Ruins of Willow Court Lunatic Asylum Tasmania

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @angusthornett
    @angusthornett  Год назад +37

    Everyone should visit Willow Court. It's interesting and free.

    • @ellenwitte4679
      @ellenwitte4679 Год назад

      It's so intriguing! It still has such a presence in New Norfolk.

    • @SteveMack
      @SteveMack Год назад

      Don't know how I missed this one at the time, but was roaming through your videos last night, and found this gem! - Very sombre reminders of how society USED TO do things! - I used to work next door to a former 'mental facility'; I worked in that field also, but this classicly built area, certainly brought home the stark changes of days gone by...

    • @JimmerofOz
      @JimmerofOz Год назад +2

      I have several times, I'm 47 now but remember walking past the place still functioning in the mid 90s at night.. to say the atmosphere was unsettling is an understatement. Great video. probably check out a few of the places youve visited next time im up that way.

    • @wizzkid051960
      @wizzkid051960 7 месяцев назад +2

      I did a ghost tour there and also visited the morgue. Was a bit creepy but interesting. All part of our history, the good the bad and the ugly.

  • @angusthornett
    @angusthornett  Год назад +94

    Thanks for tuning in everyone. This video was particularly difficult to make for a variety reasons.

    • @ausparanormal
      @ausparanormal Год назад +3

      something we know all too well about! looking forward to watching. 😊

    • @davidcarr2649
      @davidcarr2649 Год назад +4

      Thanks for your dedication to quality content. I always appreciate your uploads.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      @@davidcarr2649 Thanks for watching, David.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      @@ausparanormal Thanks again, mate

    • @CraigFenton181
      @CraigFenton181 Год назад

      A great production as always Angus. Thanks so much for sharing a lot of things about Hobart and surrounds I didn’t know about.

  • @AVMamfortas
    @AVMamfortas Год назад +18

    I had a hand in Willow Court's closure. The penultimate patients were not treated well. Dispersed mainly into remote places with little or no support. I fought for the last of them in a 'Committee' of the great and the good, driven by an unwilling Government 'servants' . I did manage to have a small, well supported village built with 24 hour medical and social support for the most vulnerable.

    • @beautifulbuds
      @beautifulbuds 8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank God for your effort. The Lord sees your heart and you tried your best. I salute you.

    • @EpiicxFuziion
      @EpiicxFuziion 6 месяцев назад +3

      One of the worst things to happen to the mentally ill and their families was the closure of the ONLY place (apart from the prison) for the severely mentally to go. My late husband is dead due to there being nowhere safe for him. He spent years on and off at Willow Court and it kept him and US safe.

    • @AVMamfortas
      @AVMamfortas 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@EpiicxFuziion You have my sympathy, m'dear.

    • @SoniaH-m4g
      @SoniaH-m4g 3 месяца назад

      @@EpiicxFuziionI’m sorry, your story isn’t the only one I’ve heard like this. The only choice for family now is a 72 hour lock up with no or very little support for the family or the mentally ill person, the system that replaced this is a revolving door that puts all at risk.

    • @Anonymous551656
      @Anonymous551656 Месяц назад

      ​@@SoniaH-m4g The Department of Health website lists several mental health inpatient and residential care facilties in Tasmania, including for extended stays. The website also describes a comprehensive mental health service being in place with specialist care teams and even 24 hour phone hotlines available. It certainly doesn't sound like there only option is a "72 hour lock up" or a "revolving door".

  • @jessicahalliday22
    @jessicahalliday22 Год назад +19

    Incredible research and storytelling here, Angus. I learn so much from every one of your videos. Keep up the brilliant work!

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thanks for the support, Jess. Huge help.

  • @gonerustic
    @gonerustic Год назад +10

    Really interesting - I did an artist residency a few years ago at one of the Willow Court buildings, owned privately and being restored. I don’t know that mental illness treatment and care is yet what it could be though; people I know personally who suffer from this are still falling through the gaps because of our state’s broken health system … we have come a long way but there is still much to be done …

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +2

      Thank you. Health care in Tasmania is wanting. Despite everyone knowing this it remains unaddressed.

