Life In Australia: Brisbane

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  • @gmacg5336
    @gmacg5336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    My goodness me! What a flood of memories this film brought back to me. In 1964, I was 18 years old in June. I had already been in the Army for three years. Should have enlisted at the age of 17 which was the official age for enlistment but I lied about my age and joined up in 1961, which was 2 months after arriving in Australia from Scotland. My dad signed the papers for me, but did pick up that I had not entered my date of birth. I told him to sign the papers and I would put the DOB in late. Poor old dad thought the Australian Army enlistment age was 15 yrs which was when boys signs up as Boy Soldiers in the British Army. Got married to the love of my life in September 1964, and bought my first new car that cost me 1032 Pounds (A standard EH Holden Station wagon) on 12 December 1964. Life was much simpler then. We did not have all the gizmos kids today have. we were happy and contented. Looking at the decorum and respectful way people behaved then makes me want to go back to that era. I miss i so much. Now; after 55 years (55 in September) of marriage, my wife and I look back to our seven children and 29 grand children with a great deal of happiness. I remember the Roma Street station in Brisbane back in 1964 which is how I remember it. Wonderful Memories. Thanks for sharing.

  • @briantayler1230
    @briantayler1230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I am 62, so 7, living in Stafford, when this was made. It brings back many memories

    • @tnewm39
      @tnewm39 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I live in Stafford now

    • @rachelsharples5495
      @rachelsharples5495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My Dad is the same age as you, though he grew up in Enoggera, as did i. He describes this era of Brisbane so well.

    • @MrAquadude101
      @MrAquadude101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I used to live in Stafford also

    • @theblytonian3906
      @theblytonian3906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sure does Brian.

    • @jmot7507
      @jmot7507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brian Tayler Don't see any Burkas

  • @sandyellis6068
    @sandyellis6068 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Holy siht! This is THE Brisbane we came to in April ‘65! Compared to the Liverpool of my childhood, this place was sooooooo weird. My dad loved it, he was thrilled to pieces with it - a pioneering adventurer at heart, he saw nothing but opportunity, sunshine, and wondrous new beginnings. But 7 year old me was like my mother - we’d landed on an alien, sun-scorched, weird, backwater colony and just wanted to go home to Liverpool. One word became taboo: “homesick”. We weren’t even allowed to whisper it much less openly cry for Kirkdale, Aunty Dolly, our cousins and me nin. My mother put in 10 hard years then finally had the money to go home. For the rest of her life she flew back and forth between Brisbane and the UK more times than I can remember. My dad had a plaque that read, “Happiness is never having to leave Queensland”. He was an adventurer, my dad, and he travelled the world, but he always loved Brisbane, QLD. It was always his home.

    • @aussiejubes
      @aussiejubes ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Did you go back with your mum? I'm invested in your story now.

  • @robsgardeningchanel2877
    @robsgardeningchanel2877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    i can’t believe australia used to look like this. amazing

    • @CleoParta1965
      @CleoParta1965 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Now it’s destroyed sadly

    • @paulfri1569
      @paulfri1569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      90s were still ok in Brisbane..

  • @jennine211
    @jennine211 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Saw Ian Drury and The Blockheads at Cloudland ….. was such an awesome venue. 🙂❤️🧚‍♀️

  • @normakawak8619
    @normakawak8619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I saw this for the first time only a few days ago. What a surprise, I saw myself and my mother strolling round the dept store. Mum has passed on so its great to see us both together . And, yes, that's how Brisbane was back in the sixties. People got dressed up then to go out. Brisbane was a safe place to live. Everybody was slim then. People have become isolated from their neighbours now. People was more honest then, more respectful. No drugs.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow Norma, thanks for letting us know and for sharing your memories. It must have been quite startling to see all these years later.

  • @drwhiteguru
    @drwhiteguru ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Thank you for uploading this! I moved to Brisbane in 1971 from California, I was 9. I have some great memories and its sad to read these comments about how much it changed there. I moved back in '74. But living in Australia was a magical experience and it felt like I went back in time. We didn't lock our doors or our bikes at school.

    • @tigerden1908
      @tigerden1908 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Country Australia is still like that. I never lock anything.

  • @davidjones992
    @davidjones992 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    We arrived from London in 83 but still recognise most of the places. My wife’s first job was in the Wintergarden, we landed Wednesday, she had an interview Saturday and started work Monday still jet lagged!

