Perth (Australia) in 1990s

A brief visit to Perth in the 1990's.
Produced by Thomas Merv.
#history #australia #1990s

[@josephhapp9]

Thank you for this nostalgia trip,,,I’m the singer at the 4 minute mark.

[@miyelir]

Great voice mate!

[@blackdox3002]

I remember that guy on the stilts.. definitely 90s

[@sachabinky2915]

I remember him too,, Saw him when i used to go get my Records at Central Station,, I Lived in Perth from 1994-1999 There's a VR commodore in this video, that's July1993 onwards :: Great Video though..

[@Callum-vj3yf]

This is 1992 earliest. The central park tower is fully built here, and construction on that building wasn't completed until May of that year. So my best guess is that this footage is from 1993/1994

[@creoda673]

There's something amusing about this 1930s-like narration to 1990s footage.

[@gregorygherkins1884]

This looks more like 1990s

[@ACDZ123]

Yeah 90s..tell by the trains and Forrest chase which wasn't developed like that till the 90s

[@mattsammi4143]

Yep

[@gemfyre855]

Trains are a giveaway.

[@colhannanjr]

I agree

[@razeezar]

The "New" Perth Entertainment Centre would have been at least 15 years old already, at the time this video was made. The presenter clearly wasn't a local... Further confirmed by his footy affinity, and the way he pronounced "mall" 😄

[@SuperLuckao]

Better than now

[@miyelir]

This reminds me of being a kid, and mum taking me into the city. I miss how the city use to be.

[@chrisminuta1257]

It's either '95 or '96. The southern stand at Subi oval wasn't completed until 1995 and the light towers were installed in 1997 so it's somewhere between that 2 year period.

[@joshmaclean3179]

1990s. If I remember right those trains were part of the updated train network 1991/92. Skyline definitely early 90s not 80s.

[@fungooloo12]

Yeah has to be early 90's. That guy on stilts was there when I was working for Telstra (Telecom at the time) and walking around the malls in early 90's. Also the skyline is too busy for early 80's

[@josephhapp9]

Trains were electrified in the 1990s.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Hard to believe that this is already 30 years ago... It is hardly recognisable today.

[@vampiric4real]

i remember the stilt guy, he would sneak out of the alley and follow people and act silly. The dancing puppet guy and the singing guy i remember as well

[@kasrakhatir]

I'm Surprised how little has changed.

[@AmperSammy]

Don't be..

[@loganpowers9991]

So that's what my home city looked like in the 1990s

[@kayboku7281]

I dont think those trains were around in the 80's, 90's maybe?

[@tintooki]

Late '80s maybe, but certainly not early 80s. Also, the Perth Entertainment Centre (now demolished) was built in 1972 - hardly new at the time. But thanks for the video, nice reminders.

[@djr093r5]

I don't remember exactly, but I'm fairly certain Forrest Chase and the modern Myer complex wasn't built until the 1990s. In any case, the narrator mispronouncing all the place names mentioned the West Coast Eagles premiership; the Eagles first of those wasn't until 1992, and they did it again in 1994. We beat Geelong both times to take it, so it's not clear which year he's referencing. However I remember both the elderly gentleman with the puppets, and the clown on stilts as a young adult, at a time when I was already driving myself to the city. That was late 1994. But that's a guess at best, it was a long time ago. 1992 certainly the earliest...

[@every1665]

1990's for sure.

[@retroworld1971]

Love this ❤

[@conormurray7056]

pretty sure the endeavour was 93

[@natashagoodhall2517]

So many good memories

[@jvmvine]

as i person who was born in 2004 im curious to know how safe the city was back then?

[@Oshua]

whats the name of the song at 6:18 ?

[@roncheong4198]

i spent a lot of time at sporting cards enterprises on murray st. jason you still alive?

[@fitzyholden1036]

What, no grunge or the big day out.

[@GoDown-y3d]

15 minutes of reminiscing... though the Eastern state pronunciations were grating lol

[@Grace_and_Truth78]

Back before it became a shthole

[@owendavies7452]

Those Orange 🧡 Ppl were down Pemberton. Working for a scammer drug lord. A bit like old Charles' Manson.

[@danc.5509]

Baghwan?

[@suecollins8199]

And, Ma Sheila: "tough titties" 😅

[@stronzer59]

Fun facts of 1990 Ave price of a 4x2x2 was $90,000 on 700 sqM of land A 375ml Crown Lager at Milligans $2 ea Sunday Sesh Rotto ferry tickets $20 rtn Renting an ave 3x1 was $110 a week Evaps were the rage for Perth's blistering hot summers A big nite out with the lads including a cab was under $100 The Kingswood was under $20 to fill from empty 10 kilo's of meat was under $20 30 cans of beer known as a block was $20 on special, cheaper than coke!! A flash haircut with a coffee was under $10 A private school fee was just $3000 a year per child A pub nite with the missus and 2 kids was doable on $20 no one owned a smart phone a sick day from work was expected by the boss the wife stayed home to sort the kids and house out Thursday nite shopping was it, Sat noon everything closed WAFL Grand Finals were huge Fishing off the beach was free All bush trips were measured in tinnies Weekends began knockoff thurs till the Sunday sesh because people could afford too.

[@mattsammi4143]

1990s, look at the cars

[@Chronicles_of_life99]

I wonder how much an average WA civilian had to mortgage to afford a house back then? Before all these eastern investors flooded in 🤔

[@Theduckwebcomics]

Like people say, this is the mid 1990s NOT anything to do with the 1980s sadly :( The endeavour replica was launched 1993-1994 so that dates things well. The film maker obviously wasn't from Perth since he mispronounces names and describes the entertainment centre as "new" when by that time it was very old and tired.

[@SurfingwithHaze]

Not one phone!

[@samdekker90]

Since when has a mall been called a "mal"? 😂

[@patrickmaclean1524]

And “subiarco” how hard is it.

[@darylephillips6778]

Thank you for a look back to the past

[@indranibd85]

Wowowowowow😊

[@jlrob85]

Most of the kids in this would now be older than their parents were in the footage. Time flies and I love Perth

[@PP-bm7zp]

Immigrated to Perth in 1990, so happy to have grown up here. Best city in the world.

[@bigshowdownunder8969]

Perth was really nice back then ,,it's a frigging dump now the developers got given to green light to turn it into concrete ,bitumen, packed in like sardines buggery..i havnt met many people that actually.like living there now unless they have come from an even bigger dump..the appeal of perth is going quick ,the new suburbs are disgusting cheek by jowl buggery the rooves of the neighbours literaly touching yours ,yuck ,how depressing ...

[@rickkinsman7400]

A perfect example of why a non native should never be used to provide commentary on a place they are unfamiliar with. Clearly demonstrated by his mispronunciation of many of the local words and names.