My branch of the Bungey Tree....

Stanley Bungey 1899 - 1975



I am a very good procrastinator and very, very bad at paper management.  So, to honour the family before me, that ever so smartly lived a simpler existance, I am putting my links, information, photos and stories here.

The complete Bungey stories have already been collated in a fabulous book;

Bungey/Bungay Family History: The Story of the Bungey/Bungay Family in Australia
1993, Bungey/Bungay Family History Committee, North Adelaide SA
ISBN 0646137883

This is available at the State Library of  South Australia and the SAGHS.

One of the most famous Bungey's was Wing Commander Robert Wilton Bungey DFC, google him up!  There is a display in his honour at the Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide
http://www.saam.org.au/floordisplays.html

Not sure whether my Bungeys, met the famous Bungey, but turns out my Mum (not a Bungey) went to school with his son!  Back to me, and my filing failure, I did have a photo of the Aviation Museum's display, but typically, cant find it.

Here is my second favourite Bungey (after my Dad of course).

Stanley (Vernon) Bungey 1899-1972 son of Henry Job Bungey and Lois Walker.  Sadly Lois died during Stan's birth in Victoria.. I read recently that the mortality rate of c-sections back in this time was 50%.  Not sure what happend to Lois, but if you were told you were about to have one, you would be worried I imagine!

Stan was raised by Henry's brother Ernest and his wife.  Ernest was a Baptist minister.  Stan married in 1922 to Vera Selby Bradbury, descendant of Samuel Selby, the first Toll Gate manager and John Dickson, who helped Colonel Light survey Adelaide.....Ah, there lies another story!!

Stan worked for the SA Railways and was a keen rower (just missed out on the Olympic Games due to work comittments), cricketer and footballer (there was a photo at the SLSA of him in a team of Prospect North Football Club, which sadly went missing awaiting digitisation)  Stan and Vera had 6 children, 4 born at Karoonda - a railway town close to Murray Bridge.  Apparently the local doctor and his wife couldnt have their own children and offered to take on the fourth baby.  My theory on that story is the beautiful blue eyed babies Stan and Vera produced would have been irresistable.  Two more children were born in Adelaide.

Trove (online newspapers) describes their farewell from Karoonda in an impressive manner!  While in Karoonda Stan played Cricket and Football and one of many newspaper stories has Stan kicking 2 goals in the  1925 Grand Final against Borrika.  They then moved to Croydon, before eventually building a house on Rosetta Street, West Croydon - all very close to those rail lines!

Stan's father,  Henry Job Bungey was born in Cherryville SA, but the family moved to Mordialloc in Victoria.  I am still trying to work out how Stan met Vera, as she was living in Peterborough SA at the time.  I will assume the railways had something to do with it??  Henry remarried and had another child, passing away in Victoria.

Stan and Vera at my parent's wedding 1964



You can read all about Stan's grandparents' hometown of Cherryville, South Australia on this link.  Look out for a beautiful photo of the area they raised their families in.
http://www.sixthcreek.com/index.php?page=cherryville-fruit-loop




Samuel Bungey 1829 - 1914



Louisa Packer 1834 - 1915