10 AMAZING Facts About AUSTRALIA | American Reaction

[@jennybowd2962]

What people don't realise is that when they say that the criminals were sent to Australia you picture murderers and that level of crime but one of my ancestors was one of those criminals and him crime as a young teenager was to steal a pair of boots and a loaf of bread. He went on to serve his time and then became a coach driver for cobb and Co coach lines and later in life as a hotel owner

[@Manuka_888]

Also check the year 1788 - it all came about because the war of independence put an end to shipping convicts to the Americas, which were in the tens of thousands before that time. Most Americans don't realize they took nearly as many convicts as Australia.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

They still call them bloody criminals overseas, try researching being an orphan in 1820s London! 🤬

[@bloozee]

Serious criminals were hanged. Transportation was an attempt at rehabilitation.

[@badhabitz5904]

And what did those only criminals do to the Indigenous that were there first you skip that part of the murderers🤷

[@bloozee]

@@badhabitz5904 the type of non-criminal people who volunteerd to go to the colony were probably even worse.

[@barrybloggs9474]

Australia invented the motor mower, WiFi, Surf Life Savers, rotary washing line, spray on skin, pacemaker, Google Maps, polymer bank notes, Cochlear implant (bionic ear), electric drill, Ultrasound scanner, Inflatable escape slide and raft, Racecam, to name a few

[@suzannarobinson4726]

Thank you! As another Aussie.

[@buddyvanspankeren8255]

No wifi was invented by cees slinks ..in the twente universaty in the netherlands

[@barrybloggs9474]

@@buddyvanspankeren8255 Wrong. Did you know that the work of a Sydney born, Australian engineer by the name of John O’Sullivan, led to the invention of wireless Internet? It’s a technology used by billions of devices around the world every day, and it all started right here, down-under. We’ve managed to build our own sky speed network thanks to John’s amazing legacy. But long before our start in 2005, just how did the invention of wireless come about? Back in the 80s, John O’Sullivan was fascinated by Stephen Hawking’s 1974 theory that black holes in space are not always empty black masses. In fact, Hawking suggested that when black holes exploded, they transformed into radio waves that transmitted through space. Hawking could picture a future where through technology, these galactic radio waves could be received and interpreted right here on earth. Isn’t that cool? John and his colleagues certainly thought so. These radio waves became a passion of theirs, to the point where they decided to try and measure and interpret these foreign transmissions from space, and bring Hawking’s future to the present.

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

@@buddyvanspankeren8255 Yes. Wifi was not invented in Australia but the technology that made it useful was.

[@janined5784]

Yep, we are an amazing bunch of people. Being so isolated, "necessity is the mother of invention".

[@seachangelezzie]

The pronunciation of the famous lollies "fantales" as fahn-tahh-lees had me rolling on the floor😂😂😂 it's FAN TALES, as in stories told by fans of something

[@stormystohelit6256]

Right??? I had to skip back and see what the hell fan-tah-leees were

[@bronwynlapham2037]

Did you hear him say "dinky dee" early on? 😆

[@nolajoy7759]

@@stormystohelit6256 Must be the posh version, like shopping at Tar-jhay for your Fan-Tahlees 🤣

[@TJMiton]

man i rewound on that one like 5 times....

[@Lukey-D]

Lemme just look up his ip address, I just need to talk to him.

[@narratordru7188]

We Aussies also made a giant contribution to Saturday afternoons with the invention of the lawn mower.

[@grandmothergoose]

and the 8 hour day/40 hour week so that people could have time to mow their lawn (previously there were not work time limits and many people worked 12 hour days 6 days a week.

[@IdoZatTimeInaVan]

🤣😂😅

[@Bill13012013]

Victor Richardson, invented the Victa lawnmower, grandfather of the Chappells

[@AussiePom]

@@grandmothergoose Now it's an 8 hour day/38 hour week.

[@grandmothergoose]

@@AussiePom Yeah, not sure we invented that part though. We did invent the 8 hour day... which started as a 48 hour week, then went down to 44, then 40, now it's 38 but we weren't the first to drop it down that far. I think some European countries beat us to it.

