American reacts to Monash University

[@bera0014]

I used to work for a US multinational and the CEO was a hard core New Yorker who was here for 3 years. When he got here he thought Australia was a backward country town. When he was heading back stateside I said to him, "You must be happy to go back to the states" he looked at me and said "I'm going to miss this place, Australia is everything America wanted to be"😲

[@Seaside5]

Apart from books and other essentials, my Uni and post grad courses were free (1977-80), thanks to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Forever grateful ❤

[@carokat1111]

Me too. Very grateful.

[@janmeyer3129]

Everything in Australia is built on aboriginal land. Almost all formal public events now start with an acknowledgement of this fact, in wording recommended by indigenous elders

[@cariadalexandrite]

Gough Whitlam was at my uni graduation in 1995. I'll admit it was the only time I ever 'fan girled'. 😂

[@fugawiaus]

He is the only “sacked” prime minister for a reason.

[@kcrot2566]

Ryan you need to have a look at Australia’s first people ❤

[@alphgeek]

Sir John Monash was an exceptional person. As an engineer, he introduced the Monier process of reinforcing concrete with steel rebar into Australia (Monier was French I think) and built the first reinforced concrete bridges in Australia. He also planned many of the suburban rail routes in Eastern Melbourne that still exist today. He was a long serving member of the militia, the volunteer military organisation that existed before Australia had a professional army. During WWI he ended up a general in the Australian army and served in France, where he essentially invented combined arms assaults, a revolutionary improvement in tactics which prior to that point basically involved mass charges against machine guns and trenches. He used artillery "walking barrages" and the first tanks to support infantry charges. Coming from a German Jewish family, he was subject to bigotry throughout his life. War correspondent Keith Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch's father) wrote to the prime minister to try to get Monash relieved of command and the PM travelled to France to investigate but discovered that Monash was loved and respected by his troops and allies and let him stay. CEW Bean (war correspondent and historian) was another bigot who tried to have Monash sacked.

[@stubertg5241]

Also worth mentioning is that his tactics and victories are considered the turning point in rapidly ending the war. As a result, he was knighted on the battlefield by King George. The first time this had happened in over 200 years and remains the last time this has happened. After the war he went on to run the state electricity commission, responsible for the electrification of the whole state and was also vice chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Upon his death 300,000 people attended his state funeral. About 20% of the entire population of the state at that time.

[@suekennedy1595]

I was going to talk about Monash a truely great Australian there was a Huge crowd at his funeral.

[@rossawood5075]

The narrator is acknowledging the indigenous tribal lands, a culture the oldest ongoing indigenous in the world 60 - 65,000 years old

[@AnnaAnnaTT]

Sir John Monash was a descendant of German Polish Jewish parents.

[@TryinBin8889]

THIS IS MY UNIVERSITY!!!!! As for what she was saying at the start, the land Clayton campus is situated on is the Kulin nation. (You should look up an "Indigenous Australia map" to see the borders of the different Indigenous nations.) The Aboriginal people that live in the Kulin nation are of the Bunerong people, and she also acknowledges the Wurundjeri people. At the start of all our lectures, assemblies and important announcements etc (not just at Universities but at schools and sporting events and court and in politics), we always acknowledge the land of the people we are lucky to be standing on. 3:30 I use that room. Students sit on tables around the sides. The wall is long panels of whiteboards for collaborative work. The middle ring of screen is for the workshop presentation, conducted by the people in the middle of the room, or maybe they'll present the answers on them. It's a good collaborative classroom. 5:20 correct not all of that is part of Monash, but it's still massive. I think it has ~5 different campuses depending on your course, with the two main ones being Clayton and Caulfield. There are also campuses in Malaysia and Italy.

[@twoflyinghats]

Indigenous...

[@TryinBin8889]

@@twoflyinghats hello, I'm sorry it's been over a year since I made this comment so I'm not quite sure what you're referring to?

[@Mr4dspecs]

It has recently become the custom to make an “acknowlegement of country”, where we acknowledge that we are on aboriginal land, and we name the aboriginal nation or clan on whose land we meet, and then paying respect to the elders of that clan, past, present and future.

[@SilvanaDil]

@Leo - Indeed. One would think that tribes never fought each other. As for dumbo Ryan, he said the magic words: "My university here in *Indiana* is so boring." Yes, it's no Harvard or Stanford or M.I.T. or ....

[@leechgully]

​@Leo this whole ' you should be grateful you got colonised by Brits cos if you were colonised by some other country if would have been way worse ' BS is so tedious .Please stop doing it. It's like saying oh you should be so grateful you got raped by that guy because his buddy rapes and kills his victims. You're so lucky. It's just such crap

[@awf6554]

​@Leo It's just manners mate.

