History and mystery of North Hobart in Tasmania. Visiting the pubs, the abandoned, the schools, and the football oval the led up to the Tasmania Devils AFL team. Visitors holidaying may find the suburb laid out in unusual ways.
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I was one of the kids in 1967 sent out from the Hobart Matriculation College. We went back to Werndee, the hostel in Mortimer Ave (now restored) and were collected to go and fight the fires. A fairly surreal experience. Oh, and that non-descript office building (Procreate) is the home of a global behemoth App called Procreate (hence the name). It dominates the art and creative world on iPads. A quiet but huge Tasmanian success story. Probably bigger than Incat.
Another great thing about Angus' videos is that you can always learn something more by reading the comments!
Re. Procreate I learnt something new! Either I'm living under a rock or we're not adequately publicising our success stories to inspire the community.
This one made me sad Angus. My dad founded and owned the Bluegum Service Station, Russell Newell. We lost dad on Nov 9th last year. At the end of each shift, dad always insisted that the workers include the trainer on the pole in the daily trailer count ♥️
Hello. I recall that location, even after "all these years". I have lived in the USA for 20+ years and would love to return there...I lived across the road from the Bluegum Service Station and even had some motor vehicles either worked on or gassed up there.
Hello Lisa, I had the privilege to know your dad and he was a kind and generous man. Many children that had cancer benefitted from the time and funding that he and your mum gave to support them through their treatment. Vale Russell
@@sideshowjimmy4204 thankyou so much. Yes he was truly one of a kind. I'm proud to say that I'm just like him. Ricci is my stepmum and a great one at that ♥️
Brilliant video Angus with in part a critically important message for all Tasmanians. Significant improvement in education is the key to solving so many problems and leading to a better future. Angus you are a great Tasmanian and I want to acknowledge your wise words and how much you care about making the world a better place. As a North Hobart point of interest: My mother was born at 49 Patrick St in 1924. The building was originally an early convict sandstone construction that was “modernised” in the early 1900’s. At that time it became a midwifery hospital for the area and I’m sure there are countless stories that occurred between its walls, some heroic and many tragic. My mothers’ mother died a week after giving birth from complications, likely caused by the less than adequate conditions in the midwifery hospital. These birthing hospitals were found in many Australian cities in local neighbourhoods and really in many cases were not of the standards found in public hospitals. St Andrew’s park behind 49 Patrick St was originally a cemetery. It somehow bares a sad connection to the history of the building it borders.
Another excellent piece of historical storytelling. I'm from Sydney, have been here for over 12 years now, and have noticed there is a strong anti-intellectual streak in Tasmania, with the attendant "chip on the shoulder" that goes with this. I have puzzled as to why this should be, and my conclusion is that many people quite consciously don't want their children to get educated, as they are afraid that if they get an education, they will move away. This attitude is holding back Tasmania in so many ways
I've walked past many of these locations on many occasions, but it's sad how you can look but not truly see what's right in front of you. Thank you for opening out eyes again Angus...
Thanks, Tommy
‘Evening Angus. Great vlog. I was staggered when I returned to Tasmania a decade ago to find the old Hobart High School was a funeral parlour . I was there the first year it became a matriculation college. It was a trolley bus ride from Newtown Railway station. Also remember doing OBs at the North Hobart football ground. Lining up 3 meat pies on the block heater to enjoy over the afternoon. Also remember the Royal Visit in 1954 where thousands of us school children were at that oval to see a purple Landrover with the Royal Couple on board.
I have lived in North Hobart for years and had not ever heard of the Providore Rivulet. Thank you so much Angus. (explains the name of that lovely cafe in Newdegate St too). The fact 92,000 tickets were sold for a game at the North Hobart oval in 1966 begs the question....why are we not developing that oval instead of thinking of spending millions on an oval on the waterfront. An inward facing edifice on the waterfront makes no sense to me.
It was a carnival that included multiple games.
Considering the road congestion, I would think Launceston a better option for an AFL game with the added bonus of upgrading the terminal, just a thought. Move people in and out from different directions.
I think the Providore Rivulet had multiple names
Space and council regulations for noise.
I started yr11 at Elizabeth Colledge but didn't last long, children in adult clothing smoking cigarettes were not there to learn, so I went to work at 15 yoa and eventually got an an opportunity to leave the state after realizing my life needed more than Hobart could offer. I still love Tasmania. I lived in Nth Hobart with my mum and the 'Wagons" as we called it was our local at the tender age of 16. Being able to read and write is essential but the only thing the best teacher in the universe can do is teach others how to learn, not what to learn.
