Melbourne Australia tourism documentary 1980's.....PART 1

Part 1 of a corporate video made in the late 1980's about the city of Melbourne.

[@mrpuniverse2]

I got a shock to see myself twice in this I am the colourful clown near the end first waving and later dancing with the police woman. It was definatly mid eighties as I was a member of The Moomba Clown Club. I can't believe I was in this clip

[@abhisek2091]

mrpuniverse2 your lucky that you got your glimpse of an un scripted situation of urs from back 33 years ago ... very few people get such chance

[@SumGuy-fs8sy]

I was the tree

[@yorkjin]

Wow amazing !!

[@TheNomad2727]

@@SumGuy-fs8sy Im the dog that pissed on the tree

[@mrpuniverse2]

@Peter A. It must have been 1987 as doco part 2 shows grand final Hawks blues which was 1986 -1987 mind gets a bit foggy on decades so long ago but I was doing the parades through eighties and nineties so years become a bit of a blur and roll into each other

[@honguenloh4612]

This was the Melbourne I knew and loved…good and memorable times back then! How I wish we could turn back time….:(

[@EliteURBX]

Bring back the WhiteAustralia Policy!

[@rick182z]

@@EliteURBX racist

[@wongcw08]

​@@EliteURBX Let's see how it'd turn out. Post WW2, the Aussie govt realised that there isn't enough population to defend the country and British immigrants were low in supply. They were call "Pommies" as they have more style and decorum. So the government turned to white northern Europeans. So those ran low in due time as well. Then came the southern Europeans. Slightly more "coloured" but then, beggars can't choose. These were called the "wogs". Yup. But these too ran low. Hmmm... Let's go for the Lebanese. But even there ran low. Good old Fraser decided that the white Australia policy had to end. In comes the Vietnamese refugees. By now, Australia is fast becoming an aging population. Who is going to fund the pension that the (ahem) white Aussies expected dogmatically? More immigration. Yup. More instant tax payers and engines of the economy. By now, the poor, uneducated Asians who used to lead the world and went into a couple of centuries of doldrums have awaken. Suddenly, Aussies are not that much smarter in comparison. That put a lot of pressure on the economy. "We were smarter and they had to buy stuff from us. Now, they are better than us." What does that mean? They make better cars more efficiently. So Australians cannot compete anymore. They manufacture high tech products. Aussies can't. So whatever factory Australia has were gradually closed down. They produce better software and programming jobs shrank. The list goes on... In a globalised economy, Australia needed people to have a competitive economy. If Australia want to remain "white", sure, be another North Korea. Stop your population from leaving or the economy will collapse. Manufacture your own stuff and they should cost a bomb cause you cannot do them cheap. I can go on but you get the idea. So the idea of "white Australia" is an impossibility.

[@tonymeck-lj8rv]

@@EliteURBX you would still have aboriginals there so whats your point or would you plan to wipe them out if you could go back in time

[@EliteURBX]

@@tonymeck-lj8rv My point is to simply bring back the WhiteAustralia policy as it was in place for almost a century, even with aborigines. That is my point! Bring back that policy.

[@LilliR4116]

I miss these days. The 80s was my teen years, going out clubbing, dancing, the people were more approachable, no mobile phones, just landlines, and answering machines lol. Although it was an era that is unforgettable, I'm sure like the previous generation. The 80s, 90s were my generations time, and they were just great. After 2000, the world started to slowly lose the plot!! I'd travel back in time if I could. This generation and the times are just fake, plastic and technologically a disgrace, it has its benefits, however, social media has somewhat destroyed the normal values etc..

[@Gezza1967]

G'day Yakidk89, thanks again that is a great old 1988 Melbourne doco', it shows the pubs i used to have a beer in! cheers Gezza

[@paulnguyen8910]

During the Aussie bicentennial, a local TV star was making it big with her hits "Locomotion" & "I Should Be So Lucky". Her sis was fresh out of "Young Talent Time". That's Kylie & Dannii Minogue, respectively.

