Hi guys. Fred Lidbury's "Gothic Mansion" shouldn't be too hard to spot. It is, as stated, right across the road from the cemetary and looks... well.. like a gothic mansion 😉 Try 59 East Street, named "Glenroy" by Lidbury in 1892, now known as "The Gables". BTW, Sharath's effect on the YT algorithm must have brought me here and I'm looking forward to Denistone being renamed in his honour😂

@CuriosityMine

4 ай бұрын

Hey Peter. Magnificent, there it is! The lines about Lidbury and Larcombe were a last minute addition so I ran out of research time before heading to location - great to see it exists (and kinda looks like the Addams mansion, too; gag successful 😂). Thanks so much! #denistone

I was raised in Sydney and I have many family members buried in Rookwood. Thank you so very very much for this informative and entertaining video. I now feel more at one with my home city through gaining greater knowledge about its history. The next time I visit my family members at Rookwood O shall make an effort to locate and visit the train stations (or what's left of them).

@CuriosityMine

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the positive feedback, I really appreciate it. The cemetery is well worth exploring, so much history in one location. If nothing else, the remnants of Mortuary Station No. 1 are definitely worth your time. Thanks again!

THE LONDON NECROPOLIS COMPANY (AND RAILWAY). Brookwood Cemetary 23 miles South West of London opened in 1854, as the Worlds largest Cemetery, & was linked from the outset by the London Necropolis Railway with its own Stations alongside the London & South Western Railways Waterloo station in London, and two further stations within the Cemetery itself. Just beyond the L&SWR regular Brookwood village station. It was officially closed in May 1941, due to German Bombing. With such a History, its quite obvious the "Rookwood Necropolis Railway" & Cemetery, was a direct copy of the methods used from 1854 in Britain, even down to the name !!!!!

Great collab with Sharath! So informative ❤

@CuriosityMine

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁👍

20:40 the All Saints Church in Ainslie is 500 m from my house. I usually stumble by it on a Friday and Saturday night after a few beers in civic

@janesk1

Ай бұрын

I was working a small gig there once (events management, my first time to Canberra as an adult) and spotted the little plaque on the wall. I thought it was a nice little connection back home to Sydney.

Thoroughly enjoyable and informative viewing, thank you for putting this all together, gents.

@CuriosityMine

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, really appreciate the positive feedback! 😁

👍👍 been dying to go there 😉😉

@CuriosityMine

22 күн бұрын

Wahey! Someone had to say it. 😂

20:03 Not to mention a junction for the Potts Hill Branch for a brief period.

Great video guys.

@CuriosityMine

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Much appreciated. 😁👍

I thought he would “bipity bopity boo” for a sec.

Love the video! What flower is that at ~13:10? It's eerily beautiful.

@CuriosityMine

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! The flower is a Bryophyllum, commonly known as “Mother of Millions”. Unfortunately it’s an invasive pest species, but that doesn’t prevent it from having its own spectacular beauty.

@janesk1

Ай бұрын

@@CuriosityMine thanks so much. I spotted lightning ridge on the map of NSW trains and coaches a few months ago, it just stood out on the map to me and since then it's been on my mind even though I know nothing about it. Your videos have done a lot of highlight the beauty of the place and have made me really eager to pay it a visit but unfortunately I haven't got a driving licence so I assume getting around would be difficult. Thanks for making these, such a spectacularly underrated place!

@CuriosityMine

Ай бұрын

@janesk1 really appreciate the supportive comments, part of the reason I make videos here is just to make people aware that Lightning Ridge exists and is so unique!

Sharath makes a great bodyguard 6:45 and professional head nodder

@CuriosityMine

4 ай бұрын

It’s a skill, nodding. 😂

I think Sandy Hills Cemetery was on what is now the park in front Central Station?

@CuriosityMine

Ай бұрын

Sandhills Cemetery, aka the Devonshire Street Cemetery, aka Brickfield Hill Cemetery was located right under where Central platforms 16-23 are located, to the north of the Devonshire Street tunnel between George and Elizabeth streets. There is an old map here that shows the burial ground's location: dictionaryofsydney.org/media/63758

Could you tell me the name of the beautiful font you've used for the chapter markers?

@CuriosityMine

4 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, sure can - it’s called “Prodelt Co”, and it’s a freebie. Should come up pretty easily in a Google search. 😁

" your. " dead right !" 😮😅😊

@CuriosityMine

5 күн бұрын

Nice! 😀

@kerrykelaher2607

5 күн бұрын

@@CuriosityMine thank you 😊