[@krishender]

@Leo Manners! You do not appear to have any (ie what type of Aus/Brit ancestry do you have?) !!

[@macdac9861]

@Leo ohhh poor little white man has to watch a cultural ceremony now and again. Oh the hardship, and on top of that you have to listen to aboriginals suggesting that the genocide, baby stealing denial and theft of resources, and deaths in custody they have suffered somehow compares to your suffering. I mean the audacity of them. You poor thing. I really feel for you champ

[@milliechook7375]

"If I could go back in time..." Start now. I quit school a couple of months into Grade 11, but had always wanted to do uni. Decided to get my degree in my early 40s - Open Universities Australia. I received my BA in Professional Writing and Publishing from Curtin University in 2014. Do what you want to do - it's never too late. :)

[@mixedgems]

This is my alma mater! Ha ha. Been awhile since I graduated though. The First Nations people never ceded their lands. Australia was colonised and the land taken with no treaty. Technically everything built on Australian soil is on “stolen land”. As part of efforts towards reconciliation, it’s become common practice to acknowledge the lands of the local indigenous communities we live and work on especially at the start of any event or presentation. That’s why she mentioned the lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation.

[@debman142]

Our unis don't have dolrms. There are some residential colleges, but are usually only occupied by kids from rural areas of those of rich parents. Most students either live at home or in private share houses.

[@vivianhull3317]

Not all kids who live on campus have rich parents. Some work part-time to pay rent

[@pyap01]

Monash got a tradition of halls of residents. Got some pretty wild gatherings in the mould of the movie Animal House.

[@meganwilliams2962]

The regional Unis such as Charles Sturt in Wagga Wagga and Bathurst, and UNE Armidale have on campus residential colleges for the out of town students. I studied at UNE and one of my children at CSU Wagga. We're Sydney-siders.

[@debman142]

@@meganwilliams2962 I did my undergrad @ UNE by distance. We used the res halls during the uni breaks when the regular students were not in residence

[@meganwilliams2962]

@@debman142 Yes, I did mine via Distance Ed too. Never stayed on campus as the better hald and children used to come up for a little country holiday while I attended lectures.

[@paulygone563]

Acknowledging the Native People of the area, on which the University campus is built on. It would be like Indiana University acknowledging the Miami, Shawnee, and Illinois. Or Wea, Potawatomi, Delaware, Wyandot, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, and Chickasaw tribes/nations on which the grounds are situated?

[@robbiesheppard3280]

Any honouring of the Spanish or English, they founded the 🇺🇸 USA?

[@robbiesheppard3280]

The French influence also…

[@dalelc43]

You can't go anywhere in Australia without it being Aboriginal land.

[@annecarland2083]

In Australia it is common to give respect to the indigenous peoples at meetings and events. It uses a certain saying such as the woman used at the beginning of this video

[@VideosCPS]

@Aussie Pom or courtesy.

[@xymonau2468]

@Aussie Pom It might make people aware of their roots. As a Pom, you don't belong here, and it has nothing to do with you.

[@bodybalanceU2]

@@aussiepom says the english person who knows their history and country is good at invading other lands and exploiting the indigenous people of that land but hates to admit it or respect the people they exploited

[@bencodykirk]

If what you mean is that all of Australia belonged to aboriginal people until white people came and stole the whole country, then yes.

[@BassMatt1972]

I worked at Monash Uni for over 7 years. There are like 4 campuses across Victoria (and some remote sites OS). I ran the audio visual support (for lecture theatres/video conferencing etc) for the Caulfield Campus. I then moved to the Clayton/Peninsula/Frankston Campus to work for the Faculty of Education, where I built and managed their "Teaching Technology Centres".. (What can I say, Im a hi tech nerd!! I come from a music/events background) Named after General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD, the General who commanded the first US/Australian combined troops in WWI.. Monash invented such things as IVF (in-vitro fertilisation), giving babies to those that previously couldn't, amongst many other things.. They are one of the "Group of Eight" Universities, Australian Universities that are Research Based Universities, where actual "research" is the base of their teaching and Govt funding. I also worked for Flinders University here in South Australia, another Go8 Uni. All World recognised and generally top 20 in the World.

[@AshleySmithh]

Hey man! Not sure if you'll see this, but I'm curious to know how you got your job doing audio visual support at Monash??

[@PiersDJackson]

Ryan, Monash University is deceptive in that it has a main campus (The Farm) in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton, another in Caulfield, Peninsula (Frankston), Parkville and two buildings in the CBD. And Campum in Malaysia, Indonesia, China, India and a short course centre in Italy. The Building you're admiring is the Menzies Building, aka the Ming Wing, named after the long standing Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, aka Ming the Merciless or Pig Iron Bob.