  • @leandabee
    @leandabee Год назад +9

    I started in the disability sector as willow court was closing, so I have worked with many people who came out at that time. So many awful stories💔, and you have told this story with respect. The way you narrate is superb, so dignified and measured. Drone work is great as is Dogs input. 👏👏👌

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      High praise coming from someone far more connected to the site than I. Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @leandabee
      @leandabee Год назад +1

      @@angusthornett I'm never worked there, but in the group homes the people moved to when it closed down. A lot of people couldn't come to grips of freedom. Some people still hid their food or wore layers of clothes just on case they were taken away. I can't believe that it was only 23 years ago that things changed for the better 😳.

  • @rodcornelius9474
    @rodcornelius9474 Год назад +12

    Felt really sombre watching this one. I remember you could just drive through there in the early nineties. Also recall seeing a coroner's hearing in Hobart about a patient who meet a gruesome accidental death at Willow Court. It really was a case in those times of out of sight, out of mind. I'm glad we have moved on as a society. Many thanks to Dog and Angus - a tough subject presented in a professional, informative and most importantly, honest manner.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Cheers, Ron. It's a complicated subject. One that I don't know enough about. The entire site is massive. And the period is centuries long.

  • @andrewjessop8816
    @andrewjessop8816 Год назад +14

    My mum worked there for a couple of decades. Her stories always scared me. A sad history. Thanks for telling it in your usual incredible way.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Your Mum would know much more about the place than I do. That would have been very challenging work. People who work in the field do so under great pressures. This must have been especially true in the past.

  • @johnbladesmusic
    @johnbladesmusic Год назад +9

    Our history has many dark stories that need be told. Well done Angus.

  • @phillipebrall9930
    @phillipebrall9930 Год назад +10

    Thank you for the effort you invested in this outstanding, heart-rending yet optimistic narrative. The most poignant scene is the piano on the verandah. It many respects this is the story of Tasmania, as you inferred, something better is always close but never quite happens. My great-great-grandfather was a ‘magistrate’ based at New Norfolk in the early 1820s. You have helped me better understand the hell in which he lived, worked, and raised a family.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      It must have been so difficult. I actually can't get my head around it.

  • @vk7hch
    @vk7hch Год назад +6

    I went on a tour about 15 years ago when I was studying aged care. We were shown the way things "used to be". We went through Ward C, the most secure unit there, the wire protected servery and dining area, we saw the "cells" that residents had as bedrooms. Doors 100mm thick, with deep gouges from finger nails on the inside, the exterior concrete wall with its inward curve at the top to stop residents "leaving".
    It left us glad that that model of care no longer existed. Unfortunately a lot of the staff took that mentality and model of care out into external sites where they worked.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      Very difficult situation. Aged care and care in general is an underfunded part of Australian life.

  • @phillipebrall9930
    @phillipebrall9930 6 месяцев назад +4

    I am really glad you made this video nearly a year ago. It is excellent background for today’s conversations about Willow Court. This is an amazing value of your work. Thank you.

  • @roadrocket1100
    @roadrocket1100 Год назад +10

    My cousin was there in late 1960s and tragically passed away there. She was severely disabled. It was all very sad and hopeless at the time. Thank god we’ve moved on…

  • @cowofthemonth
    @cowofthemonth Год назад +3

    My mum had an older siser who never spoke a word, just smiled behind extremely thick glasses; how they knew she need those though.. She was with some apparently caring nuns through her teen years but about 1970 she went to WIllow Court aged 21. Three weeks later she was dead, pneumonia on the death certificate. Heartbreaking.

  • @LouiseZarmati
    @LouiseZarmati Год назад +20

    Absolutely brilliant work Angus. I think this is your best. But I have to declare a bit of a bias because I ran 2 archaeological excavations at Frascati House in 2017 and 2018 and I know the place well. You captured its essence exactly. It’s a very dark and sad place but fascinating nonetheless. You should enter this into a competition.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      High praise. Thanks a lot. And thanks for the research that you did. Fortunately Frascati House is still there.

