What Did Ancient Tasmanians Eat? | Tony Robinson's Time Walks | Absolute History
Tony meets with Pairrebeener Elder Patsy Cameron who shows him some Aboriginal foraging traditions. Tony then continues through the Tasmanian town of Launceston, which was once a colonial powerhouse, home to explorers, farmers, businessmen, and entrepreneurs.
00:00 Introduction
01:54 What Did Ancient Aboriginal Tasmanians Eat?
04:37 John Fawkner's Failed Mission
07:46 The First Australian Cricket Match
09:27 The Japanese Monkey Swap
10:53 The Great Tasmanian Rivalry
13:21 The Centre For Beer Lovers
15:51 The Battle For Transportation
19:14 Gunn's Painful Corporate Death
21:47 The Oldest Bookshop In Australia
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I love Tony. I adore everything I've eve seen him do, but what happened to the ancient Tasmanians AND their food?
Her reaction to his spitting it out! What a good sport!
Y'all. Aside from your videos,(they're amazing) I think there's a program or you can get somebody to delete these spam comments, they're really disgusting 🦐
excellent work, this is why I watch the channel. I do not like those 50 second "shorts" but I like these episodes while I putter around the house and kitchen.
@eddiesroom1868
2 жыл бұрын
That's what she said 😉 "not long enough"
I know I saw a comment about how this paid almost no attention (ya know, the title) to the ancient Tasmanian's & commented on it now it's gone. Why would anyone delete that comment?
@Give.It.Everything.Youve.Got.
3 ай бұрын
Maybe... because in history collonials and convicts were ordered to "cull" most of indigenous tasmania's population, resulting in near genocide of a people's. Have you heard of truganini? There are tasmanian aboriginals in Tasmania ❤ still here, however aspects of culture and language were lost, as a result of mass mur.der of full aboriginals. It's a horrific history, which might be why you can't say all of it in comments, maybe that's why it was deleted? For guidelines
Great history lesson, but where's the "eat" part?
totally enjoy these walks!! keep 'em coming! 😃
Tony rocks! Can we borrow him for America?!
@tinyGrim1
2 жыл бұрын
Noooo.
@kayblue4145
2 жыл бұрын
You can borrow him, but we want him back.
@lisapop5219
2 жыл бұрын
We have talking heads of our own.
@tinyGrim1
2 жыл бұрын
@@lisapop5219 yeah 👍 really 😂
@DrRizzMD
2 жыл бұрын
Split him in half and share
Amazing video, like always🧡😆. I really like history.
Love Tony! He is a great orator
Awesome!! You showed what they ate, and artifacts..however, no Tazmanians or other natives in sight.
@jeffreycater5447
2 жыл бұрын
The first women he speaks to is a Tasmanian Aboriginal, didn’t mention it this episode but he was speaking to her on another one.
@sylviadelong9694
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreycater5447 ok
@jeffreycater5447
2 жыл бұрын
@@sylviadelong9694 it was definitely overlooked this episode
@sylviadelong9694
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreycater5447 LOL 😆
@jeffreycater5447
2 жыл бұрын
@@sylviadelong9694 I’m sorry but because this is KZread I really can’t tell if these are good responses or bad ones
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Other Tasmanians...
Brave mate to eat a cooked grub. I don't know if I could do it unless I was starving.
They only ate one plant and grubs?
In history shows Tony always looks like he's totally in the zone.... doing what he loves and is amazing at!
@angelkaterose
2 жыл бұрын
The only thing that I don't like about these shows is the bug and animal eating.
@tinyGrim1
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, drinking pints & trying to be funny at odd moments. He makes me cringe. Love Mr. Bean tho 😁😁 & other narrators. Just not him. He makes himself the show" too much . There's another guy too that does it. He's Jewish, sorry, all I remember. Does ancient biblical shows.
@angelkaterose
2 жыл бұрын
@@tinyGrim1 I never thought that he makes it too much about himself. I feel that he is super interested in and passionate about the content.