[@rennybutton]

The narrator of Top 10 needs an aussie to help him pronounce many aussie words . omg ! he messed up too many times . . But Ryan, I love your open heart that keeps being surprised and delighted at out weird and wonderful home . I do enjoy your vids . All the best from a sydney local . cheers mate.

[@reasonjo]

I know!! So annoying!! Dinky-dee... 🤣 It's dinky-dye! Spell dinky-di (for Ryan's continued development in all things Aussie.)

[@oakfat5178]

These days, a lot of narration is sketchy text-to-voice software.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

Fan-tar-lees was the one that got me

[@toniotoole3968]

@5:25 , The quoted 19 thousand soldiers lost in WW1 was just from the State of Victoria , i believe the total loss of life was 62 thousand ( from a population of 4 mill at the time and about 420 thousand of who had enlisted)

[@James-kv6kb]

Yes Victoria is responsible for most of our history the rest of the country doesn't actually exist lol

[@juanitahughes3289]

even small country towns lost many young men and boys. the town were I grew up with only 8000 population today lost 100 in the great war. It is sobering to walk down the corridor of trees, one for each boy lost, and realise everyone in town would have known at least one of them.

[@francesbrennan5160]

@@juanitahughes3289 Devastating, not just to their family, & friends, but to our Nation, losing our young best & brightest generation, at the time. Used as cannon fodder by several British Generals, who were selected from the Wealthy Upper Class, often without any War experience, just given the authority over many Working class men. Many dubious, if not incompetent leaders, wasteful of far too many Soldiers lives.

[@francesbrennan5160]

@@juanitahughes3289 Plus, how many were permanently injured, '& shell shocked', which in those days was looked down on as a character flaws, not an actual psychological injury from combat conditions.

[@miniveedub]

Yes, you just missed ANZAC Day. It’s held on the anniversary of Australia and New Zealand Army Corps’ first big military engagement at Gallipoli and it has become a day to remember the fallen in all wars and to pay respect to those veterans who managed to return. Most ANZAC services are held just before dawn at locations all around the country and the sun comes up during the service. That time is chosen because it coincides with the time of our servicemen coming ashore at Gallipoli. Many of the veterans who attend their local Dawn Service then head into the city to take part in the Anzac Parade that starts around 9.00 a.m. and winds through the main city streets.

[@bloozee]

It is also commemorated in Turkey these days.

[@Jeni10]

Do you know how our UGGs wound up in America? A tourist saw them and went back home and set up his own manufacturing company. The owner of Uggs in Australia took him to court, and the outcome was that the American company can only sell to the US and not to Australia.

[@robynmurray7421]

Actually, the US company Deckers does sell ugg boots in Australia. They even use the name Uggs Australia to market their product, which are made on China .Sadly. Australian made ugg boots can only be sold in Australia. The Australian company which sells Australian made ugg boots was sued by Deckers after selling boots to an international customer online.

[@janinemuller9792]

They were invented in Oz. America stole them from us. Last year there was a huge court case for Australia to get the name UGG back Australian UGGS are known as Mortels. 😢 just another this the States stole from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Jeni10]

@@robynmurray7421 Then it may be that another company is making them legally if the patent has expired.

[@oakfat5178]

@@Jeni10 Nope. Predatory patenting. It was legal theft of IP but it was a dog act. Australian govt should do the EU thing where you can't put a place name on a product unless it comes from that place. At least the bastards would have to drop "Australia" from the brand name.

[@tivet4]

founded in 1978 by Australian surfer Brian Smith in Santa Monica, California. After putting on his pair of Australian sheepskin boots after a

[@RoxanneHudson-dd3bs]

On behalf of South Australia, I would like to let you know here in SA, it was illegal to send convicts to this colony. We were totally made up of Settlers. So not all the country was started with convicts ... it started as separate colonies until 1901, when there was federation and we all became one country.

[@santyclause8034]

Victorians too. We wuz Port Jackson and Hobsons Bay (of New South Wal.. dammit)

[@davidius74]

Thanks Roxanne. As a proud sth Aussie I always take great offence when people say Australia is just a bunch of convicts

[@davidius74]

We are in fact where the Brits saw the light and actually PAID to come live to get away from the dreary, wet British weather to a place that is warm and not raining 300+ days of the year

[@roslynianson4635]

Proud to be a Mid North, Saddlewoth/Marrabel Gal. Best Community in the 50's to 70's to grow up. Teachers were fabulous, so much fun at the Dances & Balls. Great Role Models. Travelled & lived all over Australia & The World but I still think of it as "Up Home". An Aucklander now, NZers SO Jealous of Aussies!!!!