Angus another great history lesson of old Hobart Town. So many decaying Georgian buildings calling out to be reborn !
Beaut work as per usual. That lower Federal St / Feltham St /Wellington St area is fascinating, I just don't understand why some of those light industrial businesses and 'frankenstein' cottages are still there when the land is worth so much.
Lived for 3 years in Commercial Rd in my late teens early 20s and walked past all these old beautiful buildings and never appreciated what i was looking at!! i will now appreciate and admire it all so much more now!!
Another very interesting video, thanks. Is it new though? We have an inner-city co-educational high school in Hobart - Hobart City High School runs at the old Ogilvie and New Town High School campuses. It's in its second year and still finding its feet. Hobart Matriculation College was a brilliant school - a lot happened there between it being a high school and a funeral home. Your revelation about Campbell Street Primary and the graveyard is especially fascinating. Thanks!
Really enjoyed this one. Great to have some of the local story put out there like this. Reckon there'd be some more you could tell of this suburb. I loved finding out what some of the buildings had been used for. Wandered past some of them often enough.
Thanks again Angus. I love learning more about the beautiful city of Hobart and surrounds
As an apprentice joiner I spent a lot of time in Chestermans timber mill/yard, a great name from the past, Thanks for the reminder good one.
So much in a small area. Would have been tough to edit. The social housing is a very significant part of North Hobart too. Methodone o’clock is a scene to behold. State Cinema wouldn’t be where it is today without the madness and passion of John Kelly.
I went to Hobart Matriculation College. It is a shame it didn’t remain as such. You’re right about literacy problems in Tas. I see spelling errors all the time and younger people using a calculator for the simplest of calculations. Informative video as always thank you Angus (and Harry).
Thank you Angus for a much appreciated piece of History you forgot to mention the Renown milk bar lols
7:25 - That’s Procreate, was some years back the #1 app on the App Store worldwide. This put Tassie on the map worldwide as a technically capable bunch. Wouldn’t call that non-descript 😂
nondescript: lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics
Procreate, like most tech companies, have super plain 'nondescript' office buildings, especially at street level.
I used to love on Alberry Ave which is off Soundy Park and I have witnessed it flood 2-3 times and act like a waterway, feels like the rivulet trying to find its way back!
It would be
I've only just come across your videos on Tassie,they should be on TV for the rest of the country to see, well done and thankyou
ATM they’re on KZhead. Feel free to share them on social media.
Angus, you are an amazing wordsmith and poet. You can tell a story about a time and place and cast me back into time. Can you do a video on the Female Factory please
He went to the Female Factory is one of the South Hobart videos.
13.36. …´That’s emblematic of Tasmania generally - you got a dead situation where you should have something bringing life up.¨ Couldn't have said it better myself Angus- Mac Point comes to mind!
I always thought the notion of having to attend a different school for years 11 and 12 was always strange instead of the p-12 system that is so common on the mainland leading to a lack of educational continuity. Its sad that people can spend so much time at school at significant public expense for such disappointing outcomes.
Tasmania's student population isn't large enough to support years 11 and 12 as part of the high school system. I went through the Tas system when they first introduced the matric college system. We had excellent teachers and a good variety of subjects to choose from.
id love some on more of the suburbs around hobart to created a longer series.
Great video. Really like these. The cliffhanger with the sausage was brilliant.
Hobart High School/Hobart Matrication College's Letitia Street Campus ran from 1918-1984. It then transferred operation to the TCAE complex at Mount Nelson. The old Dallas Arms pub was later used as a teaching college for young ladies for business skills, operating as Davis College from 1933-1977, the family still own the building now and it is a private residence. The timberyard was known as Chestermans Timberyard, it closed around 1985 and was eventually redeveloped by the HCC as Soundy Park in the early 1990s. The old hospital site in Burnett Street was a doctors surgery, notably Dr Barry Shaw had his practice there from the 1970s until around 2008-2009. 1:57 was the site of the old Bluegum Trailer Hire, previous to that was a caryard briefly in the early 1980s and was originally the old Shell Bluegum Service Station from around 1956 until until the early 1980s. Room For A Pony was originally Windscreens O'Brien, that was originally an AMPOL service station that closed in the early 80s.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
these videos are great mate....as a Tasmanian living on the big island they make me super home sick though lol
Another fascinating video thanks Angus. I was wondering if you were going to mention that the Empire Hotel used to be owned by the late Max Walker's father and that is where he grew up. Max went on to play VFL footy for Melbourne, and then played cricket for Australia with the nickname of "Tangles" due to his unique bowling action. He also wrote several books which included quite a few yarns about early days at the Empire
Lived in the old house across the street from those old houses in Federal St which are now derelict
Great storytelling Angus, appreciated!