[@Ishidanfarded2370]

When Melbourne was a beautiful city. Alas poor Melbourne, I knew it well Horatio

[@garynewton1263]

????? It is currently THE most beautiful city South of the equator. Above Perth and Beunos Wires!

[@scottmorrison466]

Back when Aussies could afford to live Melbourne.

[@hereticNick]

So why are 1500 people moving to Melbourne every week??

[@scottmorrison466]

@@hereticNick They are foreigners. That's my point.

[@hereticNick]

@@scottmorrison466 yeah, all those "super rich" Indians and islanders. 🙄 Damn them for living within their means and not a life of over indulgence and whinging about the government about how tough we have it.

[@scottmorrison466]

@@hereticNick A lot of Chinese colonisers as well.

[@vjm5246]

Agreed, Melbourne is a socialist shithole which has been run into the ground. Used to live there my whole life until recently.

[@01DOGG01]

Alexander Pde, blocked up back in the 80s. Good to see that they accounted for the increase in traffic over the coming decades. I mean, I can traverse the ENTIRE western ring road in ONLY two hours!!!

[@ozlass7778]

2 hours? Exaggerating much 😂 Maybe if there was a serious accident. Heck, even 5 yrs ago when you posted that comment, and prior to the widening of the Ring Rd, it would take just over on an hour to get from the sth west to Greensborough during peak times. Why do people like you tend to exaggerate and lie.

[@pepperoniunicorn8641]

Judging by the cars thats roughly 89-93 also thats not Melbourne, Where are all the Asians and Africans? This is some parallel universe Melbourne!

[@lleheer752]

lets go a further 200 years back... where are all the white people? its just aboriginals! i thought australia was a white only country!!! 😡😡😡

[@hereticNick]

@AccordionManiac I recently bought this VHS video in an op shop. It had a proper cover so I think at some time they did sell them as tourism souvenires.

[@itsmeanne]

Ahhhhh the good old days. When T-bone and Scotch fillet was $3.99kg and minced rump only $2.00kg!! Lamb fillets $3.49 😮

[@TomMarvan]

At 8:27 the sports headline in The Sun reads, "BEARS SOLD." On or around February 16th, 1990, Reuben Pelerman bought the Brisbane Bears after Christopher Skase's unsuccessful ownership tenure ended.

[@LordDavid04]

1989 or 1990. You can see the Melbourne 1996 Olympics bid logo at some points.

[@s.roberts3839]

Great vid. Thanks for uploading it mate.

[@mrporsche4236]

Melbourne never was never will be a tourist city

[@phoenixswanson1561]

I recognise what it was and it was all the things that I see here but it's interesting to see what I didn't growing up as I was too preoccupied with my own life to people watch.

[@dwarfsalad7011]

This was an ad to sell to USA and China - Now we are South China not Australia.

[@TheAxelay]

Exactly! This ad represents the good times that were about to end in the late 80's all in favour for globalism which would open us up to the whole wide world via 1991 to the 2021 hell we live in now.

[@anthonywhelan4660]

Batman never bought land from the Aboriginal people. He conned them. Read the deed he wrote. It was written in gothic style handwriting in Shakespearian gibberish and the elders made their marks on the parchment by dipping their fingers in ink.

[@williamboney7371]

Why would he buy it ?

[@5274-z5d]

opening words "john batman bought the land from local aborigines".... dont think thats the modern history view of things lol

[@ozlass7778]

He actually DID though. And was condemned for doing such a thing. Apparently, he should have just "taken" the land. A bit of education won't kill ya.

[@TheNomad2727]

@@ozlass7778 What did he "pay"? is there a record of that? probably a few blankets....

[@unassumingaccount395]

@Peter A. Ah yes, "revisionism" is when colonialism exists.

[@flynnc-m560]

There was no concept of land ownership among the aborigines. Land ownership is a very western idea and the aborigines didn't fully understand the 'trade' for their land at the time.

