My family were Ten Pound Poms in 1963. When you see photos of migrants Mum and Dad with a baby, a toddler and a fve-year-old, I was the baby. I thank my parents every day.
My dad was stationed as part of a RAF detachment at RAAF Edinburgh Field near Adelaide. They would see the migrant ships coming in at Outer Harbour, and watch the rapid building of housing out at Elizabeth. When the tour of duty was over, my mother cried, and my father came very close to transferring from the RAF for the RAAF, which could be done formally in the 60s. How they loved that country.
My Scottish grandfather who was feeling disposesed at this time, would drink with the Bottony Bay aboriginal men, who also felt and were disposesed, decided to initiate him as a clans man. Great
Van Diemen's Land was the most notorious penal colony. So many folk songs about the horrors of transportation there. THAT is why they changed the name To Tasmania.
As an American, I could care less who comes, but when you do come and become a citizen, to embrace being a new American. Keep your customs, but assimilate to ours. You left where you were to come here, don't try to make here like there. You came here because of what here stands for. I am sure even Britan and Austrailia will agree with me on this.
it just reminds me how cruel we all can be . just imagine being told your parents are dead . and the government wonders why the citizens think they can be dodgy. i remember the story of Peter Cundall who was told in england before he came out that he could be a librarian at bondi beach ,and when he got here ended up on the end of a machine gun in korea. and just want to thank you for your take/spin on aus from an outsider .
This is the third one after Bendigo and Newcastle and though I have learnt some new things about my country’s history I noticed you haven’t mentioned the aboriginals local to each area and the impact on them. It’s a shame it’s missing such important historical information.
I grew up on the edge of Sydney and it would have been hard work taming the land and farming.Its naturally stunningly beautiful but it would have been wild thick shrubs and trees and sandy soil, not to mention the indigenous people being not too impressed about the newcomers.Its lovely now as i sit having a cold beer on my backyard veranda with the wild Lorikeets and cockatoos.
Regarding the child migration scheme: I know a lady who came here with her sister: Their father had vanished after returning from the war and their mother was destitute. This was the only thing she could do. Fortunately, this lady and her sister did OK. She once told me that she thought the reporting of tihs is one-sided.
So many things in this country and the seas around that can do you in. Yet Aussies seem to be so good humored and happy. Hard working too. Everybody likes Australians.
I went to school from 75 ,the school was completely white except for two kids. One's family owned the Chinese restaurant and the other owned the green grocer shop
I wish there was so much more known about the previous 62000 years of human habitation across Australia - I want to learn how the earliest Australian DNA got across to South America at least 40,000 years ago?! Those folk we stole children from had wisdoms we have zero comprehension of, still in a dreadful situation being bought off - as much as a people who don't do money can be bought off.
Oh, so now it’s 62,000 years?😂😂😂used to be 40,000! I can tell you about those “thousands” of years....the indigenous tribes invented: 1. The spear 2. The ability to make fire 3. The boomerang 4. Bark huts and 4. Drawings of dots and hands
@@westaussie965 there's other stuff, rocks which appear almost natural but with marks and located to show amazing celestial connections. The dreametime stories are wonderful and deserve to be given time. They're on so many levels.. ..
What did your parents do wrong to be locked up in detention? 10 pound Poms were allowed to stay in the hostels for a maximum of 1 year, and weren't being detained. The Government weren't just handing out homes and jobs though. Plenty already had family in Australia and could stay with them.
They did nothing wrong. A migrant detention place. They were living in a tent in Mum's cousins back yard until she caught Scarlet fever and dipherier. They made the Sydney papers as their tent was also flooded.
@@glendamears3618 OK. As far as the Government was concerned, the quicker they were out of the hostels, the better. Because housing and feeding them cost money. Maybe some of the migrants had unrealistic expectations, although that may be at least partly the fault of Australian Government advertising. Of the "Poms" (and that doesn't just refer to the English) that returned home, about half of them returned to Australia, earning them the nickname of Boomerangs.
Having watched the political criminality in Australia and Canada, in particular, these are 2 countries I’ll steer away from now. I go where the political/oligarchic global collusion (criminality) is less pronounced. A great shame because I know many Australians and Canadians are good and clever people - but their tyrants were accepted by the large majority.
Yes typhoid Mary carried it in her bowls and didn't wash her hands after being a filthy person in the bathroom. Typhus is spread by fleas lice and chiggers (Asian rappers) LoL couldn't resist the pun.
from 23:03 scene editing is all jumbled if you know the area. is in one town, but the sound of the train anncounments is for another stations, when on the train, you can then see a shot of the station that fits with the announcements, then on the train moving scene it fits back with the station he originally started from - local knowledge
Chinese own australia now. our ancestors were wise. contemporarily, australians are not allowed to move to or own businesses in china... tony robinson is a farmer.
I'm a white Canadian. Funny thing is they are sending us fentynal and basically occupied our Pacific port city. Ya it's a pain when you're on the receiving end of revenge. Hopefully Americans get into it with them?