  • @galaxygamer3322
    @galaxygamer3322 Год назад +8

    my maternal grandmother was put in Willow Court for 'nerves' after the death of her husband :( she lasted until February 1979, my parents had on numerous occasions arranged for a doctor to see her, in her last days apparently she was so dehydrated & starved, my parents called for the dr again, on the day she died, they passed an ambulance on the way up to see her, only to be told on arrival that she was in the ambulance, she died 14th of February 1979

  • @jonrodman2128
    @jonrodman2128 Год назад +6

    Well done once again. It is a sad place. My great great grandmother spent the last 20 years of her life at Willow Court.

  • @jennifernorris7723
    @jennifernorris7723 Год назад +3

    Very interesting unbelievable that a place like this existed. The place needs to be preserved for history

  • @AmandaBurton-g4t
    @AmandaBurton-g4t 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you I had two relatives in there and yes it was there home I will always remember visiting. I have read my Nannas sisters medical notes and I think she was one of the lucky ones. My cousin was not so lucky although happy at Willow court when he was put out to community care he was taken advantage of and not looked after a very sad time. I hope to visit one day.

  • @TrekkerPaul
    @TrekkerPaul Год назад +8

    Always an instant 'Click to watch' moment when I see a video from you. Keep it up you are a super storyteller and historian.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thanks, mate. Good to hear you liked it.

  • @kanesmith9325
    @kanesmith9325 Год назад +2

    Built 1827 , what a surprise

  • @tonimason8737
    @tonimason8737 Год назад +2

    That was very well done.
    I visited New Norfolk some years ago and thought it was a tragedy to let these historic buildings just be left to ruin.
    You shone a light on the people and buildings and now it won't be forgotten.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      It's a difficult situation on all levels. Good to hear you enjoyed it.

  • @samgeorge5320
    @samgeorge5320 11 месяцев назад +2

    great video bro! have you looked into the mudflood/tartaria/orphan trains topics? lots to unpack. really nice vid keep it up

  • @blackdogRexy
    @blackdogRexy Год назад +5

    It was a wild place having visited a relative there a few times in the 70s. I always remember a staff member telling me about the three second rule where a psych nurse would not be held accountable for striking a patient if they did it within three seconds of the patient striking them first.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +2

      People who worked in the sector then did so under great pressures. The patients and everyone had a hard time.

  • @missmollydex7163
    @missmollydex7163 Год назад +1

    Another fascinating video about forgotten history of our beautiful state. The research and time you must put into these mini documentaries is impressive, really enjoy seeing the old photos too. It's sad to think these buildings are falling into disrepair. Thank goodness you are making sure this part of Tasmanian history is recorded, sad as it was. Keep up the good work.

  • @Rex_Stuph
    @Rex_Stuph Год назад +9

    Most excellent production, mate. Really well told and produced.

  • @selbycooper9240
    @selbycooper9240 Год назад +4

    Great Doco. As someone who is presently working and doing up a part of one of the old royal derwent buildings it is great to hear so much about the history of the place. They are all extremely well built buildings and it is a shame that many are crumbling away.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it. There's so much going on up there.

  • @catherinelindsay.sculpts
    @catherinelindsay.sculpts Год назад +3

    A fantastic coverage of one of the saddest of places. Your sensitive telling of this story will always be remembered. Those poor souls going there in a Tasmanian winter in an open boat… As an 11 year old in 1960s Norfolk I still remember the darkness that exuded from that place. Thank you for showing us all its story.

  • @tabitha.studio
    @tabitha.studio Год назад +7

    Don’t know if you’ve read it for this, but The Royal Derwent Hospital; the First Ten Years 1968-1977 by Lyell Wilson is a really great, well researched and informative reference book for the later years of history at the site. 👍🏼

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +2

      I have not read that book. I've been told that it's good.

  • @denisesavage2382
    @denisesavage2382 Год назад +2

    Yeah wow. It’s certainly a place I’ve heard stories about in relation to New Norfolk. I had reason to connect with folk living there who’d been staff in its day. They were very caring people. They talk about how the dynamic of New Norfolk as a town changed once the hospital was closed.

  • @noelerbs388
    @noelerbs388 Год назад +2

    Angus, FYI I have marvelled at and enjoyed all your other productions.
    Given the topic of this one, it has taken a while to be in the right frame of mind to view it.
    It is a truly amazing piece of work, a real tribute to your talent, and commitment, for researching, assembling and scripting valuable presentations to go on the public record.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you Noel. It was a large production. Hopefully it finds a wider audience over time.