[@1greenMitsi]

pretty sure he exchanged a mirror and a comb...thats what we learnt at school anyway

[@zennus1]

@TheAxelay I have to agree, Melbourne was much better when it was living in Sydney's shadow! Now every man and his dog wants to come to Melbourne!

[@ozlass7778]

zennus1 Feel free to move, if you can't handle Melbourne, you snowflake.

[@ronburns6920]

9 years later everyone what's out of Melbourne.

[@garynewton1263]

Sydney has always been a shithole like Adelaide. Melbourne and Perth are the best cities to live in since the 1850s. Brisbane in third place.

[@nunu1g]

10:49 is it swanston st where the crowd is having the parade?

[@beanbeanster7219]

@nunulg Yes, they used to have the Moomba floats going along Swanston St. The Birdman rally ( at the Yarra River) was always fun to watch on the telly when we were kids.

[@awimbawe6359]

eastern FREEWAY.....still the same!

[@emily-sv8yk]

I think it was Monash?

[@ducpham-es2uy]

Heritage listed !!

[@beebop3734]

"For 600,000 acres of Melbourne, including most of the land now within the suburban area, Batman paid 40 pairs of blankets, 42 tomahawks, 130 knives, 62 pairs of scissors, 40 looking glasses, 250 handkerchiefs, 18 shirts, 4 flannel jackets, 4 suits of clothes and 150 lb. of flour." (Wikipedia)

[@westnblu]

They were considering naming Melbourne batmania @ one time i believe.

[@bradwilliams7683]

These days it doesn't matter how much you give the aborigines - they still consider that they were "invaded"!

[@gregryan6657]

@@bradwilliams7683 Ok Brad, so if, for example, the Chinese rock up next year with their navy, air force and standing army of over one million and say, "This country is ours now", I guess you'll just say "No worries, mate! You're not invading, you're just giving us your culture and everything that goes with it. Thanks, me old China!"

[@wazz6765]

@@gregryan6657 difference is we wouldn’t accept any payments the abos did

[@Davez621]

I don't think this is the 1980s. It looks more like 1990 to me. For one, you can see Les Miserables playing at the theatre - which played between Dec 7 1989 to Sep 29 1990. Given the sunny weather in the video it looks like summer - so the video was probably done sometime between Dec 1989 and Feb 1990. The '1980s' in the title is therefore a bit misleading.

[@ozlass7778]

CheesyTV Moomba is always in March though. Coinciding with the Labour Day weekend. The footage could have actually been taken from many aspects of Melbourne life during the 80's to 1990, though. Hence the use of the older class of trams, compared to the newer ones of around that time.

[@craiglaing2417]

I’d say it’s 80’s and 90’s footage. There’s a few cars that are definitely early 90’s. W class trams were still in use in the 90’s.

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

It's 100% the 80's.

[@AccordionManiac]

great video. were these kinds of tapes sold at tourist attractions or something?

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Beautiful Melbourne

[@jonedwardsthebest]

Guys,it was 87-88 part 2 was the 87 grand final in the footage

[@arocaveclan]

Batman purchased the land. Glad we've finally sorted that one out.

[@johnpro2847]

@ 4:15 Flinder's st station dome still looks as grotty now as it did in the 80's. The copper dome is covered in rusted train brake dust.

[@1979RayDay]

I miss the Garden State😪

[@flavour1970]

g,day its wayne from st albans

[@TheNomad2727]

G'day Wayne.... Its Damon from Carlton

[@thomasheaney936]

Judging by the cars on the road, its 1989 - 1991 somewhere abouts...

[@zacaryf]

Is it just me or does everyone seem friendlier back in that time ?

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

Yes.

[@phoebecraw615]

Can I ask where this originally comes from? I'm working on a doco and we'd be interested in licensing it.

