Elizabeth Street Hobart - Forgotten Tasmania
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2021
- Hobart Town grew up along Elizabeth Street, but how many of our old buildings are still there and how many have been lost?
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Forgotten Tasmania shares the wonder of Tasmania with the world.
John Watt Beattie left a legacy. He started a passion for Tasmania that is still burning more than 90 years after his death. His photographic collection gives us a view of Tasmania’s wilderness, industry, our people, both those that arrived in the last 200 years and those that were here before; our indigenous, convict and colonial ancestors.
These photographs are an extraordinary window into our past, they can take us back in time and show us how things have stayed the same or changed with the ebb and flow of history.
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Well done . Thankyou for the interesting and relaxed commentary. Very enjoyable .
Thank you for these. From someone who wishes they lived in Tas.
I’ve just discovered this, Boxing Day 2022. It’s brilliant so thanks for putting it together and uploading.
Thankyou for the lovely tour of beautiful old Hobart town.
A wonderful presentation. So pleased that someone cares about old Hobart history and preserves the memory. My great great grandfather was Edward Giles Ford who ran the business Ford & Harris on Morrison Street Wharf next to the Risby building with the Mariners Church opposite. Their name can be seen on the big wooden boardbetween the Mariners Church and Risbys chimney. Ford and Harris had their timber yard there and their ships used to load up on the waterfront opposite. They owned many acres at Garden Island Creek where they had their saw mill. They took goods and timber to the mainland capitals and across the Tasman to New Zealand.
Wow, I did not know hobart used to look like this.... Now it looks like Los Angeles. Big buildings, sketchy people but not always sketchy people.
this was really cool
Fantastic. What I would give to go back and have a wander around.
Again, a stunner! You will always have my support in doing what you do and preserving Hobart's (and Tasmania's) historical legacies! I did NOT know of the air-raid shelters....wow - or indeed the underground toilets (sadly now gone) and replaced (or so they were in the 1970's) by 'pay' toilets! I remember having on several occasions having to spend a penny, to 'spend a penny' at the bus stop on Elizabeth Street next to Franklin Square!!! Also, I started working for the Comm Bank at the Hobart Head Office on 16th June 1976 - before being transferred to Launceston in late 1977..............ahhhhhhhhhhh memories! Again, thank you for all you do.........................
Forgotten Tasmania, Outstanding presentation as usual.
Priceless history. Thank you.
I loved this presentation of the old Hobart and look forward to the next instalment.
What a fantastic doco. Am I right in thinking that Hobart looked a lot busier back in the day?
Thank you. Yes, I think it looked busier. Things were a lot more centralised and we didn’t have massive shopping complexes in the suburbs. A lot of people worked in the city and we had public transport to support that daily commute. People even went home for lunch and came back to work on public transport. Then the car killed public transport and when motorists got sick of the commute, things decentralised. Well, that’s my take on it.
@@ForgottenTasmania That makes sense to me. I love the old trams in the photos. My father migrated to Hobart from Europe in 1952 and befriended a Michael Cumming. I wonder if Michael was related to the Cumming business shown in your docco. Thank you for this series - it is a wonderful antidote to Melbourne's endless lockdowns.
This is fantastic. Thoroughly interesting. Thanks.
Fascinating - thank you. These presentations are enthralling.
Thank you John, another beautiful representation of Hobart past and present.
Doesn't the car have a lot to answer for, tearing down historic buildings just to park CARS. And more yet to widen roads so they can drive where they want to at a speed guaranteed to endanger pedestrians and cyclists and yet it still happens, the latest I can think of was the building once known as Vodaphone by Sultans. Don't forget all the verandahs which were removed because their lovely decorative posts were regularly hit by parking cars. Thanks for another wonderful video,
Fantastic historical presentation of Hobart, thank you 🙏
Thanks for this, John. As a relative, I have been looking for photos that give a glimpse of the Burrows and Meek leather goods shop in Elizabeth Street and hey presto! There's one in your video! Another relative was from the Propsting family and so I'm intrigued too by the photo of premises with their name on it! Thanks again!
Fantastic John!!! Best one yet 👍
Really really enjoying your channel John (with some additions from Jim P). Great work, keep it up. Cheers David.
