Just came home to Melbourne from visiting my nation's capital and I loved it! My parents brought me to Canberra when I was 7 years old (new Parliament wasn't even built), and I had never returned. Well, I returned after 38 odd years this week and I LOOOOOVED it. It actually made me very proud to be Australian...when you see what our Parliament was built around and the meaning behind how 'modest' it is. We're a great country, with problems, but we're a WONDERFUL country and this must be our focus...because we deserve to be proud of who and what we are...warts and all.
Dear Tony, I love your body of work. To discuss the history of Canberra without mentioning Walter Burley Griffin, the Public Service, Duntroon, ANU (1st in Australia, 30th in the world) or Jervis Bay is surprising. I grew up in that big country town. It is where I did my primary, secondary and tertiary education. I agree that it was a place without solar panels UNTIL the Raiders and the Brumbies came along. It is the best place in Australia for young families (quality and availability of education, services, sporting facilities, parks and playgrounds) but probably still the worst place for teenagers (venues, music and outlets). Just a little story from my youth: I asked a girl out from another school and she seemed delighted. My mother, a Public Servant, whom I had not informed of my new friend, advised me that I needed to be careful because she was the daughter of a Deputy Secretary. Canberra is/was a very incestuous place.
So I just had to make this comment. This was bizzare. Tony Robinsons walking history shows were one of my dads favourite shows, so to have him do one in Canberra, my dad would have loved. That White Lady Funeral Home was where my dads funeral was.
I grew up in Canberra, Ainslie in particular. From my experience, those kind of derogatory comments won't get much of a reaction. What does get completely get Canberrans' collective goat is when in lazy journalism, instead of saying "the federal government did such and such" instead it will read "Canberra did such and such." Canberra is no just the parliament and this kind of conflation of the residents of Canberra with whatever the federal government might be doing is an annoyance.
20:51 - The Rookwood Mortuary Station has a mirror image at Regent Street Station, adjacent to Central in Sydney, from which funeral trains used to go. Interesting that London has a cemetery called Brookwood and there was once also a Mortuary station attached to Waterloo.
It's amazing how long ago this episode was filmed. Where Tony is standing on grass is in the middle of Northbourne Avenue (last 40 second of the episode) and has been replace by the light rail line into the city, the ugly mid-century concrete building over his right shoulder and the other three buildings on that block have all been demolished and replaced with two high rise (for Canberra) office towers and the blue glassed building over his left shoulders has also had a face lift. So much has changed over the last 10 years.
*Filming date: May 2013* From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
I spent a couple of years of my high school years in Canberra. One of those years was at Campbell High School at the base of Mount Ainslie right next door to the National War Memorial. Once a month, they made us students run to the top of Mount Ainslie & back to the school. I was undefeated as King of the Mountain
*Filming date: May 2013* From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
Canberra does actually mean “The meeting place” from a local Aboriginal word - from an article in “The Canberra Post”…great presentation as always. Thank you
Canberra in autumn looks a lot like an American or British city in that season. In Australia the only other city that has that look is Hobart, isn’t it?
Beautiful city, lovely people. Loads of green spaces. Its such a quiet peaceful place. Some wonderful parks and buildings. There are always fun things to do. Pity about the politicians though. The media and rest of Australia blames 'Canberra' for every unpopular political decision.
*Filming date: May 2013* From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
Canberra is said to be cold, at least by Australian standards. And toilets had to be ventilated by louvers. Word drifted over to Perth, where I served as vice-consul, that Bill Battle. the American ambassador got tired of freezing his butt when he relieved himself, so he stuffed newspapers between the slats. Someone snitched , police investigated and Battle had to remove the newspapers. Australia seemed beset by petty rules. Our Consul tried to burn retired classified documents in an incinerator behind the Consular residence, He'd barely struck a match when a Constable appeared and asked to see his burn permit. He also wanted to see what was being burned. Because of the sensitive nature of the documents, the Consul stonewalled. The Consstable grabbed a hose, put out the fire and issued a summons. He also demanded that the Consul turn over some of the soggy documents as evidence. Somehow the Consul managed to persuade the law to back off. Actually that regulation was not petty. Fire in Australia can be deadly. But its implementation in that case did seem nitpicky. The Consul acquired an Alsatian (German Shepherd) bitch and by not telling the government unwittingly contravened the Alsatian Dog Act of 1962, a draconian law that classified Alsatians as vermin.Alsatians were reputed to be sheep kllers. He kept the law at bay by hiding the beast in the residence. .
