan. There is a place name Ballyhogan in the parish Dysart, Co Clare. The most famous Hogan is probably John Hogan (1800-1858), an Irish sculptor of international repute; but to Irish meant the romantic figure of "Galloping Hogan" (the date of whose birth and death I cannot trace), the hero Sarsfield's explit at Ballyneety (1690), makes the most appeal. Maurice O'Hogan was a notable Bishop: he held the see of Kildare from 1281 to 1298. Rev Edmund Hogan S.J. (1831-1917), did much work as an editor of manuscripts and produced his best known book Onomasticon Gaedelicum at the age of 72. The first minister of Agriculture in the Irish Free State Patrick Hogan (1891-1936, was one of three brothers who have distinguished themselves in various activities in our own time"...

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Hogan's Bluff Curse - cover up. The bad luck that happens to people that live on the cursed Hogan's Bluff estate of Byron Bay that runs from Piccadilly Road Coopers Shoot Bangalow / Newrybar northern down Midget Flat Road eastern border heading toward Broken Head and Suffolk. James Hogan always thought there was something funny about Hogan's Bluff. The way it just drew him in when he first came up that creek from Ballina past Tintenbar. The Jungian Sycncronicity of being right smack in the middle of the Selection. Anybody who sees Hogan's Bluff for the first time has the same eerie shiver running up their spine. People get sucked into buying land on Hogan's Bluff ...funny things start happening ...now 3 Hogan's Ghost roaming around can't find peace until a Hogan returns have bad luck then they try to sell it. Funny thing is Peter Hogan was in Kings Cross and overheard 2 guys talking about Hogan's Bluff 141 Piccadilly Hill Coopers Shoot Byron Bay being up for Auction on 6 December '2008 ...Matt Hogan December Birthday - he was murdered in '2008 ...the last time we spoke he said "remember what I said about Hogan's Bluff and the rock at the base, the one he showed me that time..." Bad karma what goes around comes around. Real Estate Agent Property For Sale Rent Holiday Accommodation Guest House Bed and Breakfast Piccadilly Road Coopers Shoot Byron Bay 141 Picadilly Hill Rd Coopers Shoot Byron Bay You will feel like you are on top of the world! Originally built as an artist's home and studio, the home is truly unique with plenty of character and charm. It has a rustic Tuscan feel with a combination of timber finishes, polished cement and terracotta tiled floors. The house is designed around two interlocking pavilions. In the first pavilion there is a huge living area with 5 metre high ceilings, a fire place, and a loft bedroom. The second pavilion contains a large dining/lounge room with an open fire place and a second bedroom and walk in robe. There are two bathrooms and a new modern kitchen. Auction: Saturday, 6 December '2008 Contact: Mark Kinneally Lois Buckett Real Estate 1300 558 476 3/76 Ballina Street PO Box 10 Lennox Head NSW 2478 Coopers Shoot $4,250,000 Property Type: Rural Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Car Spaces: Add to shortlist ' Piccadilly Hill ' Lismore Real Estate Piccadilly Hill Home - Coopers Shoot $4,250,000 119 Piccadilly Hill Road Coopers Shoot Property Type: Rural Bedrooms: - Bathrooms: - Car Spaces Property ID: 2007329910 When it comes to wonderfully secluded premier costal positions with glorious ocean views nothing surpasses Piccadilly Hill at Coopers Shoot. A private, hibiscus lined sealed driveway welcomes you to this master built family home. From the moment you enter, you feel the warmth and comfort of a country lifestyle. The home features 4 bedrooms, walk in robes, ensuites and spacious main bathroom, plantation shutters and bay windows, formal and informal entertaining areas with great views and a real family feel throughout. A stunning glass atrium flows from the informal living spaces and overlooking the infinity edge swimming pool. Soaring vaulted ceilings and a huge country style timber kitchen with walk in pantry, combine to ensure the feeling of light and space. Mixed hardwood polished floors and ornate plaster work feature throughout the home. The formal living room, with an inviting wood fire place and large picture windows, opens on to an impressive study. Piccadilly Hill has been run as as successful Bed and Breakfast and has been designed with separate two bedroom and bathroom accommodation for guests. These rooms can easily be integrated with the main house to form a substantial family home. Each bedroom has an ensuite and built-in wardrobes. There are also approved plans for a separate guest dwelling. The home is well placed overlooking the inspiring panorama with 75 acres of magnificently manicured farmland and beautifully established gardens. Land area: 30.3500 hectares Contact: Elders Byron Bay 1300 761 569 56.56 = 26 July '1956 Egypt Curse Suez Cairo Jillong AYM

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