  • @PiousAugustus
    @PiousAugustus Год назад +8

    Awesome production mate, I really enjoyed this one. Well
    done.

  • @fixxundfertig
    @fixxundfertig Год назад +8

    My pop has told stories of how staff members at the Royal Derwent Hospital would sell food meant for the patients. Truly horrible.

  • @cloudstreet8214
    @cloudstreet8214 Год назад +6

    The amount of work you put into this is amazing, respect Angus.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you, yes, it's a lot of work. But it's interesting to me and I'm glad that people watch the videos I make.

  • @julzdalton1746
    @julzdalton1746 Год назад +4

    Another great video. I find this place sad, yet fascinating. I wish it wasn't in such decay. I had a relative who spent time at Lachlan Park as a teenager. Thank you for sharing this story with us all.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Yes, it is those things. Thanks for watching.

  • @sandrahealey6385
    @sandrahealey6385 Год назад +4

    Dear Angus, it's so sad the govt like us to think there is no money to preserve this history.
    Australia is rich, the govt push the narrative of lack, we neglect our seniors etc.
    Citizens don't enjoy the profits of exported iron ore and gas.
    Australia is rich, but many of us came here to serve the few. And we tend to believe there is no money until this day.
    Love your content, thank you 👍

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you for watching and for sharing your views.

  • @lukechristmas7209
    @lukechristmas7209 Год назад +1

    Willow Court would have to be one of the trickiest places to convey a story of, but I strongly believe you've captured the essence of it all, and for that I say Well Done Angus 👏 😊
    My family had moved there from NSW in the late 80's to 2000. I still remember hearing about the horid conditions that patients and staff endured there during that time, practices that even family friends whom worked there, were ashamed of. Most of them left before the shut downs, either stress related or breakdowns. Too many stories and facts to share here though.
    Once again, well done on the content you produce, and keep up the great work 😎

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      Cheers, Luke. You’re right. It’s a complicated site.

  • @gawainwoolfrey6229
    @gawainwoolfrey6229 Год назад +1

    This was an amazing video, just absolutely brilliant. I especially love how you let the landscape convey a feeling that supports your storytelling, just captivating.
    Also, it feels criminal that private ownership is allowed to let buildings become ruined. We have a bizarre property ownership system.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you. It's a complicated situation.

  • @michaelgraham808
    @michaelgraham808 Год назад +3

    Thanks

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Very generous donation to the channel, Michael. Thank you so much. It's a big help.

  • @james7149
    @james7149 Год назад +3

    A remarkable effort in creating this Angus. Because of your passion and abilities to produce these presentations, this part of Tasmanian History (and Australia’s) is not only educational but importantly not forgotten.
    Hopefully we really can learn something here that will influence the continuance of ongoing improved support for people with mental health problems and disabilities. Thank you for this important and historical presentation.👏

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you for watching. It's a long and complicated subject.

  • @ErgonBill
    @ErgonBill Год назад +1

    Well researched Angus. Sadly, during the history of Willow Court, mental health facilities in urban areas were limited to patients who were not considered a danger to themselves or others. If a crime had been committed, then they would be sent to Risdon prison hospital . If not, Willow Court was the only option as they had secure facilities. I've worked in psychiatric hospitals and escorted patients to Willow Court. They hadn't had either of the afore mentioned problems, but were just extremely disruptive to the rest of the ward. In other words, they were in the 'too hard' basket, and taken to a place which was conveniently out of sight, out of mind.

  • @blackdogRexy
    @blackdogRexy Год назад +2

    I was hoping someone could help me. On Angus' episode where it shows the rusty old boat at Old Beach it brought back childhood memories from the 70's when we would go and look at the old hull which was borderline seaworthy compared to its current state. On those trips we would also go to visit this old uncompleted mansion that was near there. My memory tells me the guy who was building it was European and had run out of money and unable to complete it. I would ask my father who took us there but he died over 20 years ago. The video brought back strong memories and I cant seem to find anything on line that refers to it in any way. If someone has any information on the old mansion and its builder I would be appreciative as it fascinates me as much now as it did 50 years ago.

