Edward "Ted" Joseph Egan AO (born 6 July 1932) is an Australian folk musician, and was a public servant who became Administrator of the Northern Territory on October 31, 2003. Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, wearing on her left shoulder the Order of Australias Sovereign Badge. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the government. ... The political office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia has been held by the following people. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was born in Coburg, Melbourne, moving to the Northern Territory in 1949, at the age of 16, in search of work and adventure. In his early career with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs he was mainly in the bush, and engaged in jobs like stockwork and crocodile hunting while employed as a patrol officer and reserve Superintendent. Later he was a teacher at bush schools. Coburg is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Capital Darwin Government Const. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1991 Honours List for services to the Aboriginal people, and for 'an ongoing contribution to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse'. He was a member of the first National Reconciliation Council.

On September 14, 2005, he was awarded a one year extension to his term of office by Jim Lloyd, the Federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads.^[1] This was further extended for another year and he will serve until October 30, 2007.^[2] September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hon Jim Lloyd James Eric Lloyd (born 17 July 1954), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Robertson, New South Wales. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...

He was a prolific writer and performer of contemporary folk songs. Many of these such as 'Gurindji Blues' recognise Indigenous Australian heritage. He is reportedly the man who introduced Rolf Harris to the song Two Little Boys. Rolf Harris. ...

Egan was recently listed amongst "Australia's National Living Treasures" by the National Trust of Australia [1]. Australian Living Treasures are people who have been nominated by the National Trust of Australia. ... The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/jl/releases/2005/september/l98_2005.htm
2. ^ [http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/jl/releases/2006/October/L135_2006.htm

External links

• Television interview with Egan (ABC's Enough Rope August 2004)
• Official personal (music-related) site
• Official Administrator's site