Nice one Angus. That non-descript office is where the world famous Procreate app is now made. And the Providence Café must be named after the rivulet.
That's a great app! It definitely has a Tassie feel to it.
Surprised at the 1927 opening of North Hobert Oval. I live in an old house across the road and have a photo of a major game there, showing the area including my place. All horses and carts and no cars at all. My neighbours Federation style home is just a foundation. Have a later pic as well with 1920s cars.
I would love to see your photo with the horses and carts as I also live just around the corner from Ryde Street and have been trying to find when my house was actually built.
After watching your videos Angus I'm inspired to spend more time in Hobart just wandering around (next time we visit Tasmania). Such an interesting place and all the more interesting because of your channel.
Thank you, Chris
Brilliant again ✅
I love the pace of this video, great to learn about Hobart. Much love from Brisbane
Thanks, mate.
Great video Angus! I have fond memories of watching Spirited away at the State theater when I was young. I never realised it was so old!
Thank you
Thank you, Angus. Very happy to find such a great vlog centring on Hobart, Tasmania by a Tasmanian. I lived in Patrick Street, North Hobart with my partner while at the Uni as an adult in the early 1980's (The days of free tertiary education for a short while, courtesy of Gough Whitlam). Otherwise I have been further north in Australia and presently in Launceston where I have some family. I have been connected with a number of groups in Hobart since then causing me to visit. It is devastating what has happened to Tassie since those days.
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Another fantastic and very informative video, teaching me what i should already know. I don't want these to end, so I can't wait for the next one. Thankyou, once again!
Cheers, Darren
@Angus it would be great for you to do a video on the tunnels underneath Liverpool street - back in 2005 i worked for a mining company who dug up the royal Hobart hospital- the tunnels ran under the hospital all the way up liverpool street to guilford young - cheers
Another excellently entertaining video. I'm learning a lot about a town I once lived in thanks to these.
Glad you enjoyed it, Trevor
Another great video! Double check on Hobart High School though- I think that it was owned by the education department up until being sold in the 80’s, but had not been used as a school for at least a decade (possibly more?) There were a number of old schools which were used by the education department for administrative purposes, but for budget reasons were sold in the 80s…. - I know that pre 1980 the old Hobart High School was, at sometime, used for such things as speech therapy…
History a bit dry weird and funny. Neat. Subscribed!
Nice one, Angus. Love your work
So much to think about here and so important too.
Mate, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos from the beginning and would like to compliment you on how informative and entertaining they are. I love your social commentary and production values. Love the drone shots and peaks into hidden Hobart. More power to you brother.
Brilliant video mate, possibly one of your best!
Cheers, mate. Glad you liked it.
Always enjoy your videos Angus. I left Tasmania in 1970 so I remember some of the landmarks but not the history.
My father was born in that hospital
First hops grown in North Hobart ( providence valley) very good soils, even a shoobridge road
......and an old brewery called Beverly Bank Brewery located where the carpark behind the strip on Condell Place now stands. The proprietor was named Condell who went on the be a Mayor of Melbourne. Excavating the carpark would be interesting.
A good demonstration to how cities change! Though it could still have hops in the future who knows 😉 just look at Montmartre
A fantastic now and then piece Angus. I wonder if that last line was an allegory of your history pieces.
I cant wait for these videos of Hobart!!!! Thank you!!!
I remember there was a big beautiful tree outside the Dallas arms inn when I was a kid. Broke my heart when they cut it down. Wish I could remember what kind it was, I think it flowered? Purple flowers maybe? If anyone else remembers, let me know!
Ella, I may be wrong, but I vaguely recall that it was a purple magnolia. I liked the tree also.
@@rodericklohrey1746 Oh interesting, I'm glad someone else remembers it! I always imagined it being closer to a jacaranda. You could be right though, I was fairly young at the time. :)
Looking forward to your new video - I know it will be good, like all of yours are mate!
Thanks
Thank you.
Yet another excellent presentation! I have left comments previously, but this one was very close to where we lived, (Rupert Avenue) so I was really back there as I recognized some of the buildings,(oddly enough it was the pubs!), a great job young man, very well done indeed.
Another interesting and informative vlog Angus, with an appropriate comment on the state of education in Tasmania. Following the weekend election, there seems to be no obvious change on the horizon, which is a damning indictment on our political representatives. Thank you for your endeavours and love to the dog. 🐩
Another Awesome video Angus Brother you should think of running for your local MP. YOUD be great for Tasmania and Australia
I'm unelectable.