One of he main differences between Launceston and Hobart is that Launceston has kept many of its original building. Thus Launceston is a much better city to walk around in; in my opinion.
Congratulations. Your presentation is very interesting and with your own, natural commentary throughout, it has been a real pleasure. very down to earth and so easy to follow. Thankyou so much. Cheers, John (Launceston,Tas)
Thank you again John. An excellent presentation - thoroughly interesting and enjoyable
Thank you for your help.
Hi, there I am like the videos you are posting keep them coming it shows the way they live in the old days to when we live in today so will dune and stay safe.
Good one John
Just checking for indian domes !...thanks wasnt disappointed....they are worldwide !
I didn't know the secrets of franklin Squair 👍
looks like the old west during the early 1900s. it's interesting to see how Tasmania evolved in 200 years.
I can rember netilfodes having there tractor sales yard on the hobart water front
Thank you..
Anything further up Elizabeth Street?
108 even?
Very enjoyable - PS Tunnack is Southern Midlands - not Central Highlands
Great video John! Are you making any more or is this the end? If you're not (or if you are, even) are there any resources you think would be good for furthering knowledge of Tasmanian history?
Hi Eugene. Yes I’m making more. I had intended to start again in February, but a few things have slowed me down. But I have several episodes in production and they will be out this year. The Allport library/museum and state library are great sources. Tas uni has lots of great articles too. There are local history groups that have talk nights, TMAG, QVMAG, and if you ever get a historian talking… and I have about. 60 videos on my channel. Enjoy. Thanks for the nice comment.
The fence is cast iron and some of it went to launceston, i think edmund rouse had some
Where can I get a copy of this map which clearly shows Park Street which is where my family lived
Hi Jan. maps came from Uni of Tas online library. Ref AUTAS001131821639 if you just Google that number, it should come up.
My partner and I would really love to see your collection, where can we see the whole collection, thanks simon
I’d love to show it to you, but it’s all in storage awaiting a museum, maybe one day. All the digitised photos are at www.beattiesstudio.com and there’s a small display at Winnings Newsagency in North Hobart. If I ever get a museum I will let everyone know.
Thank you for sharing this interesting video. But was not a favourite of your elevator music choice 🤣 But enjoyed the video and history very much.
I find it so hard to pick music, but I’m getting help with my new videos and hope to get better at it. Thanks for the feedback, I do appreciate the audience helping me get better. Cheers.
Fantastic video ....wonderful info on a great place...only issue for me is the distracting text ..especially a few incorrectly interpreted words ...)Otherwise brilliant ...Thanks so much ..
I thought the gates at the Royal Botanical Gardens came from Franklin Square?
FlangeGasket64 there are many good theories.
But they have torn down many beautiful buildings to replace them with ugly mess.
Sadly, yes. I went looking for colonial era buildings and found only 1 in 5 city blocks.
I have a book of the ol d ho Bart titled pictorial portrayalof Tasmania’s past presented Tome by Bill Stevenson Son of Arch Steve soon partner of John Watt Beatty a lovely memento
That’s my late fathers book. A real beauty. Enjoy.
so the pictures i buy from auctions that have the beatie writing on them are actual history...ive brought heaps just for it being tasmanian or hobart set...omg send me your email i want to send some pics to you and tell me what storys they are dude...haughton and forrest i have originals too
Besides the music being bad, the story of Aussie towns is sad. Unlike in Europe, no bombs were dropped, but more damage was done by culture hating 20th c. architects. Australian cities would have been the most beautiful in the world.
Tartarian architecture ..all ways been there no pommie prisoners built it... been there post office mud flooded . same architecture all over the World...🗿
Very strange how ya mudflood NOT ONCE mentioned in newspapers of the day....
Why is it that so many think sleazy jazz is sophistication? It is bothersome at best. It is unmusical and tuneless. Please remake. There is so much classical or new sounds by the likes of Max Richter or Philip Glass...to get an idea of good background music watch BBC Blue Planet series.
I liked the story but my teeth were grinding...that bothersome, brain cell killing jazz endlessly digging away. Why do some think we all love jazz?