  • @chriswatson7965
    @chriswatson7965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    As an historical record this is pure gold. It's slanted towards the more clean living side of Brisbane at the time (naturally), but other than that it's a very accurate portrayal of living in Brisbane in 1964.

    • @ytxmak
      @ytxmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes it completely ignores a lot of stuff away from white middle class suburbia! More pure shite that gold ha ha

    • @wade8464
      @wade8464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Paul G Who are these 'anti whites' you speak of? "Anything built by whites will be knocked down if these anti whites have there way".... Cmon mate. That is just straight ignorance and lack of information. Please inform me of what building company is all white? Don't spread non sense with your irrational fears.

    • @blahblahblahblah2837
      @blahblahblahblah2837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @raymond daubney Is this what it was like for you growing up? It doesn't seem real to me

  • @darcyw8995
    @darcyw8995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Feels good to see the trams again. My dad and grandparents always told me about them and know I get to see them.

  • @johnh9200
    @johnh9200 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The city I was born in in the year I was born. Makes this so special to me. It didn't change much for another 20 years and then bang, it got a shot of Expo and that was Brisbane as we once knew it.

  • @nealenewton4971
    @nealenewton4971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A fabulous time capsule of our lives and times. How our society has changed so much. Somewhat amusing Dad and his ever present pipe! NFSA keep these treasures going:))

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neale Newton Smoking it inside the house too.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Neale, thank you. We will keep them coming. We have thousand more to upload. Most with pipes.

  • @DrAElemayo
    @DrAElemayo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'm very impressed with the quality of this video, as well as the editing and cinematography. Especially given that it's from the 60s!

  • @exploreaustralia6577
    @exploreaustralia6577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Such a beautiful record

  • @gregwallace9035
    @gregwallace9035 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Looks fantastic in 4k on a big screen. I grew up in Brisbane 60's and 70's and this brings back memories. Thank you.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for letting us know. We will be re-releasing all of this series in 4k. Still highly compressed to get on TH-cam of course but a big improvement.

    • @gregwallace9035
      @gregwallace9035 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NFSAFilms Thank you for your work. Looking forward to seeing the rest in 4k. 👍🏻

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gregwallace9035 Thanks Greg. Another one to go up this week.

  • @cscott9361
    @cscott9361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Thank you so much for this video , great memories of a fantastic time to be Australian .

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for the feedback.

  • @marjiepage7574
    @marjiepage7574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I grew up in Stafford and now live in Hobart. This video brought back many childhood memories of the fifties and sixties. Thankyou for sharing

  • @Tina-Marie-iz8zy
    @Tina-Marie-iz8zy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ah good ol' Brissie the way it was and should still be today. I miss those days.

  • @rodpettet2819
    @rodpettet2819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Good times. A simpler happy life. Plenty of work and in general a healthier population.
    It was nice to see the city hall steps before they were covered by the roof of the King George carpark!

  • @timothydell9926
    @timothydell9926 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Shout out to the milkman at 19:25. I haven’t seen them in action since the 80s.

    • @jaidanielparker
      @jaidanielparker ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always wanted my first job to be doing the milk run before school but by the time I was old enough they were gone.

    • @laissezfayre
      @laissezfayre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Bring them back!

  • @quincyzhang299
    @quincyzhang299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great video! People in the 1960s were much better-mannered than those in the streets today.

    • @ytxmak
      @ytxmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wake up dimwit. You really want to go back living that????

    • @homlesy1172
      @homlesy1172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes yes yes @@ytxmak

    • @marckoster510
      @marckoster510 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes OK if you're from a white, straight, non-minority, religious (the 'right' religion, mind you!) ignore the rest of the world subset of humanity.

    • @marckoster510
      @marckoster510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just pedophiles and alcoholics. WHITE pedophiles and alcoholics (let's ignore the black fellas, of course).

  • @AcePanno1
    @AcePanno1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Another great film uploaded by the NFSA, thank you

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Aznageel.

  • @thomaselliott573
    @thomaselliott573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    A reminder of how Australia once was the greatest place to live.There was no comparison.

    • @Campbell400
      @Campbell400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leave then haha simple dont like it anymore
      Leave 190+ country's pick one

    • @robertmackintosh5163
      @robertmackintosh5163 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was there during that time.