[@suevize6853]

South Australia was founded as a free state and very proud of it

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

Lancelot Eldin "Lance" de Mole CBE, was an Australian engineer and inventor. He made several approaches to the British authorities, in 1912, 1914, and 1916, with plans for a vehicle driven by a type of caterpillar track, believing that it could have a military application. This we now know as the tank.

[@francesbrennan5160]

@@Danger_Mouse_00 Often, the British attitude towards Australians, as well as other Countries Nations under their Empirical rule, was Breathtakingly ARROGANT. An Australian General worth looking at is Sir John Monash, a War Hero, & amazing humanitarian.

[@ingridclare7411]

You were talking when he said we invented the black box on planes but I think you might know that. The things we have invented are just legendary. Including the fridge!!!

[@bretthestelow9051]

And the Motor Lawn Mower

[@AussiePom]

The American military stealth planes are undetectable with conventional radar so we Aussies invented a radar to detect them. The Yanks were overjoyed for if they wanted to track one then now they could whereas before they couldn't. The radar works by tracking the disturbed air flow behind them.

[@phildavenport4150]

And the "black" box is actually orange.

[@missjayspeechley9213]

On boomerangs, the small bird hunting boomerangs that everyone thinks of when they hear "boomerang", they come back. The bigger ones for hunting kangaroos, don't come back, and you really don't want it to

[@anthonywatts2033]

"you really don't want it to"! That's an understatement! Catching several kilos of whirling timber would not be easy!

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

How fast and how low can you duck? If you have no idea how to catch a returning boomerang, you can seriously be hurt.

[@nevyn9050]

Milton Jones said on Mock The Week .. "Boo is an Australian Aboriginal word for 'come back'.... because if you throw an ordinary merang"

[@samanthafairweather9186]

Does anyone remember the song, " My boomerang won't come back"? Nah, you don't want those big ones coming back! It'll take your head off!

[@TheEnigman]

Years ago we had boomerang throwing as part of our P.E class. The teacher liked to play a game he called Star Wars where he'd have the entire class of 30 throw their boomerangs at the same time and laugh when one of the students got hit by a returning boomerang. Not that many returned as there were quite a few mid air collisions. Of course, eventually one day he ended up collected in the head by one of the returning boomerangs. He caned the boy that had thrown it but was disciplined by the principal when they found out the circumstances.

[@ayden1311]

When we play cricket against England we chant, you sent us to a tropical paradise,lol

[@James-kv6kb]

Stop making bulshit up no one has ever said that

[@trevormackey3515]

G'day Ryan, It's considered a badge of honour if you have a convict in your family tree.

[@gavincrispin1436]

and if most people had a dna test they would find out they might not be who they think they are.

[@James-kv6kb]

Speak for yourself . Where I come from it's a badge of honour that we weren't convict scum

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

It is? Since when?

[@gailstevens6831]

They are known as Australian Royalty if their convicts came out with the First Fleet.

[@nicholasbyrne6485]

The guys who started outback steakhouse never even set foot in Australia.

[@Slim953]

@Nicholas Byrne how bizarre. I did not know that

[@oakfat5178]

A couple of Aussies started a food shop in Boston a while back, with meat pies, Vegemite, Tim-Tams and much more. One of them said they gave up trying to stop Americans pronouncing 'rissoles' as "rissolays"

[@suzyfarnham3165]

@@oakfat5178 There are Aussies who own an all Australian cafe in St Augustine, Florida. We found it accidently. Yes..I had a Bundaberg Ginger Beer!!

[@oakfat5178]

@@suzyfarnham3165 What an excellent find. I'm partial to Bundaberg ginger beer too, sometimes with a splash of vodka.

[@michaelreynolds1308]

Yeah some guys from Florida I think (I work at the Brisbane restaurant)

[@deejay7497]

Australia is the most amazing place to live, you really can't appreciate it until you visit.

