A Tv channel should turn this into a series, each episode is full of great history and information, well done Angus.

An excellent production. Vivat Australia, Imperatrix australis!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Robert

A fantastic look into our past. thanks.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Russell.

Wonderful as usual. I really appreciate the effort you make to show us the old photographs and maps, which must take a lot of research time. Darwin's track to the mountain is adjacent to my property in South Hobart. I've often wondered what his experience was like going through that bush.

Thanks, mate, I really love these vignettes of Hobart. If I had my time over again I would have moved there in my twenties.

Brilliant 👏

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Fascinating to learn more about my city and surrounds. Thanks for making these videos.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kathleen.

Gosh - your work is so amazing. I hope they show these videos to students in schools!

@angusthornett

8 ай бұрын

Kids generally aren’t interested in history. But if they are they can watch these videos at home.

@ellenwitte4679

8 ай бұрын

@@angusthornett it was always my favorite subject :-)

Another awesome video! 🇦🇺❤️

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, mate.

Beautifully and cleverly narrated.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Well done Angus. Enjoyed this doco very much. Just as well they saved Ingle Hall. 👍🏼🙏🏼

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yep, true.

Excellent research & analysis.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Gilby.

@3:20 Was that Steve Mav????? Great work as always!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Every film needs a film star.

@MrChriswoo26

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusthornett nearly didn't recognise him without a placard and me whizzing past at 80kph!

Excellent thumbnail graphic!

@angusthornett

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Pippa

My Dad was really happy when I showed him some of Ur content . Thanks heaps , keep it up!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Steed. Glad he enjoyed it. Thanks for showing him.

Just brilliant Angus (as always).

BRILLIANT WORK, thanks.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, mate.

So grateful to you, Angus, for your excellent work. This channel and your insta brings history alive and personally, I find each story you tell brings a newfound appreciation for familiar city streets and places. Love it!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, mate. I need to get the subscriber numbers up so that that channel can become sustainable. Don't be afraid to share my videos. That helps a lot.

@gideoncor

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusthornett you bet I'll be sharing! Whenever folks talk about Hobart's traffic woes, I have your Instagram on speed dial to show them examples of old Hobart's network of trams, trains and buses in days gone by. Now you're on KZread, I'll be pleased to comment for the algorithm and tell others to like, share, subscribe, and ring that bell for notifications! Looking fwd to the next episode.

Good to see Stanwell Hall featured in your video. From what I have been able to research, my great great great grandfather Thomas Hopkins built it in 1826 under the pseudonym of Edward Walker. Thomas was the brother of Henry Hopkins of Westella fame and I think Henry owned the land the house was built upon, perhaps because Thomas couldn't buy land due to being incognito (for reasons unknown) until his return to Hobart from London in 1830. The house was rented to John Glover and has been the home of a number of artists including more recently, Richard Boden.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Growing up a friend mine lived in it. I was oblivious to the history at the time.

@Rex_Stuph

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, the house in the portrait at the start? I was wondering if that was still standing, as I couldn't place it. Lower slopes of Mt Stuart I guess?

@Tas-Devil

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rex_Stuph Melville Street, between Barrick and Molle.

@Rex_Stuph

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tas-Devil Thankyou!

@boadicea52

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rex_Stuph They held an open house there a few years ago, for the sake of the artistic heritage. I went along for a look. The house isn't readily seen from the street, being partly hidden behind the garden, but recognisable once you go in.

When Darwin visited he also met with my great great great great great? Grandfather Dr. Henry Jeanneret!

hats off mate .... they didn't teach us nothing like this at Newtown high back in the day lol love your deep history hunting and your edits oh and the pup it's cute....👍🍻

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude

I wonder how much of the rock and it's formations Darwin observed. I heard of a study that found that the rock of Tasmania is different to that of the rest of Australia and is most similar to that of Scandanavia. This creates some dramatic possibilities for ancient history and the break up of the great continent. Perhaps an interesting topic for a future video.

Really enjoy your content mate !!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, William. Good to hear.

Agnus, this clip really touched me a year ago as I was discovering you. I am wondering if it could be reprised and updated? Regards, phillip

@angusthornett

3 ай бұрын

I’ve said all I will. Someone else’s turn now.