…and quite surreal to see him being so knowledgeable about Canberra and Australian History in general, having seen him talk about the ancient and modern world elsewhere for decades, as well as a comedic actor.
He’s from the UK and calls the king or queen of "England“ instead of Britain. I would’ve expected something like that from an American but not from a Brit himself…
My family went there in 1988 we’re from Canada we were horrible we my brother and I rolled down the parliament building because it’s grass and we were kids so yeah we played down Parliament building there was pretty much nobody there in 88
Hahaha. Us local kids rolled down the lawn many many times. Canberra was designed to accommodate the political hub of the country. The origins were never aimed at tourism, but at making life 'relaxing and pleasant' for the people living there. 'To facilitate them being in the best of mind to perform their political responsibilities'
. 0:13 سلام عليكم. من امام علي را دیدم در عالم بيداري در اطاقم گفتم بهش کله قرآن را با دو کلمه یادم بده صورتش را به طرف چپ کرد و دوباره به صورت نگاه کرد گفت (دخان حمد ) بعد ۴سال تحقیق کردم فهمیدم که دخان کشور استرالیا که توش هستم میشه سوره انکبوت دخان کشور آمريکا میشه سوره نسا(ناسا )دخان کشور روسیه میشه سوره مریم دخان کشور آفریقا میشه سوره یوسف دخان کشور عربستان میشه سوره بقره دخان کشور عراق میشه سوره منافقون دخان کشور ایران میشه سوره یاسین دخان کشور چین میشه سوره لقمان( کازینو ) .،؟بهترین مثال برای کلمه دخان میشه (ابر در آسمان ) که در تفاوت لیل و نهار دور زمین میچرخه. در کله زمين قرآن جاری است ولی برعکس یعنی حتا چیدن خانه ها. خلاصه بيگ بنگ دروغ است و حيات ابدي روي زمين باید ورق بخوره این دعا فراموش نشه. خدايا زندگي ابدي روي زمين روي زمين را نسیب ما بگردان الله همه ارزقنا حيات ابدي منل عرض. و لقط نماز به هر بی نماز پیامک بشه و نترسید به کله ادیان وزبان نماز بخون . صادق استرالیا یاعلی 🚬🌪🕯🌏🌎🌍🌐☝️ 0:41 . SSS 333 صبحانه الذي خلق ال ملك والملکوت ٠ Blessed eternal life on earth learn how to pray in 27 minutes at RUclips rezen eternal . P X R X دشمنت کیه ؟ M T N S 1:23 P X R X how is your aname ? M T N S 1:39 Spider 🕸 Sadegh Haydar Ali انکبوت Address 🏫 10 / 88 Ainslie Avenue Reid ACT 2612 23:19 کوشن 2:09 MediceN 2:50 .
I’m a descendant of the the Australian hostory , there is a book ! Called . The Four Pioneers of the limestone plains ! Tony ! I’m a descendant of the the land owners where government house is erected !
He lost me at the beginning, as he appeared ignorant of the winning design of Canberra being by Walter and Marion Griffin. Much less - the controversy of their winning the competition as Americans, when there had been a strong campaign by the local architects to restrict the competition to British Empire architects only. The second winner was actually Finnish. The local bureaucrats wanted to make up their own design by taking bits and pieces from all the entries. Fortunately the local Minister for Home Affairs, King O'Malley, squashed that. But in so doing Walter and Marion earned the undying enmity of those locals in charge, who did their best to stymy all Walter's efforts. Leading to a Royal Commission in 1917 - being so important at that time of World War 1. And Walter's resignation in 1920, having had one too many insults from those still resisting his design, his planning and his directions. Castlecrag in Sydney was to be the eventual beneficiary.
Just in case you try searching for it "Sydney", with a y not an I, is where the first fleet and many other convict ships landed. The colony was started in Sydney before spreading out.
Very,very boring city.😅 I am 5 months in Australia and where ever you go its same,fu... same every houses streets everything is same. GOD ,I LOVE EUROPE ❤️
A town full tax leaches. Should be handed back to NSW, made its state capital. Relocate national capital to Alice Springs, put tax dollars, infrastructure, and public servants where we need them, in the desert.