[@australianjackaroo6660]

We don't "celebrate" Anzac Day, we "commemorate" Anzac Day🙄

[@ACDZ123]

And the boer war was before ww1 for Australian soldiers

[@keekwai2]

We get pissed at the RSL Club, play lawn bowls and revel in the glory of our past adventures of war.

[@lesleyvass8739]

@@keekwai2 Don't forget the 2-Up!

[@simmogj]

​@keekwai2 you might do that, many don't. It's a day of reflection for some of us

[@snowmorgan4115]

We celebrate and commodorate stupid

[@sutekh233]

Aww, they forgot to mention that one of our PM's (Bob Hawke) held the record for drinking the fastest yard of beer for quite a few years........😅😅

[@WylieKiote]

That was a right of passage when you turned 21yrs of age, then they started doing it at 18yrs didn't they?

[@Bellas1717]

We have snow and cold, we export sheep and wool, Uggs made sense. Oh my goodness, just realised when he said Fan-tar-lees he meant Fan-tales - choc-coated caramels, called Fan-tales because they have interesting info about movie stars on the wrappers, tales for their fans.

[@Bellas1717]

Fantales are now being discontinued…

[@kimgee4821]

If you borrow a tool in Aussie land we usually say”it’s a boomerang “. Meaning you return it to the owner. Just another slang saying

[@bblake5116]

We all watched Steve Irwin and loved him ( he was good at showing us what not to do) but for our education on living in this country we watched Malcom Douglas and Les the bush tucker man.

[@grandy2875]

There was also Jack Absalom, Albi Mangles, and of course don't forget The Leyland Brothers... "🎶travel all over the country side, ask the Leyland's, ask the Leyland's, travel all over the country wide, ask the Leyland Brothers...🎶" now that was a bit of a memory dig of about 45 years...🥴 🙃🐨🇦🇺

[@oakfat5178]

@@grandy2875 I'd love someone to do a reaction to some Alby Mangles. If there's any footage of the 1970s garden show with a bloke called Farquhar, that would be great.

[@James-kv6kb]

Yes Malcolm Douglas was real he didn't put crocodiles into freezer trucks to lower their blood to the point where they couldn't react or have a farm that was so far south the crocks couldn't heat themselves

[@James-kv6kb]

​@@grandy2875 Albi mangles was completely fake it was all film in South Australia 😂

[@James-kv6kb]

@Tammy McLeod Steve Irwin ,that's why he was able to hold the child in the arm next to the crocodile which made international headlines but the crocs can't move if the blood is not warmed up lol he did ads with crocodiles and they bought them to him in freezer trucks so they couldn't react. He did a lot of amazing work but the croc thing was all fake

[@PS-Straya_M8]

The furry boot as you call it is the Ugg Boot which originated in Adelaide South Australia and was made to keep the feet of surfers warm

[@pascalswager9100]

Oh true?! That's cool, just watched the highlights of the 60th anniversary of Bells beach surf comp, I wasn't disappointed 🤗 they probably could've used some uggs getting down there, was freezing apparently.

[@PS-Straya_M8]

@@pascalswager9100 the surfers absolutely loved them and affectontly called them ugly boots .. hence the term ugg boots

[@keekwai2]

No. The "brand" Ugh was developed in Adelaide. Homo Erectus invented the boot. lol

[@keekwai2]

@@pascalswager9100 Not quite true.

[@marealanham2900]

The ugg boots go back to the late 1800s when shepherds used to wrap their feet in sheepskin to keep their feet warm. They were later used by shearers because the lanolin in the sheep's wool rotted normal boots. The first commercially produced ones were in 1933 by a company on the Blue Moutains, west of Sydney. During WWII airmen used them to keep their feet warm. They became popular in the 60s and 70s with surfers.

[@jayweb51]

WWI was not the first war Australia was involved. Australian troops were involved in the Boer War(South Africa 1899 -1902), and the boxer Rebellion(China 1900 - 1901). Up until the Vietnam War, Australians had fought in nine wars.

[@ACDZ123]

Ahh I left a comment about the boer war ..you beat me though 😅

[@CraftedColour]

Actually WW1 was the first time Australians were able to take part as their own separate entity. Previously they fought under the British flag.