  • @ManiBatchelor
    @ManiBatchelor Год назад +1

    Always wanted to know the history of this place. Every time time I would drive through New Norfolk I’d always feel an eeriness, especially around the asylum. Another brilliant upload, the particular vibe your videos bring are unmatched.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +2

      Thank you. It's an interesting town, perhaps the most interesting town in Tasmania.

  • @tims8305
    @tims8305 Год назад +1

    Thank you Angus, probably your best to date. Tells a sad and shocking account in your wonderful idiosyncratic style. When you visit Willow Court even now there is a strange and somewhat sad atmosphere even on a sunny day and you can just feel that some bad things happened there. Many of those bad things were still happening in our recent lifetime which is even more shocking.

  • @melg1329
    @melg1329 8 месяцев назад +2

    I love the way you tell the stories.
    So unique 🙌💯🥰

  • @tonimason8737
    @tonimason8737 Год назад +1

    Thanks

  • @helenmundy2120
    @helenmundy2120 24 дня назад +1

    Just watched the willow court another great history lesson thanks Angus 🙂

  • @anthonysmith434
    @anthonysmith434 Год назад +3

    Always look forward to your insight of Hobart and it’s surrounds. We visited New Norfolk yesterday and have visited some of the other locations in your videos since we have been here on holidays. Thanks for your efforts making these videos.

  • @nikiharris2848
    @nikiharris2848 Год назад +1

    Yay! So glad you are back with another one, I love hearing the stories behind all of the historic remnants that can be found all over the state!

  • @nadiaminerva
    @nadiaminerva 2 месяца назад +1

    Just found your video and was so pleased to find you had a lot of general info about the place. I was over on holiday a little while ago and am a bit of a history nerd myself. Plan on moving over by the end of the year. Goimg to explore your channel and am hoping for more clips of local places of a similar calibre.
    Thanks for uploading this. Great work! 👌👏🏽

  • @cathykilleen2716
    @cathykilleen2716 Год назад +3

    Great work - thank you for posting

  • @Kyzoh
    @Kyzoh 7 месяцев назад +1

    Such an interesting and insightful video. Watching a show lately randomly jogged my mind of when I lived near here for a few years. This is more than I thought I would find on the place and left me feeling something I can't really explain.
    Great video! Thank you for sharing.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  7 месяцев назад

      Glad you got something out of it. The place is unique.

  • @tristanpauljones
    @tristanpauljones Год назад +3

    Another excelent video Angus, and educational for many of us.....

  • @maryelizabeth8839
    @maryelizabeth8839 Год назад +3

    Fascinating Angus thank you! Love Harry's stone alter ego.

  • @Alonsel3
    @Alonsel3 Год назад +2

    Truly such quite stories within the every day that stound out so far

  • @MatthewHarrold
    @MatthewHarrold 9 месяцев назад

    I worked for 6 weeks in 1989 across the road at The Royal Derwent Hospital, a trial period for a possible Psych Nursing traineeship (just before nursing training became school based), my mother was briefly a patient at Willow Court a few years earlier (hence the stupid short-lived career blooper), and I played many dozens of gigs at the Bush Inn with my band Complex Minds in 1988. Great video Angus. I've been binge watching them. $0.02

  • @RetroTvVideos
    @RetroTvVideos Год назад +3

    I am only getting mono sound on this video is it meant to be like that?

  • @waratah5422
    @waratah5422 Год назад +3

    Well done, a great reminder of our not so great past

  • @stevetabley3984
    @stevetabley3984 Год назад +1

    Thankyou Angus-that was done with great sensitivity and understanding. I lived and worked there in the 80's and loved it -many good things were happening and then it closed-so many memories and so many stories -unbelievable, sad ,good, bad, happy and ridiculous-so difficult to relate this recently bygone era of mental health care to others.

  • @ianmynard431
    @ianmynard431 6 месяцев назад +2

    I decided to become a psychiatric nurse in the early 80s. I applied there as I was going serious with a lady from Hobart, however there was, I was told a policy of the time, they would only employ people from Tasmania... I was Victorian.. Well I think I dodged a bullet there... I went to have great career in psych nursing in Vic, SA, Qld..