Even cis women who don't 'present as female' enough for the liking of TERFs are now being confronted in women's toilets and asked if they're 'really female' (i.e. not trans).
And Canberra in the Hebrew language translates literally to CAPITAL, and Hebrew is a language that has no modern words in it, as it was written thousands of years ago. Likewise, the Hebrew word for wireless communications is HA RADIO (The RADIO)!!!!!!
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I will watch anything at all if Tony Robinson is in it. He could read a phone book and I'd watch. I've loved him since his Baldrick days!
I agree. Anything with Sir Tony in it gets a watch from me
Do you reckon he has a big knob? Seems like he would
Just came home to Melbourne from visiting my nation's capital and I loved it!
My parents brought me to Canberra when I was 7 years old (new Parliament wasn't even built), and I had never returned.
Well, I returned after 38 odd years this week and I LOOOOOVED it.
It actually made me very proud to be Australian...when you see what our Parliament was built around and the meaning behind how 'modest' it is.
We're a great country, with problems, but we're a WONDERFUL country and this must be our focus...because we deserve to be proud of who and what we are...warts and all.
That intro killed me. 🤣
The name Canberra is also derived from an Indigenous word for 'meeting place'
More Tony Robinson, nice! Thank you.
I also like the ones with the curly blond british woman. I hope there are more of those
@@thepeff Suzannah Lipscomb? I think she’s the best!
Dear Tony, I love your body of work. To discuss the history of Canberra without mentioning Walter Burley Griffin, the Public Service, Duntroon, ANU (1st in Australia, 30th in the world) or Jervis Bay is surprising. I grew up in that big country town. It is where I did my primary, secondary and tertiary education. I agree that it was a place without solar panels UNTIL the Raiders and the Brumbies came along. It is the best place in Australia for young families (quality and availability of education, services, sporting facilities, parks and playgrounds) but probably still the worst place for teenagers (venues, music and outlets). Just a little story from my youth: I asked a girl out from another school and she seemed delighted. My mother, a Public Servant, whom I had not informed of my new friend, advised me that I needed to be careful because she was the daughter of a Deputy Secretary. Canberra is/was a very incestuous place.
Born and raised in the '70's & 80's in the old north Canberra. It's nothing like it was even 20 yrs ago.
"was a very incestuous place*
So you father was the deputy secretary?
@@furryblue6377nowhere is 👎🏻 sad but true . Wrecking our cities in the name of progression !
So I just had to make this comment. This was bizzare. Tony Robinsons walking history shows were one of my dads favourite shows, so to have him do one in Canberra, my dad would have loved.
That White Lady Funeral Home was where my dads funeral was.
i love Time Walks thx Tony and Team
Im a Cronulla boy but I love Canberra. Especially in the autumn. The buildings that emphasise the era prior to 1960 are the best.
From a little old-er lady in Everett, Wash. U.S.A. What a great town and story, thank you very much.
As a Canberran native, I really appreciated the little things most people skip over. You gave it it's old character I grew up with.
I grew up in Canberra, Ainslie in particular. From my experience, those kind of derogatory comments won't get much of a reaction. What does get completely get Canberrans' collective goat is when in lazy journalism, instead of saying "the federal government did such and such" instead it will read "Canberra did such and such." Canberra is no just the parliament and this kind of conflation of the residents of Canberra with whatever the federal government might be doing is an annoyance.
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Completely agree.
MSM seem to do that more when there's a LNP government.
20:51 - The Rookwood Mortuary Station has a mirror image at Regent Street Station, adjacent to Central in Sydney, from which funeral trains used to go. Interesting that London has a cemetery called Brookwood and there was once also a Mortuary station attached to Waterloo.
It's amazing how long ago this episode was filmed. Where Tony is standing on grass is in the middle of Northbourne Avenue (last 40 second of the episode) and has been replace by the light rail line into the city, the ugly mid-century concrete building over his right shoulder and the other three buildings on that block have all been demolished and replaced with two high rise (for Canberra) office towers and the blue glassed building over his left shoulders has also had a face lift. So much has changed over the last 10 years.