[@James-kv6kb]

No one seems to know that there were Australians fighting with the Americans in the civil war and unfortunately every war ever since

[@mjcussen7458]

I read, years ago, that the Crimean War was the first war Australians participated in despite the fact Federation was after that war.

[@francesbrennan5160]

@@mjcussen7458 Probably lumped in with the British forces, & not recognised as Australian, pre Federation 1901.

[@letitiarosenthal8142]

You missed the mention of invention of the black box toward the beginning of the video. A significant invention for sure.

[@maussie3015]

Ryan, It is reckoned that transported convicts made up a quarter of the British immigrants to colonial America in the 18th century. In case they don't tell you that.

[@jasonthomas4973]

That God they dod it best country in the world by far😂

[@owynpham1478]

America was the best country in the world. It has fallen so far from grace. Poverty is starting to rival 3rd world countries. The people need to get control of the rogue government before you lose your country for good.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

These days, the US doesn't need to import convicts, they make their own.

[@helenlecornu1651]

That's really how america started as a colony for convicts, which is seemingly forgotten about all for a rewritten whitewashed history.

[@milliechook7375]

Outback Steakhouse serves what some US American decided what Australian food must be, and slapped a couple of Australian words through their menu to make it sound 'authentic'. It's not Australian.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

Toowoomba Seafood Pie ??.........Um.. did nobody ever look at an Aussie map??!

[@SH-qs7ee]

Outback Steakhouse is about as Aussie as McDonalds is Scottish

[@mehere8038]

none of their foreign food restaurants there are authentic, so I guess Australian can't be different to the rest. I think the Italians are still throwing their arms in the air over pineapple on pizza (mind you, we do that too)

[@karenhorsburgh7302]

Outback Steakhouse is only American…booooooo. The food is shit.

[@karenhorsburgh7302]

Cassowaries are very deadly. This bird can eviscerate you with one kick to the gut.

[@IdoZatTimeInaVan]

Don't forget the Hill Hoist. A rotary clothes line, 4 arms radiating from a centre column inside an outer steel pipe. Had a winding handle at waist height, allowing you raise the line once you had pegged out your washing. Took up far less space than the prop-up things, and were much easier to manage. Plus - when Mum wasn't looking, we kids would hand upside down on the arms while one kid spun us around faster and faster until someone fell off. ROFLMAO.🤣🤣🤣

[@darneyoung537]

We don’t celebrate we commemorate our fallen hero’s Anzac Day and Remembrance Day

[@James-kv6kb]

There needs to be a campaign by the Australian government to tell the world to stop saying celebrate why can't people overseas understand that

[@JanLotherington]

Aaaggh...it makes me so mad that anyone would think we "celebrate" Anzac Day. IT'S COMMEMORATE NOT CELEBRATE. LEST WE HAVE

[@JanLotherington]

Should have read.. LEST WE FORGET

[@karinaw977]

The British only started sending convicts to Australia because they could no longer send them to America when USA became independent from Britain. And the convicts were mostly used as slave labour in Australia to ‘Build the colony’ so they only sent the fittest and younger convicts who could do work for the British empire. I also just watched Hamilton 😄

[@jamiemctainsh3267]

Thank you. I was hoping someone would have pointed this out. They sent them to America for about 160 years (English were in control for about 165 years.) and to Australia for only 60 years.

[@oakfat5178]

Why would anyone want to watch a musical about a F1 driver?

[@Reneesillycar74]

@@oakfat5178😂

[@James-kv6kb]

No one seems to know South Australia was free of convicts

[@oakfat5178]

@@James-kv6kb Then those fucking boat people started arriving from the Eastern states, with their funny dialect Also, in 1901, they also made us take voting right away from indigenous men and all women.

[@ThiefKingofLegend]

When I went to Canakkale, Turkey (the closest town to Gallipoli) I wasn't allowed in this trendy bar/club. They asked me where I was from and when I said Australia they let me right in.

[@francesbrennan5160]

@@ThiefKingofLegend Mutual Respect for opposing Combatants, we lost to a very famous Turkish Leader, Field Marshall, Revolutionary Statesman, & Founder of the modern Turkiye (Turkey): Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

[@azanterose6526]

Im not 100% sure on this, but I think there are two types of boomerangs. One hunting doesn't usually come back, and the other does.