Another terrific piece of work, Angus, thank you.
Love North Hobart & love this video 👍
Cheers, mate.
Brilliant!
BRING BACK THE BLUE GUM HIRE TRAILER!
I'm learning heaps from you !
You should do one about Lindisfarne
Magic, as always. Hobart must be buzzing this morning!
No mention of the Black Buffalo Hotel? Sad man. Given you were so damn close! - From the school, to Turnbulls and North Hobart oval! Great work..
Great work as always, thanks Angus
Thank you
The white house next to the roaring grill still has lead main water pipes they were a bugger to fix
That joint needs some serious work.
@largestirling indeed it does its been 20 years since I patched up the mains but I'm sure it's just as bad
Thank you Angus for another worthy lesson on one of Hobart’s more interesting burbs. Brunswick in Melbourne reminds me of North Hobart when I’m overseas. As a brat, the State theatre was always a great place to watch flicks, and roll Jaffa’s down the wooden aisles, much to the annoyance of angry ushers… Education in Tasmania is basic at best, but hey; we’ve always got football to distract us.
It is a bit short sighted to not see that Football will keep kids in school for multiple things, it gives kids hope. Don't be dissing the kid's hope.
thanks for your efforts.
When I lived in Hobart, back in the days of three term school years and a mind numbing eight week summer holidays, years 11 and 12 were optional, unlike the Mainland states where it is required. Had Tassie changed and made matriculation a requirement?
Thank you Angus. Would love to move from busy and noisy Sydney to Hobart. Hope that we are not too unwelcome as 'mainlanders'. Anyone selling a place with relative privacy ...
7:36 i used to live there! had no idea it used to be a hotel
Great Job Thanks Never realsied that about half of NH was New Town although I should have. Things I have looked up on Upper Elizebeth St have had a New Town Road address. Didn't know that was why the Queens Head was called that, thought it was something to do with English Pub names arnd referred to someone like Anne Boylyne (maybe I'm thinking of the Good Woman Inn). Didn't realse that Newdegate St was once Queens St. the street name was changed like many others to avoid duplication of street names. In this case Queens St Sandy Bay. Other street names were changed becasue they sounded similar.
In 1982 my housemate and me bought neighbouring houses on the Glebe. One day he knocked on my door and excitedly said we have to go to the Good Woman Inn in Argyle Street. I was not a pub goer so we and others walked with him to the inn and ordered a drink. The very early inn had timber beams like an older English pub. He told us that the beams and posts were new and recently installed. I thought they were hideous. He then told us the beams and posts were manufactured overseas and sold as a kit, worldwide, to transform your pub into the olde English style. We all laughed and then he told us the beams and posts were not real, they looked real. He knocked on the beams and told us they are made of plastic and they were. Much laughter ensued.
I went to Elizabeth Matric college Y11 & 12 and my dad taught music there, sad to see it closed
It's not closed. Elizabeth College is thriving. Hobart Matriculation College transferred to Mount Nelson.
@@shelleyoreilly5818 sorry my bad, I meant to one on the domain
Absolutely brilliant vid 👌. That monstrosity built on the Blue Gum site 😖🤦🏼♀️. You and Dog always bring such lovely quiet respect to all your stories 👍 👌💞
Agree re the monstrous building. I always think it has had its windows boarded up or they forgot to install all the windows. I liked the view across North Hobart and the CBD and down to the river. Scale is very important in heritage areas. The Hobart City council is destroying the low-rise nature of North Hobart.
@@rodericklohrey1746 and yet the council says a big fat no to much nicer proposals, remember the red awnings saga🤦🏼♀️?
I do remember the awnings and many more historic events in the Hobart City council. I worked there from 1976 to 1985 and that experience was why I left Tasmania, vowing never to return. A beautiful island in the hands of fools. Adelaide was a revelation in comparison to Hobart. Historic buildings were celebrated in Adelaide and new developments were scaled to the height of neighbouring buildings. In Hobart I saw many fine sandstone houses demolished on weekends because the business owners knew the fine was only a few hundred dollars. I was a relief committee clerk and what transpired in those meetings was illegal. The discourse was appalling and showed a very high level of disrespect to the citizens of Hobart. You can get away with corruption if no-one speaks about it. Now has Tasmania woken up to inappropriate deals , no, chocolate fountain, stadium, logging native forests for woodchips, salmon pens, etc. Australian comedian Max Gillies appeared in the Gillies Report on ABC television, dressed in mayoral robes and chain and said "hello I'm the Mayor of Tasmania, aaah Tasmania, where today and tomorrow walk hand in hand towards yesterday". There is deeply rooted conservatism in Tasmania and it shows no sign of departing anytime soon.