@tinyGrim1
2 жыл бұрын
@@angelkaterose That's fine . I enjoy others when others do not. No big deal. He truely creeps me out and is so loud & nasally sounding , & tries too hard to be funny. You're allowed to like him all you want. I just don't. I don't hate him. Just not for me.
@angelkaterose
2 жыл бұрын
@@tinyGrim1 @TheBox&TheRarebit Yeah, it's a personal preference. Alternatively, sometimes I enjoy other presenters of various shows who are very calm, which can be relaxing and it's just a different type of energy. I can understand why Tony's style might not be everyone's cup of tea, even though I personally enjoy his playfulness, excitement, and wild imagination. Different presenter's approaches and personalities provide value in different ways.
Good evening everyone
Thanks Tony, you're a peach.
I didn't even know that there was some place somewhere called Tasmania..🙈☺
@lanamack1558
20 күн бұрын
Oh dear
@edyann
20 күн бұрын
@@lanamack1558 To my defense, I'm in North America- in México. Am I forgiven?
Way to try it Tony but go ahead and spit it out! Lol
I did not know Tony was a skilled skirt chaser. His 40 year old wife is pretty hot now. He for sure married up figuratively and literally because she seems to be a good bit taller as well haha. Good on you old boy, 75 and still a hound lol
@domeatown
2 жыл бұрын
lol. he knows. he's a decent man so he already knows
where the FUCK are the ancient tasmanian foodstuffs??
But the Drew Barrymore Show is on...
sound of chewing is quite loud.
Food?
In the small dying city my boyfriend grew up in within USA, PA there is a large Russian orthodox and catholic community. So someone opened up a bar and named it "Church" 😂 my bf dad goes every Sunday.
@hondacivic6260
2 жыл бұрын
Your boyfriend sounds like he gets drunk then reads the man made bible
FFS 🤦😂
Disgusting . Its not a chocolate bar ..its alive
People?
Were there no indigenous tasmanians to present the foods of thier ancestors? I think the grubs were cooked or smoked and not eaten alive. I'm native American and we ate grubs but they were steamed in a log in the fire. I guess I wish you had a native tasmanian person for that segment, I would have trusted it more. I watched the whole segment looking for an indigenous face, and I only saw one non-white face it was a black woman and a child. Maybe there aren't any indigenous folks left, that would be very sad.
@Give.It.Everything.Youve.Got.
3 ай бұрын
Hey! Just to let you know, why you didn't see as you say "non-white" face its because most indigenous people in tasmania have lighter skin as all the indigenous Tasmanians living are all mixed. This is because of genocide, most people believe truganini was the last full blooded Tasmanian aboriginal, but I still think there's much of Tassie most people don't go to, so I like to hope there is a tribe hidden away. I hope this helped!
@judithsullivan9703
2 ай бұрын
@@Give.It.Everything.Youve.Got. hey ... yes it helped. I'm a member of the Iroquois Nations the Mohawk Tribe. I hope a few have survived too it would be a shame to have lost an entire culture.
@lookieloo-q8f
Күн бұрын
@@judithsullivan9703 See where it says "Pairrebeener Elder" in the description? This means she IS Indigenous. Australian Indigenous belonging/identity is probably very different to what you are used to. Blood quantum, skin colour, none of that matters at all when it comes to being an Indigenous person. This is because of a very bad history with colonisation, genocide and something called the stolen generation where they basically wanted to wipe out Indigenous people. To be an Indigenous person there are are only 3 things that matter: That the person is descended from Indigenous people, that they identify as indigenous person, and that they are accepted by the community. This is defined by law. So, in summary, you can't tell if someone is Indigenous based on how they look. Its just how it works here.
Jeez I find Robinson so annoying
who's interested in ancient tasmanians? not me.
@decentlysmartforanidiot8284
2 жыл бұрын
okay buddy, next time when you see a video about ancient tasmanians, don't click on it.
@lottikokonut1250
2 жыл бұрын
what a fun guy you are😂😂😂