[@qqq2211]

thanks for posting nice video

[@mis-tur-tay-bur]

No-one is walking along looking at a phone! What did the poor buggers do with their lives?

[@mattyd3079]

Melbourne has fallen

[@alexguymer7833]

This was taken when society was sane and people used their brains instead of their not yet invented mobile device

[@SkinnyCow.]

2:16 "John Batman purchased land from local aboriginals" um yeah, about that.......

[@nickyfilaki9071]

Why isn't anyone on their phones

[@AlonsoRules]

or using selfie sticks hahahahaha

[@abayasugen8446]

What phones?

[@janetemini5608]

It was the 80s

[@mrporsche4236]

Melbourne never was and never will be a tourist city.Sydney is a tourist city biiiiiiiig difference.And im from melbourne.Adelaide perth and Brisbane are slso tourist cities even hobart is but not melbourne.There is nothing wrong with melbourne but if you are from somewhere else and you want to spend money and fly here you will be very disappointed

[@111danish111]

Everyone is wearing comfortable clothing I hate the slim fit crap of nowadays.

[@medullaoblongata9670]

As beautiful and great Melbourne was and is I fail to see how this video would inspire tourism.

[@garynewton1263]

Each person she's things differently. Unless you grew up in the world's best city you just would never understand how awesome it was......and is!

[@jposh707]

OMG, the music reminds me of doing the Neutron Dance! :-p

[@garynewton1263]

Melbourne has been Australia's premier city since 1853 and nothing will ever change that. Perth has always been No 2 . Brisbane is not far behind.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

wheres perth

[@garynewton1263]

@@MrProzacmilkshake Its on the west coast. It's population is around 1.9 million.

[@K288-5hdbr]

@@garynewton1263 everyone knows Sydney is equal first, not perth

[@garynewton1263]

@@K288-5hdbr .............Hahaha.....hilarious. sadly sydney has never had good standards of living. The place has always been a ramshackle ghetto with terrible infrastructure. Do some reading on Australian social history, 1853 to present day. Find out the facts. It may surprise and even upset you but dem's da facts!

[@StreetDrilla]

i dont understand any of these comments? Melbourne looks exactly the fucking same, even how people dress.

[@knightboulegard5483]

Melbourne is clearly better then Sydney, I mean, come on, how many people can say they live in a city founded by BATMAN?

[@Davez621]

Update: Moomba parade - obviously March 1990.

[@muffdriver69]

Police look more friendly during this time. Hell, everything looks more friendly.

[@Ishidanfarded2370]

Then came mass immigration..Then Booooom unlivable city

[@ronburns6920]

quick someone invent a time machine

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

Yes - Victorian Police didn't shoot people with rubber bullets at the behest of a Marxist Government for political dissent and free speech. How far we have fallen as a city and a country.

[@eddielong8663]

It's the old impractical uniforms causing that affect. Lack of bullet proof vests on them back then made them seem less aggressive on the surface. But I think you'd find that they actually would've been atleast a little meaner back then. They were morally aloud to be. Remember that this was around the time when corporal punishment (cain floggings) in school was just being removed. So there was still a bit of oldschool discipline being enforced, whether still legal or not. And I'm sure it would've been somewhat applied with police procedure aswell. Which ironically would've made society overall more safe, not more dangerous.

[@budimanbudiman87]

i saw me mum!

[@carriebizz]

Um Noone bought land from the Aborigines, our white English ancestors just came here and set up camp with criminals. I'm a white Australian born and several generations Australian but I don't want to forget that thats our country's correct history.

[@FreedomLovingLoyalist]

Wait, Gucci was a thing in the 1980s? 3:06

[@anonymousr1918]

Gucci established in the early 20s

[@wimbletone]

Ah simple times! I remember glancing at my original iPhone along swanston street in the 80s. Back then, we couldn't even face time! Just good old myspace! I also remember when riding the trams, we needed to manually validate and top up our cards. Myki wasn't even on mobile yet! To know when the next tram is, you had to look at either the screen as the PTV app wasn't a thing yet. So much has changed!