*Filming date: May 2013*
From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
I spent a couple of years of my high school years in Canberra. One of those years was at Campbell High School at the base of Mount Ainslie right next door to the National War Memorial. Once a month, they made us students run to the top of Mount Ainslie & back to the school. I was undefeated as King of the Mountain
2002. Fraser Primary school.
We were the O.G. class project of doing a "blue poles" piece. Looked better than the original.
*Filming date: May 2013*
From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
Thank you, Sir Robinson your explanation of history is well worth listening to.
Sir Tony, actually that's why first names are "sir" names
@@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 fascinating, is that really true though?
He said "tits"🤭
@@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 “Sir” is because he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, in 2013. Therefore, Sir Tony Robinson.
@@dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156 yes exactly. But we don't say Sir Robinson in English, only Sir Tony
@@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 thank you for your advice
Canberra does actually mean “The meeting place” from a local Aboriginal word - from an article in “The Canberra Post”…great presentation as always. Thank you
Canberra in autumn looks a lot like an American or British city in that season. In Australia the only other city that has that look is Hobart, isn’t it?
Absolutely charming presentation. I love these videos and the host
Beautiful city, lovely people. Loads of green spaces. Its such a quiet peaceful place. Some wonderful parks and buildings. There are always fun things to do. Pity about the politicians though. The media and rest of Australia blames 'Canberra' for every unpopular political decision.
Lol, love the opening dialogue, choked a bit, all good...😉😅💖
25:45 ok he's standing where the light rail is - this is well older than 1 year.
*Filming date: May 2013*
From what I can gather, production of _Tony Robinson’s Time Walks_ Season 2 was completed in 2013. The original Canberra episode air date was 24 February 2014. Given the leaves are falling, then it is obvious that the season is autumn with the filming date being May 2013.
Canberra is said to be cold, at least by Australian standards. And toilets had to be ventilated by louvers. Word drifted over to Perth, where I served as vice-consul, that Bill Battle. the American ambassador got tired of freezing his butt when he relieved himself, so he stuffed newspapers between the slats. Someone snitched , police investigated and Battle had to remove the newspapers.
Australia seemed beset by petty rules. Our Consul tried to burn retired classified documents in an incinerator behind the Consular residence, He'd barely struck a match when a Constable appeared and asked to see his burn permit. He also wanted to see what was being burned. Because of the sensitive nature of the documents, the Consul stonewalled. The Consstable grabbed a hose, put out the fire and issued a summons. He also demanded that the Consul turn over some of the soggy documents as evidence. Somehow the Consul managed to persuade the law to back off. Actually that regulation was not petty. Fire in Australia can be deadly. But its implementation in that case did seem nitpicky. The Consul acquired an Alsatian (German Shepherd) bitch and by not telling the government unwittingly contravened the Alsatian Dog Act of 1962, a draconian law that classified Alsatians as vermin.Alsatians were reputed to be sheep kllers. He kept the law at bay by hiding the beast in the residence. .
Love love love watching Tony Robinson, grew up with him on my screen, he's amazing 👏
…and quite surreal to see him being so knowledgeable about Canberra and Australian History in general, having seen him talk about the ancient and modern world elsewhere for decades, as well as a comedic actor.
I do Tony. I do see what you mean.
Canberra. Was especially designed to be Australian Capital.
When I left Canberra, in 1990, it was a State Park masquerading as a capitol city. 5:40 ASIO is going to make Tony disappear.
He’s from the UK and calls the king or queen of "England“ instead of Britain. I would’ve expected something like that from an American but not from a Brit himself…
Odd seeing a reputable docco about my city, interesting
My family went there in 1988 we’re from Canada we were horrible we my brother and I rolled down the parliament building because it’s grass and we were kids so yeah we played down Parliament building there was pretty much nobody there in 88
Hahaha. Us local kids rolled down the lawn many many times. Canberra was designed to accommodate the political hub of the country. The origins were never aimed at tourism, but at making life 'relaxing and pleasant' for the people living there. 'To facilitate them being in the best of mind to perform their political responsibilities'
Tony looks like he’s been on the crankshaft ! 🍺
Tony has found another fan in nowhere Idaho 😉😎🤠
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سلام عليكم.