    • @Campbell400
      @Campbell400 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertmackintosh5163 all your generations doing what do you mean no one else to blame you raised us
      Hahaha
      I think its just hard that a 20 something year old has more knowledge then learnt more understands more
      Fucking cant handle progression
      Need to go back to school learn about inflation and fiat currency

    • @Campbell400
      @Campbell400 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Norm T that last comment was for you

    • @alwardgrover3347
      @alwardgrover3347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gotta agree with you the place is fucked now

  • @chrisjohnson6876
    @chrisjohnson6876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Great Film, Obviously a well-to-do family. Love the old cars, EJ/EH Taxis

    • @duncanyourmate2433
      @duncanyourmate2433 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What shits me, is the We were poor with colour cameras and new cars, tax dodging most likely @ Chris Johnson ,as before comment

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      starquant And then you had to pay for a tv license to use it.

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      starquant I have to say we managed at home on one wage. We certainly weren’t rich,my dad was a Wood Machinist.

    • @railtrolley
      @railtrolley 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      19:16 Dodge Polara. 20:15 Studebaker Lark.

  • @kurtbrayford6491
    @kurtbrayford6491 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    be nice if we could bring some of that back

  • @murraycharters6102
    @murraycharters6102 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The scenes from Cloudland bring back memories. The band playing was made up of
    Rick Farbach, guitar, Merv Oats Saxophone, Lloyd Adamson trumpet, Darcy Kelly Bass, Neil Wilkinson Drums, Maurie Dowden Piano. Can’t quite remember the name of the female singer , who was terrific and beautiful. I went out with her once, she was lovely.
    She married Loyd Adamson who tragically passed away from cancer I think , he was only fairly young.
    I am 80 now , at that time I was a young drummer, Neil Wilkinson was my teacher.
    During my musical career I played in bands with both Darcy Kelly and Maurie Dowden both at the Hamilton Hotel where I played for many years.
    All of these fantastic musicians I mentioned have all passed away.

  • @wingi7722
    @wingi7722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is superb!!!! Absolutely enjoy the street scenes with the old buses and classic cars. By the way I drive a 1963 Triumph Vitesse 6 Convertible

    • @gregorysukroo2197
      @gregorysukroo2197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is what caught my attention in the promo. Watched the whole thing to see the Herald. Seemed to go quite swiftly in the film.

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gregory Sukroo So did i. My dad owned a Triumph Herald convertible.

  • @chrislawson7983
    @chrislawson7983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh if things stayed the same. Thanks for the post. Truly enjoyed.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Chris.

  • @carlsenden
    @carlsenden ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the destination for my time machine 😊

  • @56bluegold
    @56bluegold 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Beautiful video ! I wish it was possible to go back to the 60s, it was Paradise on Earth.

    • @movieklump
      @movieklump 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes the great old days when aboriginals weren't considered citizens and could not vote.

    • @56bluegold
      @56bluegold 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      movieklump Go peddle your racist garbage some where's else. Your not welcome here.

    • @movieklump
      @movieklump 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@56bluegold Maybe you should google the word irony.

    • @thomaselliott573
      @thomaselliott573 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@movieklump It doesn't matter. Whingeing dickheads will always whine away. Fuck off victim boy

    • @Nuttybott
      @Nuttybott 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@movieklump The truth is, no era is perfect. Every period in time has its problems...but on balance, the 60s looks like a far more peaceful, harmonious, law-abiding, enjoyable time than today...in Australia at least.
      I think it is significant that almost any person you speak to who actually lived through that era will tell you it was better than now.
      BTW why did you feel the need to immediately point out something negative about the 60s in your reply? Do you feel threatened in some way by the suggestion that the present time is not necessarily the "greatest ever"?

  • @dits791
    @dits791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The good old days with a lot of family time, no kids sitting around on their Xboxes or Playstations. No mobile phones . Great days.

    • @rollei35mm
      @rollei35mm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ditmar laenger yeah instead watching shit tv and having useless jobs taking about 4 times more hours

  • @jacqueopaolo5707
    @jacqueopaolo5707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pure Gold ! How nice to see what a nice place brisbane was ,respect and common decency,something that my hometown is now void of, how sad!