[@RubyTuesday878]

My alma mater 1979-1985 and completely free -no tuition fees plus Austudy that you could live on. Thanks Gough!

[@suekennedy1595]

A friend of mine did her teaching degree in the 1970s and saved enough from her government allowance to go to Bali for her holidays while at uni.

[@RubyTuesday878]

@@suekennedy1595 I certainly didn't starve to death and with casual kitchen hand/cleaning/babysitting jobs, life was good.

[@gamortie]

1:50 that is the Menzies building, which houses most of the Arts departments, both fine and liberal. It has had pieces falling off it for more than 30 years, and there is a rumour that the engineers, who despise arts students, designed it to eventually collapse on them. The part you see there was how it was originally designed; they had to add a section on at right angles when it was found to sway disturbingly in a stiff breeze….

[@fab3laundry]

Haha I know. You could really feel it move in the 90's

[@fab3laundry]

If the engineering students were salty I know why. The annual debate over who designed the pyramids that he engineering students and archaeology students used to have. The engineers couldn't say for sure how the pyramids were built so the archaeology students would argue that aliens designed the pyramids. I heard the engineering students didn't win that debate many times, if at all.

[@Jordy120]

I thought you may be interested in an old series here called The Bush Tucker Man (Les Hiddins, was a Major in the ADF), as well as his TV series he would teach bush craft and survival skills to the ADF. It's been awhile and it may appear dated but his time out in the bush was awesome to watch. Cheers.

[@Justitius92]

Australia has a government-run student loan system (there are a few different versions, but the main ones are HELP and HECS), so in most instances Australian citizens won't pay any up front tuition fees for university. We only need to pay up front for things like textbooks equipment/materials the university can't provide (like lab coats, etc.) We don't have to start repaying our student loans until our annual income exceeds a certain benchmark (currently $48,360 before tax). Your mandatory repayments are taken out of your income as part of the tax calculation, so for the most part it gets paid off passively. Unfortunately there isn't a similar arrangement for international students (unless they're from NZ or on a permanent humanitarian visa), so they usually have to pay tuition up front in cash. It's also common for them to pay a premium above what is charged to domestic students because it's less regulated and the universities get to keep a higher proportion of the fees paid.

[@annel5511]

Actually fees are generally high, because there are a lot of overheads such as wages, electricity, building maintenance, I worked at TAFE and for each course run, there was an overhead of 55% just run one course such as a certificate or Diploma

[@lauraagudelo3793]

Tomorrow is my PhD graduation ceremony🎉 love Monash University

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

Congrats! All the best with your future! S Aussie here.

[@vtbn53]

Let me guess, a PhD in Gender studies? ;-)

[@alphgeek]

Get effed Percy you knob.

[@lauraagudelo3793]

@@vtbn53 wrong guess ;)

[@indigocheetah4172]

@@lauraagudelo3793 , congratulations .

[@cgkennedy]

The indigenous people never ceded ownership of their land. Both of my sons attended Monash University, but different campuses. Elder went to the main campus at Clayton, younger went to Caulfield. They both lived at home until they got their degrees, the elder went further to PhD.

[@donaldgraham6414]

The indigenous peoples are an integral part of the Australian people, not separate.

[@d.robertdigman1293]

The Acknowledgement of Country the woman at the beginning gave is a respectful gesture towards the First Nations peoples who lived in that area. Every square metre of Australia is Aboriginal land, so the woman was recognising and respecting the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the land Monash occupies.

[@Pucknuckle]

Have you done a video about funny place names in Australia? You could discover all our great tourist destinations like Useless Loop, Lost Hope, Humpybong, Spankers Knob, Cock Wash Creek, Crackenback, Booti Booti, and let's not forget Bullshit Hill, Mount Buggery and Well It Wasn't There Last Year Cave. And two different places called Nowhere Else.

[@donaldgraham6414]

My mother went to Humpybong State School. A great seat of learning.

[@helmuthschultes9243]

The tall building is the largely the humanities block from memory. I did some language exams there during my secondary years, doing additional language by correspondance. It is on higher ground and is visible from far around. The overall Uni covers a large area with many buildings. I live just 8 km away from this university.

[@srfrcf]

I have registered therapy dogs, I’ve done many days at Monash Uni with my dogs, they are bought in to help the students cope with stress

[@7thsealord888]

Acknowledging prior use of an area by specific Aboriginal groups has become pretty much a standard thing in Australia.

[@q9920867]

Recently invented, tokenistic, often overused.

[@IxChipmunk101xI]

@@q9920867 If we don't say anything then it's stealing their land if we do acknowledge them, then it's tokenistic. Can't win.