It's only around 5-10% of Australian who are racist, the problem is like all news that's all you hear about (the negative) But majority of Australias are wonderful people. Obituary you still have your drug addict's and mentally ill, but all in all, most people are very happy to help.
The year 2020 will be a defining moment in Australian history. Aussies are slowly waking up to the fact that they have made some very bad choices over the past 25 years or so, and the bill is now coming due.
@@Alldabossthe yanks are not going to spend billions of dollars on robots to have conversations unless it is a political post . They're actually designed to learn how you behave so they can make money out of you
Ahn isn't a downer kind of guy, and his experience arriving and growing up (in a different time, mind) would be very different to many others. His positivity is his power, really.
The year 2020 will be a defining moment in Australian history. They are slowly waking up to the fact that they've made some very bad choices over the past 25 years or so, and the bill has now come due.
My family were Ten Pound Poms in 1963. When you see photos of migrants Mum and Dad with a baby, a toddler and a fve-year-old, I was the baby. I thank my parents every day.
My dad was stationed as part of a RAF detachment at RAAF Edinburgh Field near Adelaide. They would see the migrant ships coming in at Outer Harbour, and watch the rapid building of housing out at Elizabeth. When the tour of duty was over, my mother cried, and my father came very close to transferring from the RAF for the RAAF, which could be done formally in the 60s. How they loved that country.
My Scottish grandfather who was feeling disposesed at this time, would drink with the Bottony Bay aboriginal men, who also felt and were disposesed, decided to initiate him as a clans man. Great
So funny for an Australian to see Tony getting in the back seat of a taxi - Aussies always get in the front! Love this series
It was done for the purposes of the camera person.
Except Melbournians 🤣
No. Australian men most often get in the front, next to the driver. It's more common for women to sit in the back.
In Canada you almost always get in the back unless you have extra people. It's a service by a foreigner like a rickshaw.
@@chriscarrol9373 Are all your taxi drivers foreigners??
I am a proud immigrant. Love Australia.
Van Diemen's Land was the most notorious penal colony. So many folk songs about the horrors of transportation there. THAT is why they changed the name To Tasmania.
As an American, I could care less who comes, but when you do come and become a citizen, to embrace being a new American. Keep your customs, but assimilate to ours. You left where you were to come here, don't try to make here like there. You came here because of what here stands for. I am sure even Britan and Austrailia will agree with me on this.
it just reminds me how cruel we all can be . just imagine being told your parents are dead . and the government wonders why the citizens think they can be dodgy. i remember the story of Peter Cundall who was told in england before he came out that he could be a librarian at bondi beach ,and when he got here ended up on the end of a machine gun in korea.
and just want to thank you for your take/spin on aus from an outsider .
I miss Australia! Should never have left. I think it will be a Republic in the next decade or so.
Never happen.
Won't happen. But Australia is awesome. Come back.
God save the King
What a beautifully done narrative ...great country indeed
Good stuff Tony. This one is your best
I looove this series. Didnt know to much about Australia but now i do!
This is the third one after Bendigo and Newcastle and though I have learnt some new things about my country’s history I noticed you haven’t mentioned the aboriginals local to each area and the impact on them. It’s a shame it’s missing such important historical information.
Thanks so much Tony !
I grew up on the edge of Sydney and it would have been hard work taming the land and farming.Its naturally stunningly beautiful but it would have been wild thick shrubs and trees and sandy soil, not to mention the indigenous people being not too impressed about the newcomers.Its lovely now as i sit having a cold beer on my backyard veranda with the wild Lorikeets and cockatoos.
Can't believe how much they're charging you for rent over there now insane
@@James-kv6kb Living the dream ain't cheap when the word gets out.
just remember Sydney is just another Northern suburb of MELBOURNE TOWN
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary structure.
Regarding the child migration scheme: I know a lady who came here with her sister: Their father had vanished after returning from the war and their mother was destitute. This was the only thing she could do. Fortunately, this lady and her sister did OK. She once told me that she thought the reporting of tihs is one-sided.
So many things in this country and the seas around that can do you in. Yet Aussies seem to be so good humored and happy. Hard working too. Everybody likes Australians.
You haven’t lived there, have you?😂
@@westaussie965 I have indeed, about 20 miles north of beautiful Adelaide.
Australia and Sydney are not the same thing, you know.
My 3 x Great grandfather was a bounty migrant who came in 1842
I went to school from 75 ,the school was completely white except for two kids. One's family owned the Chinese restaurant and the other owned the green grocer shop
The Australian train system is still pretty dodgey today.
Mark Twain's sarcastic observations about it still prove true.
It's not bad. I ride every day and love it
@@rhys5567 reliability differs greatly on your proximity to a capital city.
The more things change the more they stay the same - racism, anti-immigration, and housing shortages. These are still problems today.
Many of the child migrants had no parents as they were killed, as some from billets out away from the bombed European cities.
Is it any coincidence that the actor at 15:00 or so looks like Joe Hildebrand?
I wish there was so much more known about the previous 62000 years of human habitation across Australia - I want to learn how the earliest Australian DNA got across to South America at least 40,000 years ago?! Those folk we stole children from had wisdoms we have zero comprehension of, still in a dreadful situation being bought off - as much as a people who don't do money can be bought off.