  • @Handleyman
    @Handleyman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    People had so little...stuff in those days. No mobile phones, no late night shopping, no iPads. I don’t think having more now has made us any happier.

    • @mickcarson8504
      @mickcarson8504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      We had home phones and decency, unlike today where a mobile phone turned into a tool of obsession with all the apps, Internet, etc. How many young kids watch porno on smartphone nowadays? How many kids are having underage sex? How many kids do nothing worthwhile but play computer games all day, hardly play any sport?

    • @ytxmak
      @ytxmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      On the other hand, I am sooo glad life is not like that now! Who needs the white god nonsense for a start?

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Ytxmak - going back to Vietnam anytime soon? I'll help you pack

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Mick Carson - underage sex? What dinosaur egg did you just climb out from? How old are you, 90?

    • @snozzybosch7503
      @snozzybosch7503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sometimes less is by far definitely more. Three or four channels on tv( instead of hundreds like today, net flux, Stan, foxtel etc) people sat down for a meal and spoke to each other, there was interaction. A book was a gift, not something you got a long face when one was given to you. Cars were built to last. Houses were not stacked on top of one another, the 1/4 acre block was common place. Traffic actually had a peak hour, not a constant drone like it does now. People were courteous and respect full and didn’t push right past you at the checkout. Progress hey.....? By any other name could it be so deceptively called?

  • @ColonelJohnmatrix1000
    @ColonelJohnmatrix1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wonderful film, thank you very much🙂

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the feedback.

  • @vickidianacoghlan8946
    @vickidianacoghlan8946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The good old days.
    If only I had a time machine to go back.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi Vicki, we are you're time machine. Welcome aboard.

    • @NoosaHeads
      @NoosaHeads 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you ever get that time machine - *please, please* take me with you.

    • @GubanaNatureRefuge
      @GubanaNatureRefuge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The good old days, with no ultrasound, CAT scan, or MRI, so best not to get a serious illness - and don't forget that polio was still kicking around. Are you really sure you want to go back? Nostalgia tends to overlook the little things, like the fact that maternal deaths in childbirth have decreased from 41.2 in 1964-1966 to 7.1 in 2008-2012.
      We've come a long way since the 60's. Some things have been lost, but much has been gained.

    • @Nuttybott
      @Nuttybott 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GubanaNatureRefuge The only real gains have been technological ones like those you mentioned. In other fields - particularly socially and culturally - I believe we have actually gone BACKWARDS since that time...

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ian you just need to hit the subscribe button and we're on our way.

  • @maree-mareesongwriter6226
    @maree-mareesongwriter6226 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow! This such an amazing and beautiful piece of nostalgia! I was born '67, but it's not a far cry from the Brisbane I remember of my childhood (minus the trams though). Those times; the fashion, the hairdos, the cars, all captured in the photos I still have of my parents and relatives too. Australia, 'the lucky country' - everything seemed so hopeful, abundant and innocent then. An idealistic paradise in many ways and wonderful place to grow up.

  • @nicoledeloncrais5940
    @nicoledeloncrais5940 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I grew up in Queensland when we returned to oz in 1973. This is literally my memories.

  • @talos1940
    @talos1940 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    MY goodness, brought a tear to my eye. Used to live in Inala as a kid Im 71 now. A lot of memories in Brisbane for us all, Im just down the road now place called Gold Coast
    Cheers all Christopher Waring.

  • @gheffz
    @gheffz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic! Great memories !!! Fantastic!

  • @petalson
    @petalson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks great film,My birth year can remember lots from this era

  • @me-cq7wv
    @me-cq7wv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I love Brisbane. Would not want to stay anywhere else in the world. Paradise found for me.

    • @r1bayside276
      @r1bayside276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      S O you need to get out more then.

  • @gregwallace9035
    @gregwallace9035 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I keep watching this. I love it! Thanks NFSA.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Greg.

  • @blehpp7192
    @blehpp7192 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    So crazy, as it panned over the bridge I could see the building that 60 years later turned into my place of work 😅

  • @jasoncarpp7742
    @jasoncarpp7742 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    G'day guys. It's nice to see another "Life in Australia" video.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Jason, nice to hear from you again. This one was presented before but is available now in 4K. As is the whole series so we will be re-uploading them all. Hope you appreciate the improved quality.