[@q9920867]

@IxChipmunk101xI stealing their land .... ROFL. It would be using their land without permission if anything. Eg I don't think it is necessary at the start of podcasts

[@xymonau2468]

@@q9920867 So what? It's nice, and more acknowledgment than ignoring the existence of Aboriginals altogether, as it was in the past. Over time, hopefully we can embrace the real Australians.

[@xymonau2468]

@@q9920867 Taking land and sending the owners to live on mission stations actually IS stealing. Perhaps you are a thief and don't understand the difference?

[@michaelfink64]

Hi Ryan, regarding the phone number, you are correct: the 61 refers to the code for Australia and the 3 refers to the state (or states, in fact: Victoria and Tasmania. The other codes are 2 for NSW and ACT, 7 for QLD, 8 for WA, SA and NT. 4 is for mobile phones). The reason that there are 8 numbers following this is that the areas are so large. When I was a kid, there were only 6 numbers in our phone numbers, then they added another one and subsequently another one, as the number of phones increased. My mum remembers a time when the areas were much smaller (like a suburb) and there were only 4 numbers in phone number. The stuff you couldn't understand that the lady was talking about refers to the traditional (Aboriginal) custodians of the land on which Monash Uni now stands. There were two main tribes in Melbourne: the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples who lived within an area of land known as the Kubin nation. They spoke different but related languages. It is standard practice in many institutions to start any meeting with an acknowledgement of country that acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which the meeting is being held and pays respect to Elders past and present. "Did they build this on old Aboriginal land?" Yes, everything in Australia is built on old Aboriginal land, just as the "Beds are Burning" song you watched yesterday refers to. The aerial picture with lots of high-rises shows Monash's Malaysian Campus. I presume that the tall towers in the background are apartment buildings rather than part of the university. The local Melbourne campus is more spread out and leafy than that. No, uni is no longer free (used to be when I went in the 1980s). When my kids went through, it was about AUD10,000 per year, but likely significantly more now. You can choose to pay it off immediately if you have the cash or incur a HECS debt that gets paid off by deductions from your pay once you are earning above a certain threshold. Still much cheaper that full fee paying international students, though. Education is Australia's third biggest export, after iron ore and coal.

[@shanmclean2553]

It’s 9 for SA and NT

[@Raz.C]

And then mobile phones became a thing and people stopped caring so much about landlines. I bet that we could go back to 6-digit phone numbers for landlines now. It's only really businesses that use landlines and even then, some only have mobile numbers listed...

[@rais1953]

​@@shanmclean2553SA and NT have always been 08 and still are. WA was previously 09 but was changed to 08 when the 8 digit numbers were introduced.

[@brookek3116]

I’m at Monash rn, it’s still about $10,000 per year depending on what you’re studying - an arts or law degree can go up to $16k, whereas education and I think engineering can get very cheap

[@chocolatte7736]

@@brookek3116 Education is roughly $4500 and engineering $9000.

[@Crosleyq]

University isn't 'free' in Australia, you pay nothing up front usually, but the government covers 75% of it and 25% is covered by a loan which you pay to the government which is is paid back with CPI% as interest which is paid back via taxes once you earn above a threshhold.

[@glenmale1748]

It was free for the vast majority of politicians that drafted the legislation. But those boomers (I'm a boomer) sold out. The public purse must fully fund Education and healthcare in any truly democratic state. I don't want to leave a mini USA to the next generations.

[@davidbent880]

Ryan In every part of Australia, acknowledgment is given to the local Aboriginal clan or tribe that lives or lived in this area for thousands of years

[@robbiesheppard3280]

Not everywhere at all purely optional in many place and didn’t exist in many, p.s. they weren’t my elders the British were happy to be deported back to the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 but damn my ancestors have been here in Australia 🇦🇺 for centuries.

[@suzanneknibb3501]

The 1st woman did Acknowledgment to Country, the 2 Aboriginal names were the 2 groups or tribes that are the Traditional owners of the Region. This is a cultural courtesy for any Goverment run agency, Education, Health, Justice ) and some major corporations. To pay for Uni we incur a HEX fee, a fee added to our tax that is paid off eventually, but is no where near what International fees are (that's where the Uni makes its money for Aussie students) I didn't realise how massive Monash is but they do fantastic research work .

[@finnmerlin]

Yay! I’m a Monash alumnus, and so is my husband. We met while living in student residences at the Gippsland campus (when that was still a part of Monash). Now our son is a Monash student too. 😊

[@LoveFromIzumi]

You should look up a video on hecs debt to learn how australians pay for university! So funny hearing you try to understand the acknowledgement of country, I think a lot of Australians are numb to it now unfortunately. I visited Monash a couple times for school things and to see friends, the campus is definitely huge for a uni!