Fantastic as always Angus! Always look forward to your content & the subject’s & material you find from the past. Keep it up mate & watch out for the Shaq Attack 🙌🏻👍🏻🍻😂

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude. I might not be a Harvey Globetrotter.

@bozlakian3329

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusthornett 😂😂🙌🏻

Thoroughly enjoy all your content mate, always impressively informative and well put together. Ever considered checking out the battery or guns and their intended purpose? Heaps of love from a Queensland based Tasmanian.

So interesting love these videos

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dianne. Glad you're enjoying them.

Amazing information provided by you. History is alive now. Thanks for sharing 😊

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate. I'm trying to get the subscribers numbers up so that channel can become sustainable. Don't be afraid share my videos. That would help me quite a lot.

A Brilliant video Angus, many thanks for your work.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate. Appreciate the support.

another great video thanks, learnt alot about hobart I never knew, even after being born and raised here.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Wade. Glad you're enjoying them. Appreciate the encouragement.

Can you do a video on Mt Nelson?

Really enjoyed this Angus. It’s a pity our forefathers didn’t keep a few more buildings hey.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

They fact that they're not here anymore is also interesting. It's interesting to have things missing.

Another amazing video. Im curious, where did you find that historic book of art from one of your previous videos?

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

eBay

Just before watching, I remember Darwin being unimpressed with mainland Australia's forests, but when he climbed Kunanyi, he was quite impressed of the noble forest with trees of great height. Something we today do not appreciate, such that we still needlessly destroy them. Seems like an analogy for a lot of things... Mark Twain visited too, right? Or, he at least referenced Tasmania in his writings. I also find Sir Conan Doyle's comments about Australia in Adelaide extremely relevant even today. (After) Okay, nice. I didn't know about that little building. So many people who've made accurate insights in Australia have made great predictions for us, and, well, there are still great possibilities. We need a federal ICAC yet for that (wink wink) and to also become a renewable energy superpower, with an Oceanian Union, a progressive & ethical legislative system, and...well, the future is to come, and hopefully it will be bright. I was wondering whether you may be interested in a video about those "stroads" which completely obliterate the old-world brand of Hobart & Tasmania, and solutions which would work, like the RACT's vision, and recently the Greater Hobart councils' election plea for active travel funding. I think Perth in WA is an interesting example of transport, having been inspired by the world-leading Dutch for their red asphalt, and Metronet. Hobart desperately needs public transport, especially since we're the poorest state, you'd think we'd have more effective welfare programmes that actually help people to contribute to society (even a little financial incentive has benefits, but it's not quite enough on its own). We can also solve about 60% of Tasmanians urban travel needs with bicycles, even with hills (which are just an excuse used to shoot oneself in the foot). And we need a strategy for effective and sympathetic infill and missing middle -- if less important inner-suburb buildings can have most things including facades preserved and extended, and capacity expanded whilst increasing green space & comforting 1:1 enclosure and calming traffic with proactive guidelines. It's like: More cars = worse for drivers, and more sprawl = worse for suburbs, and these two things = worse for everyone in the long-run.

Great video and content as always. Is there any online resource for those map overlaps? Would like to see a website that hosts them and then it has a manual slider where either the overlay opacity changes or it has a swipe transition, then you can flick back and forth from past and present.

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

I make them for the videos.

A few 'obscure' chaps you might like to look in to: Captain Edward Goldsmith who was responsible for bringing out most of the european/asian flora we enjoy in Hobart today and Captain John Loten who led quite a tragic life. Both are connected to my early Tasmanian families in one way or another!

@angusthornett

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Alex

Years ago as a contractor at the Optus site on the hill at West Hobart, one of the blokes working there showed me the 'restricted area quarry' which is on their site. Pretty rare opportunity I got that afternoon!

Gnarly

the dog and I

Are you on opossum Bay

Well, that didn't quite happen. I'm still not sure if we deserved it, as some have written, but we did become a nation ruled by third rate hucksters and criminals.

Maybe he didn't exist

You and Charles Darwin have lost your minds