    • @jasoncarpp7742
      @jasoncarpp7742 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NFSAFilms Thanks. I look forward to checking it out. :)

  • @Seapin1
    @Seapin1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I liked those days of quiet roads on Sundays

    • @lindaross4331
      @lindaross4331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @raymond daubney That's pretty harsh and uncalled for. I think Seapin 1 was referring to the fact that most businesses were closed on Sundays, and life was more relaxed on Sundays. I think so too.

    • @lindaross4331
      @lindaross4331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      by the way, I hope you don't profess to represent real Australians with that arrogant demeanor and rudeness.

    • @Seapin1
      @Seapin1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @raymond daubney what a rude arsewipe you are

    • @ridef0rlife
      @ridef0rlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @raymond daubney shut the fuck up baby boomer

    • @CoreyEdwards2
      @CoreyEdwards2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lindaross4331 Obviously that C#%t isn't a Queenslander. Just a s##t c##t.
      Brissy - the world's most livable city. Love Brisneyland.

  • @Fozcine
    @Fozcine 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Arrived in 62 on the Stratheden. Brings back memories.

  • @Tellgio
    @Tellgio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So many good memories in this video, for me.

  • @pouyaparsaie
    @pouyaparsaie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love Brisbane

  • @ariesred777
    @ariesred777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent!

  • @jf3661
    @jf3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember that day in autumn quite well. There was a lot going on. Great film

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best day ever!

  • @BENNYseesYOU
    @BENNYseesYOU 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Amazing quality, thank you.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Benny

  • @uriituw
    @uriituw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for making it 4K!

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the comment. We will be uploading this entire series in 4K. Even though we have it all up there in SD.

  • @nitheal95
    @nitheal95 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I moved to cairns 2021 and this Film Is Memorising i wish i could live there for a week

  • @risitasfrance9020
    @risitasfrance9020 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A beautiful time. The place where you would like to grow up and to live. Until today’s world Australia is an amazing place to live ! 🙏

    • @foxytransit
      @foxytransit ปีที่แล้ว

      It still is an amazing place to live

  • @davidhoward4715
    @davidhoward4715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video.
    To all those people moaning about how much better life was back then... You do know you're watching a TH-cam VIDEO on the INTERNET, right?

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @laissezfayre
    @laissezfayre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for uploading this film! I came to Brisbane in July 1982 just before the Commonwealth Games. 🙂

  • @dcbeez5956
    @dcbeez5956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm certain I saw my aunty Flo! My grandfather too, who later moved to Victoria and the rest is history. I remember them as hard working people who cared for others including their families. Those days gone by. Now your left to fend for yourself with little or no support and Australia's top polical issues are: homelessness, no work, no play, in some cases no hope and Australia doesn't own Australia any more and Australians can't afford to live in Australia anymore Those days are gone.

    • @ytxmak
      @ytxmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, this is the classic nostalgia fallacy!

    • @Denidrakes69
      @Denidrakes69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There were no benefits for "abandoned mothers", the disabled, the unemployed, back then. Your best bet was the Salvos if you were struggling.

    • @dcbeez5956
      @dcbeez5956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Denidrakes69 and is the case still. Love the Salvos, they have helped so many people with so little also.

    • @ytxmak
      @ytxmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Denidrakes69 You're quite right. There were many attitudes and problems plaguing Australian society back then, usually not spoken about or (criminally) ignored. It's very easy to be seduced by the nostalgia fallacy. Yep the Salvos or the Brotherhood were the social security net for many.

  • @glenmcinnes4824
    @glenmcinnes4824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So much of "Old Brisbane" was still around in the 80's & 90's when I was a little tacker, and if you know where to look it's still out there, the Dean Brothers haven't gotten to it yet.

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I absolutely *loved* this film.
    I'm going to draw out £10 from my building society and emigrate to this enchanted isle.
    Hope it's just like in the film when I get there.

    • @NoosaHeads
      @NoosaHeads 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Australia was great before colour TV arrived. It almost seems as if the more technological Australia became, the less society was cohesive and happy.
      Technology has a nasty habit of enslaving us, rather than freeing people. Color TV arrived in Oz about 1973. I think it was a lovelier country prior to this time. Color T.V. also brought along a mass of degenerate American programming. This was when the rot set in. The United States has ruined everything it's touched - socially, financially and academically.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We'll be waiting.