[@janined5784]

I guess it wouldn't come back if it actually made contact with the animal because its trajectory and speed would have stopped as soon as contact was made. I wouldn't WANT a boomerang covered in blood to come back to me anyway. 🤕 They didn't mention the woomera, a spear-thrower. Also the name of a purpose built town in Sth Australia with a facility for testing long-range rockets, weapons and missiles.

[@bblake5116]

Ugg boots are Australian and genuine Ugg boots are only made here in oz.

[@Deaming1197]

We all respect Steve and his family he was the best zoo guy to ever existed

[@ronwoods7778]

Hi Ryan, you seem to have missed what is perhaps THE most important Australian invention - certainly one that has saved coutless lives around the world. Check out the item between the notepad and the power strip (usually called power board in Australia). At 1:59 in your video is the black box flight recorder, now compulsory on all but small aircraft. While the original device could only record a few parameters, technological advances now allow an incredible amount of vital information to be recorded, but they're still based on the original Aussie invention..

[@MelodyMan69]

UGG BOOT is made from LAMBs Skin (Hide). We also use Lambskin as Car Seat Covers. Not hot to sit on in Summer. 🇦🇺

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Power strip, yeah we call it a power board

[@garywatson5617]

The convicts won out; we've got the best land. I think there were more than 250,000 convicts sent here. According to Ned Kellys mother, a lot of Irish convicts committed crimes on purpose to escape brutal British rule. And yes, most convicts were petty criminals. One of my ancestors stole a watch and a loaf of bread. He had a family (wife and 7 children) in Ireland; he got 7 years. When he came here, he was granted land in the Hawkesbury to grow oranges, remarried and had seven more children.

[@mehere8038]

so what happened to his wife & kids in Ireland?

[@garywatson5617]

@@mehere8038 no one knows. I probably have lots of cousins in Ireland.

[@mehere8038]

@@garywatson5617 or they all died of starvation with their bread winner gone

[@garywatson5617]

@@mehere8038 yes....a possibility. I hope his first wife had family to help.

[@kevo6190]

My first family member on my father's side (Irish) decided to ditch school and go on an adventure.... Ended up stowing away on a boat bound for Australia full of convicts.🤣 Idiots! My mum's great great great something grandfather stole his cow back from the bank. Still funny 🤣🤘🇦🇺

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

There are so many other hi-tech Australian inventions, including gene shears, and the bionic ear.

[@pyrothefirst]

I used to be a competition boomerang thrower, any questions on how to actually get it to come back hit me up. Little tip, it has to be thrown on a slight angle from vertical NOT horizontal. You also need the wind to help. I consistently got hits with a hunting stick at 50m 😊

[@FionaEm]

Many convicts sent from Britain were petty thieves- stealing handkerchiefs, bed linen etc - yet they were sentenced to 7 years and often treated with terrible cruelty. My great-great-great-grandfather and grandmother both came to Australia that way. They met here & had 4 kids, who made a better life for themselves than their parents had endured.

[@mehere8038]

why only 4 kids? & was it 4, or 4 who survived to adulthood? That's really low for the time, my great, great, great, great, great grandfather had 14 kids & his son, my ansestor had 16 (well I guess it was his wife that had them really, but all the records relate to the men, really hard to find info on the women)

[@James-kv6kb]

None of which came to South Australia because it was illegal here

[@lesleyvass8739]

It's morning here so 'G'day!' No real Australian says 'Happy Arvo', ever!

[@1001reasons1968]

It's his thing 😆

[@GreenpeaThe_Rat]

Wait- you might be in W.A am I right? It is after noon for me 😂 nsw. All I’m giving. Also! G’day mate.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Ryan's been told that from the start.He stuck with it,(probably as a 🖕to us Aussies lol). Now it's his catchphrase 👍 It makes me chuckle each video 😂 ..love it👍

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

​@@GreenpeaThe_Rat Arvo here too. We are only 2 hours behind you. 13.06 here

[@brettevill9055]

As proof of what you say, Ryan is not an Australian.