[@amygone2pot]

All of Australia was once the land of one of the hundreds of aboriginal tribes. So it is common to acknowledge the people of that area when any event happens. A way of remembering that they were here first - because that was conveniently forgotten for a very long t8me.

[@kaykay865]

LOL

[@YourAussie.swiftie13]

1:18 she’s is saying wurundjuri which is aboriginal land that the university is on. It a acknowledgement of country to acknowledge the aboriginal people of Australia ❤

[@gamortie]

0:37 Australian phone numbers are: ‘+’ for international dialling code (0011 here), 61 is our country code, 3 is the area code for Victoria/Tasmania (NSW is 2, QLD is 7, WA/SA/NT are 8), the first 4 digits of your (landline) number determined which exchange you originated from, and the last 4 are your unique phone number.

[@stephenbedford1395]

Her opening statement is simply an ackowledgement of the aboriginal people and their tribes who lived in this area before European settlement for tens of thousands of years and paying respect to their elders.

[@AmyRobinson-n2r]

All the land was Aboriginal land and as a part of reconciliation efforts for past wrongs and to show respect, in public addresses, we always acknowledge that we are standing upon the land of our Aboriginal elders. Even in kinder the with the little kids sitting on the floor we acknowledge that we sit on their traditional land.

[@billfreeman1516]

I live near Monash University Caulfield Campus and most of the students are fill fee paying Chinese students though there are more Indian enrolling again. Monash actively sought overseas full fee payers rather than subsidized locals. When I moved here 35 years ago it was predominately Australian now the Chinese students would be the biggeat majority. I have no idea what it is like at the other campuses

[@divid3d]

+61 is the country code for Australia 03 is the area code for most of Victoria "the people of the Kulin nation, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung" Wurundjeri (Woi Wurrung) and Boon Wurrung are two of the language groups in the Kulin nation. these are the people who originally lived in the area we now call Melbourne (Naarm).

[@stubertg5241]

To answer your question on whether university education is free in Australia, it isn't. Technically. The full cost of an average degree is about $80k AUD. International students must pay the full fee. Australian citizens are subsidised by the federal government. The government pays about $50k and the remaining $30k is paid by the student. They can defer this fee in part or whole to a federal government loan scheme and repay it in the future via taxation once they're earning a certain amount. Interest on these loans is charged at the rate of inflation. So anyone can access a university education without having to stump up any savings.

[@teraris]

The aerial shot at 5.18 isn't one of the Melbourne Campuses. I believe it's the Malaysian Campus.

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Image is largely part of the Uni, but there is lots of suburbia in the background. Some of the rear tall buildings might be nearby apartments above shops by a major road crossing.

[@Sponggybobbie]

These vids are partially helping me choose my uni for next year

[@c8Lorraine1]

Try University of New England, Armidale, NSW. Has its own postcode. I studied there

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

There used to be the big 3. Sydney Uni, University of NSW and Melbourne Uni. The Monash absolutely skyrocketed and has surpassed the rest by a good margin. I think before long it'll be like the US where there's MIT then daylight second.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

One of my niece's went to Sydney Uni from 18 and didn't want to leave (certainly a very different vibe to Monash), she completed a second degree and still didn't want to leave - she works in the medical research department there now 6 days a week, University can be addictive! 😁👍 Go Monash! 👏

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

@Jennifer Harrison omg tell me about it. I went to uni to for a bachelor of science and ended up with a double bachelor of science and a Master of Teaching. So when I graduated at 87....😂

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn 😄 Brilliant! 👏👍

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Yes 03 is the Victoria area code.

[@PiersDJackson]

Ryan, Australians do pay for university, however it's on a subsidy basis, where you pay for basic out of pocket expenses, and the Government covers tuition as a form of student loans, which are repaid in taxes.

[@j3611]

Even then people have to be earning over 50k before repaying as I remember it, might have increased or decreased by now though.

[@lisasteel6817]

I had to start repaying my HECS debt when I started earning $20k

[@PiersDJackson]

@@lisasteel6817 and J - it seems to be a sliding scale, that has obviously been jiggered with.... so it used to be $50K at 3½% of pre-tax wage or something like that... now it's $20K at 1½%. Also they do offer an early payment discount. Or dollar for dollar matching, upto $1K/yr.

[@lisasteel6817]

@@PiersDJackson I finished my degree in 2001 and I don’t recall paying it off early if that helps.