    • @queenr6423
      @queenr6423 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. You might be um ... disillusioned by all the changes. Maybe the skimpy clothes wearing swearing welfare women with their kids fathered by a guy who left 5 years ago for a start or the people with headphones in who don’t even look up from their electronic device to say hello or speak to any other living breathing human around them even in a public place like a bus stop or a shopping centre . Maybe the expensive food, fast food, all the car people, the women with little to no clothes on, the men who swear and teenagers swear with no respect for their mothers or families in public. Skateboarding, vandalising, drunks, hoons. We have that all here now. Well done Australia you came so far 🙄👏🏻

  • @dchri18
    @dchri18 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Brisbane used to look so wonderful. Now its a soulless corporate husk of what it used to be. Every building looks the same as the skyscrapers cast shadows over the very little old buildings left. Everything else has slowly been demolished and replaced with "efficient" buildings. Every house is beyond reasonable to purchase or even rent right now. Convenient transport such as trams were removed. Too many buses exist on the roads, along with cars, causing constant traffic congestion.

  • @norinickrrostron9001
    @norinickrrostron9001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Would have been great if Brisbane had retained some more of its old character as other cities have done....rather than the cluttered mess we have now. The power of the developer and no forethought,

    • @HighwayRamos
      @HighwayRamos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same in Adelaide, it used to be beautiful, now it's an architectural mess.

    • @lisasshananigans1657
      @lisasshananigans1657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Melbourne ftw

    • @lachlankay9212
      @lachlankay9212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You can thank Sir Joh for that

    • @trepower1679
      @trepower1679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Warner, Albany creek and samford are still pretty decent👌

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just like Perth. Interesting that forethought means premeditation, more commonly used for crime. Very apt for those planners because what they did was a crime

  • @wade8464
    @wade8464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoyed watching this and seeing what the city I live in today was like back then. However the amount of the older generation in the comments being disgruntled by what we have today is astounding. Times would have been simple then, sure it would have been nice but in a way but life was also a lot harsher it seems back then too. People are living longer then they ever have now in this present day. See that as good or bad but there is no better time to be alive then now!

  • @AChannelFrom2006
    @AChannelFrom2006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    bowls clubs still look the same.. everything else is different. The change from the 60s to the 80s seems so drastic compared to say the 80s to today.

    • @beburger2054
      @beburger2054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1960-1980 = 20 years
      1980-2019= Almost 40 years.
      Go figure. But the world evolves very quickly yes

  • @JohnSmith-ef2rn
    @JohnSmith-ef2rn 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How society has changed. That there are people who were my age, 37, at this time, who are still alive today - mind-boggling.

  • @youtubehatesus2651
    @youtubehatesus2651 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    loved it!

  • @zyawotha
    @zyawotha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    looks great in 4k on the big telly

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Dave, we appreciate the feedback.

  • @petefinn4914
    @petefinn4914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm sure I was born too late, I would have loved to be a young adult back in the 50's. What a simpler life....

    • @connorduke4619
      @connorduke4619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How can you be sure you weren't alive then? Everyone reincarnates even you.

    • @cptsuperstraight6924
      @cptsuperstraight6924 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could fix and maintain your own car back then. They were built like tanks.

    • @mollymuch2808
      @mollymuch2808 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was amazing

  • @nessajade1435
    @nessajade1435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woww this is so insightful. Seemed like simpler times.

  • @breakingtoast2255
    @breakingtoast2255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Back when everything was made in Australia and it was the best quality

    • @spinynorman1562
      @spinynorman1562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, and it cost about 5 times what it would cost now. You may not like free trade, but it brought prices down so ordinary people could have a better life.

    • @mikeallen8295
      @mikeallen8295 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen

  • @default5790
    @default5790 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Moved to this beautiful city in 2008. Love it here.

  • @DonaldBiden
    @DonaldBiden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I saw the Cooparoo Bowls Club I smiled, I have been going there for years now and it's nice to see what it looked like back in the day.