[@wimbletone]

@Peter A. What decade were you born? These things existed as early as 50s in Melbourne. What are YOU babbling on about?

[@wimbletone]

@Peter A. Wow you're lying. Stop making things up. These existed in the 80s! Are you kidding me?

[@bradwilliams7683]

An iPhone? In the 1980's? Are you serious?

[@wimbletone]

@@bradwilliams7683 Yes! I remember taking photos of Bourke Street with my iPhone XY resolution wasn't as good but it was awesome back in the day.

[@bradwilliams7683]

wimbletone Just googled it. The first iPhone was released on 29/06/2007. Check it out for yourself. Cheers.

[@garynewton1263]

It's Browse!

[@mvnorsel6354]

This tourism program was too successful, look how crowded Melbourne is now.

[@zacaryf]

True I think especially the cbd is overpopulated

[@TheAxelay]

It worked too well and now melbourne is nothing like this video doco anymore, it's changed but you have to understand this well orchestrated and intended for it to happen.

[@garynewton1263]

It's Growse!!!

[@wasiuuu1]

Melbourne police friendly smile, today chasing People in the parks, House could be paid off in 5 years, today around 50 Melbourne what happen to YOU ?

[@CaptainAwesome-mz6mt]

Besides vehicles, clothing and some buildings.. Melbourne is STILL The SAME

[@chrizzle6222]

Yeah its so the same with hoards of Chinese 😂😂😂

[@RS-rj5sh]

Melbourne pre mass immigration. Today you may as well be in Delhi or Beijing 😬

[@williamboney7371]

Don’t bother going to this place,it has well past its use by date.

[@mysteriousgirl4438]

As fun as it is to look back it was pretty tacky and gross back then

[@scottmorrison466]

So much better now of course.

[@hypercomms2001]

40 years ago.. crikey!

[@eastender_]

30 I think. Lots of comments suggesting this was 1989/1990

[@hypercomms2001]

@@eastender_ Not sure what the " Mayor of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets" would know about the culture of Melbourne in the 1980s? Yet at the perception of time is logarithmic, from our point of view now, 30 years, 40 years blurs a lot...But having grown up in Melbourne during that time, a lot happened.....

[@eastender_]

Michael John Little Errr, I didn’t imply anything about being knowledgeable about Melbourne culture at that time. And what if I did? Maybe I’m in my 60s who grew up in Melbourne and moved to London? Anyway, I do actually agree with your main point.

[@zennus1]

3 million people in the 1980s? bullshit! didn't have that many!

[@ItsJamenson]

By 1985 the population was almost 3 million google it..

[@u3052473]

Melbourne is so much more beautiful now! 4.3 million now days, growing so fast!

[@ozlass7778]

5 million now, by 2018 (last year). Won't be long before it takes over Sydney again 🖒🖒🖒 P.S Feel free to move, Bruce, if you can't handle it 😁

[@1greenMitsi]

lol melbourne is a over populated over clutered socialist concretes and glass shithole

[@mattyd3079]

@@1greenMitsi Yep, Melbourne has fallen. It's gone. End of story. It's the inevitable result when left wing governments have too much power. Thousands of people are fleeing Melbourne every week, and it has nothing to do with the pandemic. It's the state government's response to it. Cruel and oppressive. People in Melbourne haven't got a bloody clue.

[@thomaswalsh6844]

No,, it’s not.

[@TheAxelay]

Yah it's SO much better as a CCP-inspired commie woke cesspool covid hell hole now?! All thanks to globalism and open boarders yes! Believe it or not, this Melbourne portrayed here was neo populist/isolationist nationalist paradise here but by 1991 it would all come to an end now to the 2021 dumpville we have now?! So much to be proud and thankful for. This video here is like a dream to me now and what's worse is that I once existed in this era! Mu-diversity thrills...