Oh, so now it’s 62,000 years?😂😂😂used to be 40,000! I can tell you about those “thousands” of years....the indigenous tribes invented:
1. The spear
2. The ability to make fire
3. The boomerang
4. Bark huts
and
4. Drawings of dots and hands
@@westaussie965 there's other stuff, rocks which appear almost natural but with marks and located to show amazing celestial connections.
The dreametime stories are wonderful and deserve to be given time.
They're on so many levels.. ..
But not pyramids I know of??
36:58 What!
Admiral arthur phillip led first fleet with ship of convicts to botany bay 1788 jan 26 which is now Australia day
Incorrect.
@@YokRzeznicwhats incorrect?
@@bennichols1113 the date
@@YokRzeznic what was the actual date?
@@bennichols1113 Jan 18
My parents were 10pnd poms, promised a job and home but that wasn't true. They spent a few years in a detention center 😢
What did your parents do wrong to be locked up in detention? 10 pound Poms were allowed to stay in the hostels for a maximum of 1 year, and weren't being detained. The Government weren't just handing out homes and jobs though. Plenty already had family in Australia and could stay with them.
They did nothing wrong. A migrant detention place. They were living in a tent in Mum's cousins back yard until she caught Scarlet fever and dipherier. They made the Sydney papers as their tent was also flooded.
@@glendamears3618 OK. As far as the Government was concerned, the quicker they were out of the hostels, the better. Because housing and feeding them cost money. Maybe some of the migrants had unrealistic expectations, although that may be at least partly the fault of Australian Government advertising. Of the "Poms" (and that doesn't just refer to the English) that returned home, about half of them returned to Australia, earning them the nickname of Boomerangs.
I think the Australian government was eager to populate the country at this time.
It’s culture not colour or race. We should be selective about who we allow into this country.
Sadly this hasn't aged well.
Having watched the political criminality in Australia and Canada, in particular, these are 2 countries I’ll steer away from now. I go where the political/oligarchic global collusion (criminality) is less pronounced. A great shame because I know many Australians and Canadians are good and clever people - but their tyrants were accepted by the large majority.
Typhus and typhoid are not the same illness
Yes typhoid Mary carried it in her bowls and didn't wash her hands after being a filthy person in the bathroom. Typhus is spread by fleas lice and chiggers (Asian rappers) LoL couldn't resist the pun.
from 23:03 scene editing is all jumbled if you know the area. is in one town, but the sound of the train anncounments is for another stations, when on the train, you can then see a shot of the station that fits with the announcements, then on the train moving scene it fits back with the station he originally started from - local knowledge
Ok so the announcement was from central station and not the station up in the mountains. No biggie. 🙄
That one station shot looks like it was a location from one of the Road Warriors movies.
Chinese own australia now. our ancestors were wise. contemporarily, australians are not allowed to move to or own businesses in china...
tony robinson is a farmer.
Careful!! Facts and logic are not welcome today in this lefty/pc/woke world we live in😂
I'm a white Canadian. Funny thing is they are sending us fentynal and basically occupied our Pacific port city. Ya it's a pain when you're on the receiving end of revenge. Hopefully Americans get into it with them?
It's only around 5-10% of Australian who are racist, the problem is like all news that's all you hear about (the negative) But majority of Australias are wonderful people. Obituary you still have your drug addict's and mentally ill, but all in all, most people are very happy to help.
@Mr Martin yeah i reckon! Natalie Bedford sounds ghastly.
you mean were wonderful people, 40% of australians are foreign born, you fool.
Yeah, the abbos are the most racist 😉
It really depends where you travel. The further you get from capital cities, the more redneck it becomes.😢
@@woah6958 I'm pretty far out country (8.5hr) and wouldn't say we are.
The year 2020 will be a defining moment in Australian history. Aussies are slowly waking up to the fact that they have made some very bad choices over the past 25 years or so, and the bill is now coming due.
Why are you spamming this comment?
@@jackstraw262 hes a bot spreading misinformation
@@Alldabossthe yanks are not going to spend billions of dollars on robots to have conversations unless it is a political post . They're actually designed to learn how you behave so they can make money out of you
So, how did that go?
My comment has been removed yet again this should be illegal
Tony wants racism..... but the comedian refuses.... priceless
It's great he had that experience. Now ask yourself how typical that was. Tony was just asking questions - obviously they make you uncomfortable.
Ahn isn't a downer kind of guy, and his experience arriving and growing up (in a different time, mind) would be very different to many others. His positivity is his power, really.
not imigrants as much as refugees theres a home here for them if they want it, god love them all
The year 2020 will be a defining moment in Australian history. They are slowly waking up to the fact that they've made some very bad choices over the past 25 years or so, and the bill has now come due.
What choices?🤷🏼♀️
Sliders or flip flops?
Made in China or made in Vietnam?
2023 now and 2020 has long gone. 😂 Only thing changed is Labor won the election. I don't see that's a good thing either. 🙄
😂😂😂 bro stop watching sky news