  • @966Mako
    @966Mako 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great film, kinda sad though. Time is a cruel mistress, that hot young daughter will be in her late 70s now.
    I'm a 1966 baby, now in my 50s. I have fond memories of my childhood.
    On the weekends, I'd leave home on my bike after breakfast & not come home till dinner time.
    Groups of friends hanging out, building secret cubby houses by the creek, when the creek water was clean enough to drink, eating worms, playing with matches, good times.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No worms just don't have the flavour they used to.

  • @orgillmathew
    @orgillmathew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Miss the simple times

    • @gregdean2012
      @gregdean2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too ! How things have gone down hill since then .

  • @paulfri1569
    @paulfri1569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Old Brisbane qlder homes are splendid when well maintained like it this video. Maryborough QLD has some amazing Qlder homes and they don't Knock them all down either..

  • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
    @jesusislukeskywalker4294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    awesome vid. i used to have a triumph herald back in the daze. fully worked it.

    • @EJP286CRSKW
      @EJP286CRSKW 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You would have to work it, hard, to make it go anywhere. Close contender for the worst car of all time, at least from Britain, but there are a few Vauxhall models that beat it, especially the one with the vertical boot (or was that a Singer Sunbeam?). Fun in the sun though.

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      grasshopper My dad used to have one too. Oh the memories!

  • @rodshearman1862
    @rodshearman1862 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the 'phones! Living in Queensland & still waiting for the N.B.N.!

  • @thedave7760
    @thedave7760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This looks like paradise and you are saying I can get on a boat and go live there for £10!!
    Count me in who wouldn't want to live there?

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Better be quick. That deal won't last. ;)

    • @Anonymous-or4ru
      @Anonymous-or4ru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just missed out mate. Only 47 years too late.
      PS. It's nice here.

    • @briantrend1812
      @briantrend1812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      this is almost identical to south Africa in 1964 including the sub tropical weather . and now SA is a Marxist shithole nice one libtards. well what do you8 know its the same here in old England too nice one again you libtard stupid 'feel good' cunts

    • @barbarahope1934
      @barbarahope1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Dave That’s what my parents did. I consider myself an Aussie through and through.

  • @PeterShaw-lb9lt
    @PeterShaw-lb9lt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i was born in brisbane in 1954 i lived through the 60s going to school and the 70s disco era top of the state general jacksons newyork new york sybils the underground great memories

  • @beachscapes2809
    @beachscapes2809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow, great video. Did anyone recognize that family's suburb?

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mount Gravatt

    • @beachscapes2809
      @beachscapes2809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NFSAFilms Thanks mate!

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beachscapes2809 Check this out www.realestate.com.au/property/23-tenby-st-mount-gravatt-qld-4122

  • @needleontherecord
    @needleontherecord 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This music is so lovely

  • @davidjohnston7512
    @davidjohnston7512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    This film should be shown to politicians to show them that Australia once had a manufacturing sector.Now every thing gets sold to foreign companies who eventually move their manufacturing jobs to China.Australia is no longer the lucky country.We have been let down by our elected representatives.

    • @tklawrence123749
      @tklawrence123749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It is very sad and embarrassing. We've gone from being a producer of goods to being almost totally reliant on importing goods. The Australian economy is literally at the mercy of international companies/countries.

    • @ausbare140
      @ausbare140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like how you use the word representative's. Very nice of you.

    • @tiger832
      @tiger832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sigh. I wish you were wrong.

    • @joeybrown3583
      @joeybrown3583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Socialism destroyed it. Taxed to death.

    • @danzoil
      @danzoil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Jeff brown How is socialism responsible for moving manufacturing jobs overseas? Capitalism is objectively the cause. This is basic economics/common knowledge.

  • @johnphaceas7434
    @johnphaceas7434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the map which locates Perth and Canberra in smaller font than everywhere else, even the smaller regional towns like Albany, Geraldton, Mt Gambier (why is it even on the map?) and Cairns.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting. Geraldton and Mt Gambier are part of the series so that is why they are on the map. Canberra is not part of the series, probably because we made many other films about it. Perth is though. So not sure why the font discrepancy.

  • @RolandElliottFirstG
    @RolandElliottFirstG ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A beach in Brisbane, HA Ha, I lived in Brisbane for a few years, the closest beaxh is on the Gold coast, it took me over 2 hours drive in summer from Brisbane to get there, all the locals swarm to the Beach and traffic is hopeless.