[@kramdoogs]

Sir John Monash ( last name pronounced as in ‘ON’) achievements above what were briefly mentioned is also credited with winning decisive battles in WW1 that began the beginning of the end of the German Army, George V ( the king of England) wanted to replace General Haig (the Supreme Commander at the time) with General Monash, but at the time you could not have a jewish commoner being overall commander of British and allied troops as this is ‘just not done’, the only time that American troops have been led into battle by someone other than an American was by General John Monash, his skills as a war tactician are still taught today in military academies all around the world including your West Point. Early criticisms of Monash’s performance were relayed back to Australia by Kieth ( later Sir Kieth) Murdoch ( yep Ruperts dad) as he was trying to get him replaced by one of ‘the right people’ (meaning not a jew) thankfully the Murdoch influence failed as the Prime Minister went over himself and contrary to Murdochs reports the troops loved him and probably would have gone on strike had he been replaced and some 100 years later the Murdochs are still at it.

[@suekennedy1595]

True Monash was the designer of our tactical retreat from the Gallipoli.

[@billy4eyes512]

My daughter goes there, studying 1st year Criminology. Having a great time.

[@mobiletransportvideo]

+61 is the country code, 3 is the state area code. Within Australia you add a 0 at the front of that code so it becomes 03 (Victoria). Each state has a different code from 02….. the rest is the local number. If you are calling within Victoria you only need to use the local number.

[@bethanyh.9489]

Every organisation, school, university etc acknowledges the indigenous people of their area. The Kulin nation is from Victoria and she refers to the Wurundjeri and Bunurong. It is quite a standard introduction to say "We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of this land and indigenous people past and present....

[@senorliamy17]

Australian land is divided amongst hundreds of Indigenous groups, similarly to how the Americas have various Native groups. Basic Indigenous history is an integral part of the Australian education system's history curriculum, such as their standards of living pre-colonization, the Frontier Wars, the Stolen Generation, and their fight against discrimination and persecution. What happened at the start was an Acknowledge of Country, and Monash Uni sits somewhere between Woi-wurrung and Boon-wurrung land, which cover eastern Melbourne. Melbourne covers 5 indigenous groups collectively called the Kulin Nation. How in depth does the USA teach Native American history, I would love to hear from you!

[@rebelrob9637]

+61 is country code, then most phone numbers start with 02, 03 and so on which is the state code. Then you have the 8 digit number. When it comes to mobile phones(Cell phone) they all start wit 04 then 8 digits

[@nicolecrichton9654]

I did a business degree and masters at Monash.

[@warwickhs1]

It is ranked #57 in QS World University Rankings 2023. # ... Which is quite high. The rankings are based on the number of published papers (I think) that a university produces.

[@clabood]

Monash University also has satellite campus's in other states in Australia. These are smaller versions of the main campus.

[@Nicholas1994]

The federal government has a loan scheme for Australian citizens. It's not means-tested, and available to any citizen. So you can go to Uni without paying anything upfront except buying your textbooks and any other things you might need that are course-specific like lab coats etc. But when you're working later, once you earn over a certain amount per year, the tax office starts taking a percentage of your wage to pay back the loan. The repayment threshold changes slightly each year. You can also choose to just pay for the tuition upfront if you're in a position to do so, and some people do, because there's 5 or 10% charged for using the loan.

[@pyap01]

That is the Clayton Campus. It was a former farm. There was a ex drive in near the synchtron. It was named after John Monash. A civil engineer, general and founding director of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Lots of stories about him.

[@Notric]

All of Australia is Old Aboriginal Land so we pay respect to the people who are from that area.

[@xymonau2468]

"Monash" rhymes with on ash". The welcome was acknowledging the original aboriginal inhabitants of that area. The "welcome to country" where an Aboriginal elder is present, or an acknowledgment of the original land owners where one isn't present, has become a regular part of the beginning of large meetings, etc, in Australia. No, university costs us that much, too. And in American dollars, that's a tiny bit more than half.

[@katrinasanders9238]

Uni is not free for us Aussies. It costs depending on what you are studying

[@kevin_mitchell]

That's true, but its a fair system in that you only pay through the tax system once you start working and your income reaches a certain threshold. Plus there's no interest, but it does increase in line with inflation. Plus the government subsidises the initial cost with discounts to Australian students, and then there is Austudy and Abstudy which gives payments to students roughly equivalent to unemployment benefits. All in all, it allows anyone, no matter how poor, an opportunity to complete a Uni degree

[@ChocolateDealer]

I worked at Monash (Clayton - the main campus) for years - also studied there, in that weird Menzies Building you thought may have been dorms … it’s the Arts Faculty building) but whilst big it can fit most admin functions on campus. We have heaps of buildings nearby that house non teaching staff.

[@wakka866]

+61 is Country Code 03 is Victoria 02 is NSW 07 is QLD They are the state codes you need to put if calling from another state. The 8 digits aftwards are the phone number.

[@carokat1111]

Tasmania is also covered in the 03 code

[@wakka866]

@@carokat1111 Awesome Didn't know that

[@Marriyang]

OK SO Phone numbers are +61 for the country, and then 8-9 more digits The people, are the aboriginal australians. YES it is a sign of respect We are just bigger people

[@nonirosie]

You should see Latrobe University and Melbourne University, they're both amazing campuses to explore and so different to each other.