من امام علي را دیدم در عالم بيداري در اطاقم گفتم بهش کله قرآن را با دو کلمه یادم بده صورتش را به طرف چپ کرد و دوباره به صورت نگاه کرد گفت (دخان حمد )
بعد ۴سال تحقیق کردم فهمیدم که دخان کشور استرالیا که توش هستم میشه سوره انکبوت دخان کشور آمريکا میشه سوره نسا(ناسا )دخان کشور روسیه میشه سوره مریم دخان کشور آفریقا میشه سوره یوسف دخان کشور عربستان میشه سوره بقره دخان کشور عراق میشه سوره منافقون دخان کشور ایران میشه سوره یاسین دخان کشور چین میشه سوره لقمان( کازینو ) .،؟بهترین مثال برای کلمه دخان میشه (ابر در آسمان ) که در تفاوت لیل و نهار دور زمین میچرخه.
در کله زمين قرآن جاری است ولی برعکس یعنی حتا چیدن خانه ها. خلاصه بيگ بنگ دروغ است و حيات ابدي روي زمين باید ورق بخوره
این دعا فراموش نشه. خدايا زندگي ابدي روي زمين روي زمين را نسیب ما بگردان الله همه ارزقنا حيات ابدي منل عرض. و
لقط نماز به هر بی نماز پیامک بشه و نترسید به کله ادیان وزبان
نماز بخون .
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I’m a descendant of the the Australian hostory , there is a book ! Called . The Four Pioneers of the limestone plains ! Tony ! I’m a descendant of the the land owners where government house is erected !
The Australian-American Memorial is Bugs Bunny? No, its The Chicken on a Stick.
Exactly!
He lost me at the beginning, as he appeared ignorant of the winning design of Canberra being by Walter and Marion Griffin. Much less - the controversy of their winning the competition as Americans, when there had been a strong campaign by the local architects to restrict the competition to British Empire architects only. The second winner was actually Finnish. The local bureaucrats wanted to make up their own design by taking bits and pieces from all the entries. Fortunately the local Minister for Home Affairs, King O'Malley, squashed that.
But in so doing Walter and Marion earned the undying enmity of those locals in charge, who did their best to stymy all Walter's efforts. Leading to a Royal Commission in 1917 - being so important at that time of World War 1. And Walter's resignation in 1920, having had one too many insults from those still resisting his design, his planning and his directions. Castlecrag in Sydney was to be the eventual beneficiary.
Good morning everyone
Like the Grand Tétons in the USA
Gabby Patino?
Ayyup 🤠....
"The name for Australia's capital is derived from a big pair of tits." Literally spit food out of my mouth in laughter.
Canberra is actually quite beautiful.
A big pair of what? Oh lord
Be honest, would you let tony take a gander at your knockers? I think he would be a happy chap !
Just mention the word History, I'll subscribe right away
So sad I could have meet tony.
Too much hot air 😊!
Just imagine hitting the ground at 25mph with a minibike in tow
But why do most people think that it’s Sidney is the capital?
Because it's the largest city in the country.
It's ten times our size, and was the capital of New South Wales, the first state in Australia. Also the site of the first British landings.
Just in case you try searching for it "Sydney", with a y not an I, is where the first fleet and many other convict ships landed. The colony was started in Sydney before spreading out.
@@bmjv77 its the second largest
It's like most people think NY is the capital of the USA ! But no 😮
Canberra is well planned city.
Won they can't accept I mean Winning
لو أن لي بكم قوة أو اوي إلى ركن شديد
Very,very boring city.😅
I am 5 months in Australia and where ever you go its same,fu... same every houses streets everything is same.
GOD ,I LOVE EUROPE ❤️
So much misinformation that it’s worrying 🤷🏼♀️
A town full tax leaches. Should be handed back to NSW, made its state capital. Relocate national capital to Alice Springs, put tax dollars, infrastructure, and public servants where we need them, in the desert.
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There dead.
The lady on the right at 18:55 seems like a man somehow 🤔
What? Must be a medical miracle? Did you see her at 18:40? Clearly a woman.
Even cis women who don't 'present as female' enough for the liking of TERFs are now being confronted in women's toilets and asked if they're 'really female' (i.e. not trans).
3:04 "Yeah why the cold climates?" Uh... 🥫🪱
And Canberra in the Hebrew language translates literally to CAPITAL, and Hebrew is a language that has no modern words in it, as it was written thousands of years ago. Likewise, the Hebrew word for wireless communications is HA RADIO (The RADIO)!!!!!!