  • @emilyjane2446
    @emilyjane2446 10 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video man! Thanks for all the interesting facts and information. Have long wondered wtf happened here after passing through a couple of times.
    Thanks !

  • @ElkayLive
    @ElkayLive 4 месяца назад

    The building at 0:27 my uncle use to rent out the far wing for a work shop about 10- 15 years ago. Was pretty decent space to work. Use to work pretty late there had a couple of odd experiences nothing much to write home about though.

  • @dinoaustralia7752
    @dinoaustralia7752 Год назад +3

    Appreciate these videos so much especially because I know it takes soo much work to put this all together. Thank you 🙏

  • @pete3796
    @pete3796 Год назад +2

    You always do research. Great video Angus. Was emotional.

  • @faithyo
    @faithyo Год назад +1

    Love these videos about Tasmanian History, please give us more and more and more!

  • @johntennant7821
    @johntennant7821 Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed your informative history of this wretched place. My mother worked there in the 50's, she was a registered nurse and said it was a very sad and brutal place. Only employed there for 3 years.
    She mentioned female patients were at times sexually abused by male staff members during her time she worked there.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      I am aware of such things. I was not informed enough to go into them however.

  • @grantreid8583
    @grantreid8583 Год назад

    When i was in high school on the north west coast we had people that came to the school from willow court and talked about the facility and demonstrated strait jackets etc.

    • @grantreid8583
      @grantreid8583 Год назад

      I forgot to mention this was around 1976.

  • @colin.mall3tt
    @colin.mall3tt Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed that. It was well researched and produced. I can attest to the stigma that surrounded the place as I had two Great Grandparents and at least one cousin resident there. I visited recently and wish I'd watched this first!

  • @Guvna947
    @Guvna947 Год назад +8

    The state is spending the money on a stadium instead.

  • @aslavetomybones
    @aslavetomybones Год назад

    I was scanning cheap places to rent on an Australian real estate site and I came across rooms to rent in this amazing yet creepy art deco building, later I found out it was the the admin building for willow court. It was then- I realized, what it was all part of and researched further…..i thought “ I have to go down there and check this place out and film it in my own style for my tiny little RUclips channel. So…i searched it up on YT and your episode was the first one. There is no way known I could even get close to the research photography and narration and work you have undertaken to expose such a sad and shocking place that I'm sure hardly anyone knows about. I may still get down there and do it in my own style, but thank you for bringing to light, so brilliantly a place that everyone in Australia and Tasmania are trying hard to forget it ever existed in the first place. Btw I just finished filming the old Melbourne gaol, originally it is meant for a music film clip for a close friend and musician, but I will also use the footage for an episode on my own YT channel - all the best Mike

  • @Jescah777
    @Jescah777 Год назад +1

    Been waiting for Willow Court to be done. Nice job.

  • @RogerTCross
    @RogerTCross Год назад +2

    One of your best yet. Thanks Angus!

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thank you, Roger. Quite very generous, mate. It's a big help to me and to the channel's future content.

  • @Guvna947
    @Guvna947 Год назад +2

    I did find this very good, thanks for telling me what all of those buildings were

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      There are many more buildings. I only covered a few. It's worth visiting in person. It's all free to just go and look. New Norfolk is actually quite a nice place also.

  • @TimWilkin
    @TimWilkin 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks Angus, i appreciate your work.

  • @craigprocter1232
    @craigprocter1232 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks Angus, another great article. The falling into disuse and being decripid hit me hard as that is how I felt the past few times I visited Hobart. I love the place but it severely depressed me with how run-down everything was and how the poverty remained (one of the reasons I left in the 1990). Driving through Lutana, Moonah etc. it was like nothing had changed, sure there were some shiny new housing estates on the other side of the river but the disparity between Tranmere and the 'other side of the hill' Claredon Vale and Rokeyby just made me even sadder. As you say the state just doesn't have the money to improve things and that makes me sad.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  11 месяцев назад +1

      The main thing keeping the northern suburbs poor are the pokies.

  • @wizzkid051960
    @wizzkid051960 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great commentary and history lesson. Thankyou.