'He could communicate with the gods'.... nar I never got a call 😂
Interesting stuff, Angus. You’ve certainly opened my eyes to a few local features, and I agree with your thoughts on our education system. However, I’m not so sure a CBD high school campus would serve our needs, as there’s no central population - as in families with high teen-aged kids - to attend one. Ogilvie / New Town (now called Hobart High?) serves suburbs to the north and Taroona meets the immediate southern suburbs’ needs.
You rightly touch on the cause and effects of a growingly uneducated population. I fear for my Tasmania's future.
I was at Campbell St primary as a student when a working bee was carried out to build the playground and when digging foundations they accidentally dug up skeletal remains.
Can you share anything more about this? What year?
@angusthornett I think it would have been around 87 - 88.
Hey Angus, are the Tasmania Sunrise caps still available anywhere?
They were a limited release.
@@angusthornett thanks mate. They look great. Should have snagged one when I had the chance.
Hi, mate. The hats are on sale no for seven days only. If you want one now is the only change to get one. www.etsy.com/au/listing/1582954033/tasmania-sunrise-cap
@@angusthornett Absolute legend. Thank you mate, snagged one straight away.
@@Morrison_Haze good stuff, mate. It'll take a few wks to arrive but it'll come.
What will it take to fix the education system? Great video.
It’s a cultural issue as much if not more than a structural one.
I just can’t understand what the Hobart Council over the last hundred years were thinking when they allowed such miss matched, choppy and unsympathetic developments to happen in such an historic city. 😢
Hobart has never had a masterplan. Councils come and go each election. The buildings in the capital are a reflection of the people who have lived in it.
Mate, there's gotta be at least 50% in your dog. Very good boy
Coed public high school now just up the road in New Town.
Absolutely.
New Town is not in the CBD
Does the providence river run near Burnett street 0:32
14:54 failing healthcare and school systems but enough resources and demand to allocate $750M for a football stadium : / Appreciate your vids Angus
Hobart & Tasmania deserves better Government that looks inward, in a good way, not seeking other's approval.
Hello to all NPSW members from EMC🐰🐰🐰🐰🐇🐇🐇🐇
Hobart City High* isn't that co-ed public high school ?
It is. It's not in the CBD though.
Angus what years were you at EC? I was there 04 & 05.
He would have been there in 98-99 as the skatepark was built in 2000 from memory and the thing with the guy he knew with the mental health issues happened in 99. I was at EC 99-2000.
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It’s wonderful seeing the history of the suburbs thank you! How sad to see the state of some of those buildings though and 92000 at the NH Oval and yet the Liberal govt dictated to by a Business man reckons we need a billion dollar plus stadium. They’re hilarious
I hadn’t appreciated the fact there’s no co ed state high school in the city!
Schools seem to be more political than ever. From what I remember, it all started around Kevin Rudd, or maybe that's when I became aware of it. Either way, I dont want my kids growing up in the schools of today due to my belief system.
That was good, you lost me with the school rant mate, finishing yr 12 isn’t that important. I only finished high school at Newtown , I now live in Manly,own property and survive comfortably on a 140k. The illiteracy rate should be addressed in high school and it’s obviously the reason why college is never started.
He's talking generally, there are always exceptions like you. I also left the State and lived in Vic, Qld & NSW after completing only up to Year 10 and had a successful career. Parents must take responsibility for developing literacy in the first instance and encourage their children to read books and to be knowledgeable in current affairs. They must then ensure that they continue to learn and educate themselves through to Year 12 to give them the best opportunity otherwise Tasmanians will continue to be ordinary numpties and complain about not having a house etc etc. It's not always someone else's fault (the Government, the Teachers, etc) you have to take responsibility for your own action or inaction.
Finishing Year 12 is important. Our students really need to improve their literacy and numeracy before heading out into the world.
@@shelleyoreilly5818 If people aren't literate and numerate enough by year 10 -- that's 12 years of schooling -- then there are BIG problems with the education system that will not be solved by tacking 2 more years on the end. Having come out of the Tasmanian school system just about 4 years ago, English in years 8-12 were almost entirely useless, and just made people hate reading, which is a shame because books are cool, y'know?
Exactly. Unless their parents have money and they intend to study interstate, kids should get an apprenticeship as soon as possible. Utas only cares about international students and has a massive monopoly which eliminates their need to improve.
@@Salutimondoobviously he is talking generally 🤦
Thanks
Thank you, Chris