    • @cptsuperstraight6924
      @cptsuperstraight6924 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pommies decided on Brisbane with the Moreton Bay Islands are a protection from invasion. Who else would build an Aussie capital without good beaches. Bribie Island has the best beaches.

    • @mediamaker
      @mediamaker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is a beach in Brisbane now - an artificial one but nevertheless a beach at the Southbank parkland area - and of course there are also beaches at Sandgate and Redcliffe. As for surf beaches - yes the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast, both about 100km from the city - the former to the south and the latter to the north. Bribie had a surf beach too - but you needed to walk a long way north from the ocean-side village to get to the real surf...

    • @ADL3.0
      @ADL3.0 ปีที่แล้ว

      The closest beach is Bribie Island, not sure how ya missed that one.

  • @Plushybear09
    @Plushybear09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That grey coloured chev at around 19:30 looks alot like one sitting discarded in someone's driveway in Banyo. Has been there for years

  • @fanfair1813
    @fanfair1813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The props department sure shared that corncob pipe around. Everyone gets a go.

  • @bargwahn89
    @bargwahn89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who else was checking out the Morris 850 in Dove Grey and the Morris Mini Cooper in Tartan Red and Old English White roof? 20:16

  • @aubreyaub
    @aubreyaub 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Not one mobile phone, people walking around watching where they are going. Ahhhh, the Serenity.

  • @pennywallace9362
    @pennywallace9362 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My Gran used to let my brother and I ride the tram into Queen st from Torbreck, Highgate hill to go see a movie. Really safe and fun and easy to get around. Lived there years later while working in George St, and rode the bus or drove to work. So different these days.....

  • @richardsingh5827
    @richardsingh5827 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting video

  • @yvonnenunn4829
    @yvonnenunn4829 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing footage 👏👏recognised Wilston State School 😍

  • @jaidanielparker
    @jaidanielparker ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Population 600 000! Australia just added more than that to our annual population growth in a year but I ain't seeing more major cities springing up. We're just concreting over anything livable in the existing cities and putting up dog box high rise apartments but apparently it still isn't anywhere near enough and we're in a rental crisis.

  • @freakazoird
    @freakazoird 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    its like playing whats not changed over the years but good to see how it was in 1964

  • @stevespatrol
    @stevespatrol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When homes were made of real wood and real craftsmanship

    • @CrimsonCrossFire88
      @CrimsonCrossFire88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and asbestos.....lots of it.

    • @TripleBarrel06
      @TripleBarrel06 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you not been in a house lately? They still make them with timber, steel, and plaster like they did back then. The only difference is that we don't have a risk of mesothelioma if the insulation gets cracked.

    • @cptsuperstraight6924
      @cptsuperstraight6924 ปีที่แล้ว

      20 year old homes these days are ready for repair work due to the crap pine they are made with.

  • @debblanch5977
    @debblanch5977 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked at the pineapple factory in my school holidays in the early 70s. It looked exactly as shown in this film.

  • @timn4481
    @timn4481 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    ah..back when the Australian Dream was a thing... gotta love the average Brisbane home at 5:03. Palatial by 2023 standards, and affordable.

    • @YuckFoutube-e1z
      @YuckFoutube-e1z ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Could pay that off in six months on one income.

  • @gcbification
    @gcbification 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    @7:19 for the next few seconds -- that's St Paul's high school (for boys) at Bald Hills .. lots of memories there ; it's now a co-ed school

  • @bipolatelly9806
    @bipolatelly9806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great music!
    Eric Jupp?
    (just a stab in the dark)

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Martin Long and Moneta Eagles

    • @djrbfmbfm-woa
      @djrbfmbfm-woa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Steven Moore sound like Stravinsky's history of a soldier

  • @ellessandraramsay1841
    @ellessandraramsay1841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone know if that footage of the green house is from Tenby Street at Mt Gravatt. Looks very familiar.

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes number 23. See this: www.realestate.com.au/property/23-tenby-st-mount-gravatt-qld-4122

  • @ProgressSkateboarding
    @ProgressSkateboarding 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pretty poor gimbal stabiliser on that drone footage at 0:51
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    .
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    lol

    • @NFSAFilms
      @NFSAFilms  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @Matt_from_Florida
    @Matt_from_Florida 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Triumph Herald at 16:17 is what what brought me here. I once owned a Vitesse.