[@LuvHrtZ]

The indigenous peoples of the country never ceded ownership and so they still own the place. The entire country is legally aboriginal land.

[@riiidiculoso8697]

😂

[@staples4335]

No. They lost the battle and got conquered. Pretty simple.

[@fugawiaus]

Aboriginal people do not believe in the concept of ownership of land. Therefore they never were the “owners” of Australian land. So legally they have no legs to stand on.

[@d.robertdigman1293]

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land!

[@staples4335]

@@d.robertdigman1293 Was Pygmy land before it was aboriginal land. But you obviously don't care about the Pygmys that the oboriginals wiped out.

[@circleofleaves2676]

Yes, Monash was built on Aboriginal land, because ALL of what is now known as Australia is aboriginal land. There are approx 250 tribes (mobs) and within each mob, several family groups (aka clans). There is a language for each mob and around 800 dialects. It is common here to acknowledge which mobs were the original inhabitants/custodians. This is done for events including if you go to see a concert or a play or a talk. Often there were several mobs conjoining in that area. For example, one might say "We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we are, the Jagera and Toorbul peoples".

[@chadgilmore5046]

FFS Get a life..

[@fab3laundry]

That big building leans thus it is unsafe to have the elevator go past a certain floor. The reason is too funny. Engineering students from Monash reportedly designed it. That big building is the classrooms btw.

[@carokat1111]

Australian universities charge international students a lot for the privilege of studying in Australia.

[@in2ADV]

As they should...

[@Amealsomewhere]

Monash University in Victoria, just before covid (2019-2020) Victoria had about 500,000 international students. some in secondary school the rest in trade and university programs. "International Education" is Victorias largest export at about 60 billion Australian dollars.

[@jleetj]

I went to Monash from 1992 to 1997 and again from 2006 to 2009 (Clayton both times). It’s changed so much I barely recognise the place now!

[@PS-Straya_M8]

Put subtitles on so you can read what people are saying

[@Jamie_Likes_frogs]

I'm doing my bachelor of engineering and science at Monash! Most of the buildings are so cool, I also went to a high school that got to use Monash's stuff (we got zebra fish from the building with the orange cone door and we got to borrow their science equipment for our year 10 science extended investigations :D). Been stuck in the Monash lore since year 10 and big pride over my uni!

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Normally a significant overseas student number attend this and other institutions around Australia, These pay significant fees and living expenses to study here. Lots of Chinese and Idia students among others. Quite possibly many US students but Europe especially, Asia however is most. COVID has caused major financial impact to education system as foreign students could not come. Fees are significant, as they do not get 'Free' tax payers funded education. The Institutions get significant funds by charging such fees and thus also fill many student places with such paying foreign students. Most certainly imposing limits on local students access to getting into the institution. This does cause some local reaction. As a result of reduced income from fireign students during Covid restrictions and shutdown of travel , many have had to let staff including lecturers technical support, tutors even some professors go, at least till full foreign student numbers recover. But that recovery is well underway. China is still lower numbers than before. Basically anyone with enough education level and able to pay the fees has opportunity to study in Australia, with needed visa approved. Local students get places, based on success at secondary school to 12th year, achieving sufficient final score determining 1st level placements followed normally by secondary offer of places for some subject areas. Some courses are in such demand that places are exceeded by numbers wanting places, these inparticular are friction points when foreign students effectively displace local student opportunities. Institutions using income over local student capacity. Do well enough, even doing extract school subjects well, can boost your entry score to real upper levels, such for some areas of study are almost essential to get a place.

[@LTM]

Ryan look up Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country in Australia.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Monash University has some amazing programs

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

I think The university I went to is Australia's biggest uni and that is UWS University of western Sydney which has several locations for all the campas all over western Sydney.

[@rebeccabrewertaylor9260]

Me too

[@judileeming1589]

Melbourne has 8 Universities over many campuses and close to 300K students. A friend of my daughter lived on campus at Melbourne University but my granddaughter, like most Melbournians just commute daily.

[@BluthBoy1]

All land in Australia was once Aboriginal land so as a way of creating some reconciliation with the dark past of British colonialism we recognise this connection to the land. While this gesture does not do much it is better than denying what had gone on before. A start is a start but there is much more to do when it comes to recognising and repaying the place of the first owners of Australia.

[@kayleejesnoewski6563]

every part of australia is an indigenous country (different areas are different nations) and pretty much every formal event/text/video/website has an acknowledgement of country unique to the area it is in. Monash university is in the Kulin nation.

