Two fun facts about governor arthur phillip: 1 Manly on the harbourside beach is where Phillip was speared through the chest by an aboriginal warrior. He forbade any retaliation, declaring the warriors "manly' - and creating the name of the famous beachside suburb. 2 Phillip died in England, after finishing his term as the new south wales governor, by falling out of an upstairs window. But the odd bit was that he was confined to a wheelchair at the time. Oh, and one last one: after the first death of a settler at the hands of an aboriginal in sydney harbour (the first death on either side, not counting Cook's various run ins with the locals) Phillip sent out a squad through the bush down to what is now Mascot (where the airport is) with orders to capture the killer and bring his head back. After a week or two of roaming about not particularly enthusiastically, the squad came back and reported they couldnt find anyone, to which Phillip replied, "righto" ( I made the exact quote up, but that was the gist of it). Then everyone carried on as before. In fairness, if youve ever seen emus in the wild at full speed youd know how impossible it would be to shoot them. They are beautifully fast.
Aussies > Tough as nails and successful in wartime Aussies > The only ones to live in a place where everything tries to kill you Aussies > Loses war to a bird Canadians > Tough as nails and successful in wartime Canadians > Successful war criminals Canadians > Has to fight with geese over territory I can feel the pain guys even from across the globe 🤣
@@HistoryBuffno idea where Laura’s from, but as a Brit - fair play. As a Geordie (English Citizen from Newcastle Upon Tyne), I say the word don’t as ‘divent’, no reason why, it’s just how I speak. Loving the Yeehaw Historians ( ;) ) doing this as a married couple, it’s beautiful. Keep up the good work!
I mean if you played the whole thing about the vikings he said "you'd be wrong" if you said "The viking discovered it" I think you just paused two time, both early for him to finish the sentence. Also that gun mounted truck was the worst idea they had. There was no road, it was just wild and bumpy farmland. Of course they would crash.
Ok there is no way the Vikings went to Australia lol! Also that would be a hilarious April Fools' song for Sabaton to cover the Emu war! I had never heard of this, learned something new
Lol, what's happening Allen!? Yea, I felt like a punk for believing it for half a second. I thought about editing that out, but that's not how I roll! LOL
Two fun facts about governor arthur phillip:
1 Manly on the harbourside beach is where Phillip was speared through the chest by an aboriginal warrior. He forbade any retaliation, declaring the warriors "manly' - and creating the name of the famous beachside suburb.
2 Phillip died in England, after finishing his term as the new south wales governor, by falling out of an upstairs window. But the odd bit was that he was confined to a wheelchair at the time.
Oh, and one last one: after the first death of a settler at the hands of an aboriginal in sydney harbour (the first death on either side, not counting Cook's various run ins with the locals) Phillip sent out a squad through the bush down to what is now Mascot (where the airport is) with orders to capture the killer and bring his head back. After a week or two of roaming about not particularly enthusiastically, the squad came back and reported they couldnt find anyone, to which Phillip replied, "righto" ( I made the exact quote up, but that was the gist of it). Then everyone carried on as before.
In fairness, if youve ever seen emus in the wild at full speed youd know how impossible it would be to shoot them. They are beautifully fast.
The "Vikings discovered Australia" joke was also a reference to the same joke that Oversimplified made in the American Revolution series. LOL
Fat Election did a good video on the Emu War and put it into decent perspective as to why everyone thought Australia "lost."
Aussies > Tough as nails and successful in wartime
Aussies > The only ones to live in a place where everything tries to kill you
Aussies > Loses war to a bird
Canadians > Tough as nails and successful in wartime
Canadians > Successful war criminals
Canadians > Has to fight with geese over territory
I can feel the pain guys even from across the globe 🤣
More oversimplified with the mrs
Emu's taste like the toughest stringy beef just my opinion Cheers from Oz
Why can not a single American pronounce "Emu"? They literally say it like a hundred times in this video and you're still mispronouncing it 🤦♀️
Idk, same reason Australians don't pronounce the letter R when it's there and pronounce it when it's not. Kinda how the world works, Linda.
@@HistoryBuffno idea where Laura’s from, but as a Brit - fair play. As a Geordie (English Citizen from Newcastle Upon Tyne), I say the word don’t as ‘divent’, no reason why, it’s just how I speak.
Loving the Yeehaw Historians ( ;) ) doing this as a married couple, it’s beautiful. Keep up the good work!
I mean if you played the whole thing about the vikings he said "you'd be wrong" if you said "The viking discovered it"
I think you just paused two time, both early for him to finish the sentence.
Also that gun mounted truck was the worst idea they had.
There was no road, it was just wild and bumpy farmland. Of course they would crash.
They obviously aren't very good historians
Ok there is no way the Vikings went to Australia lol! Also that would be a hilarious April Fools' song for Sabaton to cover the Emu war! I had never heard of this, learned something new
Lol, what's happening Allen!? Yea, I felt like a punk for believing it for half a second. I thought about editing that out, but that's not how I roll! LOL
@@HistoryBuff those sorts of genuine wtf moments are great 😂😂
Can u check the rise of the abbasid caliphate by epic history, its a very good summary of Middle Eastern history in the 8th and 9th century
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