  • @hawthorngrove3629
    @hawthorngrove3629 Год назад +1

    My English ancestors were some of the Convicts that were transported from Norfolk Island to New Norfolk. Many were married in the beautiful white church and later settled in Gretna and Back River. The Bush Inn was operated by one of their many descendants. On the other side of my family (the Daniah side), my grandfather and his sister were placed in The Royal Derwent, sometime in the early 1920's. I was never told any of the sad but surely fascinating stories of our past, but I like to imagine that it wasn't all bad.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      Few things are all bad. You have an interesting family history.

  • @nickwatson2217
    @nickwatson2217 Год назад +1

    Looking forward to your ashley video in 20 years!
    Seriously awesome content mate. Thanks for all of it!

  • @stripeyhorse
    @stripeyhorse Год назад +2

    what a great video. Well done mate. Loved it.. They just keep getting better and better.. Well worth being a Patreon to support you as well.

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      K-Dog in the house! K-Dog in the house!!

  • @staceygaspero7035
    @staceygaspero7035 Год назад +1

    I want to visit it but everytime I go it's closed so can't get it to look and also would love to do the ghost tour of willow court as well

  • @JamezKelly
    @JamezKelly Год назад +3

    Looking forward to it. :)

  • @Deadshotaud
    @Deadshotaud Год назад

    As always remarkable content. Love it. Keep it up. Loving the history of the hobart region.

  • @wolfgangshmit7333
    @wolfgangshmit7333 Год назад +1

    We used to swim in the pool as young kids, and we had our school plays in the theatre. My mother worked in the hospital as a nurse untill it was closed In 2000. 25 year's later i ended up supporting two gentlemen that were in ward 10 when they were younger.

  • @tanethomas
    @tanethomas Год назад +1

    Filmography is increasingly polished bro!

  • @boggonails1881
    @boggonails1881 Месяц назад

    Great storytelling my man 🫡

  • @sbgaming3625
    @sbgaming3625 Год назад +3

    Can you do the history of Beaconsfield gold mine

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      I don't have the resources to travel there. Interesting subject though.

  • @GaryAguilera223
    @GaryAguilera223 7 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video very interesting.

  • @jonathanhodgkin6546
    @jonathanhodgkin6546 Год назад +1

    Lovely to see you back for another history adventure😊

  • @TassieDave87
    @TassieDave87 Месяц назад

    this ones full of history, loving ur videos

  • @NightmareR27
    @NightmareR27 Год назад +1

    Bloody love your work brother!! Awesome

  • @20centurymodern
    @20centurymodern Год назад +2

    Not sure they’re all equal now (your ending comments) and necessarily your opinion of such places closing down were an advancement for society. Mental health is now out of sight out of mind. Much like a lot of issues I society now the free market model means “personal responsibility” Perhaps as we can’t physically see mental health care now it’s assumed it’s all rosy, when in fact there is a long way to go. A great video production Angus, a shame you couldn’t have been there a decade earlier when all of the western ward wings stood, sadly trashed and vandalised. Keep up the good work with your insightful productions

  • @willlincoln7471
    @willlincoln7471 Год назад +1

    The book is so good. Troubled asylum. And this video is so well made. Well done you

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад +1

      Thank you. Yes, it's an excellent book.

  • @CorstaDMack
    @CorstaDMack Год назад +1

    We moved there from Sydney when I was a teen, drive through the main gates, go down the hill over the bridge and first blue house on the right, had many creepy nights in those buildings 😂

  • @peterclark1150
    @peterclark1150 Год назад +2

    Powerful video. Great stuff.

  • @janieoak9920
    @janieoak9920 Год назад +2

    I live over the road from Willow Court 😊

  • @Meg0860
    @Meg0860 Год назад +2

    very informative a great video once again, thank you, loved it 😃

  • @benjaminparkinson5255
    @benjaminparkinson5255 Год назад

    Well done mate so proud of you for making this

  • @HoganNerd
    @HoganNerd Год назад

    Thanks Angus, this is one of your best vids

  • @bigears4014
    @bigears4014 Год назад +2

    Some of the escapees ended up in molesworth and glenlusk over the years , some undressed, but none were violent just confused

  • @haydenwindsor4915
    @haydenwindsor4915 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

    • @angusthornett
      @angusthornett  Год назад

      Thanks, Hayden. Big help. Appreciate it, mate.