[@mrbrightside4278]

I was at monash for four years Ryan and it didnt cost me a cent!

[@aussieswatching3135]

Yep that’s exactly what she is saying, the university is build on indigenous land.

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

+61 is the Australian code then followed by the number minus the 1st number as +61 take the 1st number. But this is if you call from outside Australia

[@keshaponso2034]

My first uni.

[@kiarayou6847]

I go there! I absolutely love it it’s such a beautiful space

[@bethanyh.9489]

In all Australian universities, the fees are not free, but you don't have to pay it upfront. You get a Fee-Help loan which means you can pay it back in small payments once your future income reaches a certain threshold. It just comes out of your yearly tax return until it is paid off, and it doesn't matter how long it takes.

[@seeshel63]

We know who we displaced at colonisation, in recent times it is custom to acknowledge the first nations people of the region and their elders - at every meeting, conference or film. She said Kulin nations of the Wurundjeri and the Bunurong peoples.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Know?? Were you there???

[@overworlder]

Since all Australian land was Aboriginal it's now considered polite at public occasions to acknowledge the original owners of the specific location. There's a map of Aboriginal territories, if you want to search it. Monash is in Melbourne so the peoples she refers to were the inhabitants of that area at the time of British settlement.

[@peterlloyd2310]

We are all Australian, therefore we don't need to welcome on our own land.

[@suzannekeil3170]

Good video Ryan- Your expressions are priceless x

[@lovinpa8087]

she's mentioning the Aboriginal tribes that have decided that they now own the land the University is on. 37,050aud = 24,612.87usd

[@mjyanimations1062]

I'm a first year Monash student ^^

[@mietta11]

My Aunt was won a Monash Beauty Contest in the late 60s my daughter is enrolled now. Most of the courses needs really high marks to get in. Her course is intense.

[@elenidemos]

Almost all publicly funded institutions within Australia will acknowledge the aboriginal lands they are currently on. This is common for councils (city/local government), universities, hospitals, and even some tv presenters/reporters out on assignment. This is a federal way to address & acknowledge the first peoples of the Australian landscape.

[@jamescormack8602]

Wurunjeri and Bunurong people are tribes within the Kulin Nation.

[@lynneperry7454]

Recently at formal events, on the news and so on, it’s become normal to mention the aboriginal land the event is happening from or buildings are built on. At very formal, or important meetings there will be a Welcome to Country where a First Nation’s elder, from the moiety of the land it is on, will welcome the visitors - often there is a smoking ceremony too - where a fire is lit and you get to have eucalypts smoke waft across you. It’s a healing ceremony and is lovely to be part of. It’s a very interesting and educational way of learning about pre-settlement First Nations areas.

[@Vicky_C87]

We have something called HECS (higher education something scheme). The government will loan the money for university and once you are earning over a certain amount they take a bit of your pay each fortnight to pay it back.

[@JesusManera]

University isn't free for Australians, but a) It's a lot cheaper than for international students; and b) You don't pay the fees out of pocket, you accrue an interest-free government debt that gets automatically paid back as a tax levy, only after you're making a certain minimum income, until it has been paid off. The fees are pretty low though, especially in comparison to the USA - my entire 3 year university course only totalled an $11,000 debt (albeit 20 years ago) - so the international enrolments which are much more expensive are important because in a way they subsidise the lower fees for Australian students.

[@Hannahx1104]

I completed my Masters in Early Childhood Education at Monash University (years ago) at the Peninsula Campus. I also attended other universities over the years, Monash though, is my preferred university 🙂

[@nonirosie]

ALL of Australia is Aboriginal land. Therefore most meetings, classes, ceremonies etc recognise the traditional owners of the land

[@julesmarwell8023]

Danish architects are often used to design our city buildings.

[@meredithkenny132]

2020 Monash enrolment was 85,924 students

[@Kate-the-Curst]

I went to Monash (Clayton) from 2007 to 2015 for my two bachelor degrees. Except for the Menzies building (the tall one Ryan wondered might be a dormitory, it's not, it's classrooms and offices), pretty much the whole place as shown in this video is unrecognisable to me. A huge chunk of Monash is research, so it's not all just jaffys running around :P (I don't know how widespread the term jaffy is, but it stands for Just Another F-ing First Year. There's not really any hazing, but in my day the campus had a lot of bottleneck crowd areas and the inexperienced students would frustrate the older ones) Met my partner of nearly 14 years in a society there!

[@samanthasmith264]

Acknowledgement of country. Acknowledging that there were actually people here before the colonisation. For example... where I am from, we acknowledge the Kaurna people... the original custodians of the land.

[@willcarroll8438]

All of Australia was aboriginal land. Especially for government organisations it’s usually respectful to do an acknowledgment of country. She is acknowledging the uni is on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people