[@andrewbrockhoff2976]

The UGG boat was invented after WW2 by my uncles Miles and Ladder Palachec in Adelaide, many have claim they were the first in the 1950's, I still have my mothers pair from the 1940's made by the uncles.

[@cozzafrenzy]

I had a koala grunting out side last night..glad there was no one under him

[@6226superhurricane]

my convict ancestor was a 15yo irish boy who was 5"2 tall when convicted of stealing a vegetable from his employers shop where he worked as a grocers boy.

[@ruffnut1000]

You talked over one of the most important inventions to come out of Australia, the black box recorder that is on every commercial jet

[@bhsaproduction]

There are 3 main boomerangs (2 for hunting that don’t return) & the 3rd for fun/toy that does come back. Aussies have invented parts of the WIFI system, the Coolgardie safe (1890’s), the 1st Patented Refrigerator (1854), the first multi-channel cochlear implant and the first (Australian) film ‘Soldiers of the Cross’ (by the Salvos) in 1900 as well as recording the “Birth of the nation at Federation in 1901”.

[@keekwai2]

Ancient boomerangs have been found in Africa, Nth/Sth America, Eastern Europe and Asia. They're not exclusively an Oz invention.

[@noelleggett5368]

‘Aussies’ Mel Gibson was born in New York City (to American parents before the family moved to Australia), and Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu (to Australian parents who were on student visas at the time).

[@freman]

If you've ever been fed a burger without egg, beetroot and (preferably) pine apple on it, you've not had an aussie burger:)

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

That's 100% what I thought the narrator was going for when he said "but there's something missing"

[@AUmarcus]

You completely missed the Black Box flight recorder because you were yabbering on about the notepad. 🤣

[@marklivingstone3710]

Mate, we had to invent the fridge. In Adelaide, temperatures during summer can reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Australia also invented the lawn mower and emergency exit slides on aircraft.

[@sklag1]

What is generally overlooked is why convicts were sen to Australia. Prior to 1775 convicts were sent to the Americas. Over 52000 convicts were sent to the Americas, 20,000 to Virginia alone.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Outback Steakhouse is an American chain of Australian-themed casual dining restaurants, serving American cuisine, based in Tampa, Florida. I know they said Great Barrier Reef has 900 islands but all of Aus has 8222 islands 🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️

[@Ulbre]

plus one really big one :)

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@Ulbre Oh yeah, that one / hey I’m there right now lol 😂

[@suzyfarnham3165]

They are all over America. First one I went to in Ohio? The guy who greeted us at the door smiled and said 'GEEDAY'. I said "Are you trying to say G'Day??!" He was so excited that he got all their servers to come up and learn how to say G'day correctly!! They asked about the menu...whether it was 'typical Aussie'???! I said I had NEVER heard of a "Toowoomba Seafood Pie"...then explained that Toowoomba was a large INLAND city, hundreds of miles from the ocean!! I asked why they had bread instead of damper? Had so much fun as an Aussie teaching them about their own menu!

[@wombats5128]

That’s why I hadn’t heard of them. I’m in Australia and they aren’t here

[@21gioni]

Another Australian invention is Satellite Navigation invented by Ernesto Pace a friend of mine in 1980 using a Commodore 64 computer and a 5” CRT screen. He was an electronics engineer and part time Magician. Before his death he sold his Patient to a secret buyer in the USA who provides his widow an enormous amount of royalty.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

I had a female convict who married a British soldier on the trip over to australia as my ancestors on my mother’s side . She couldn’t have been much of a convict lol

[@kerrydwyer1879]

Real ugg boots in cold weather are great Ryan.They are so warm And we can spray them with waterproofing spray for damp weather

[@pamelabaars6896]

Ryan Australians are pretty bloody clever, if I may say so.

[@StormTalara]

Interestingly enough, Australia/NZ and Turkey have a close relationship regarding ANZAC day, despite being on opposite sides of the battle. Turkey cares for the graves of the Australians who died there as if they were their own, and participates in services at Gallipoli.

[@lynnmoses3563]

My ancestors were some of those living on the goldfields at Sofala, near Bathurst...My grandmother being the eldest of 13 to be born there in a tent in 1895..My black African 4th and 5th great grandfathers came here on the first fleet in 1788...One via England, the other via Connecticut USA were both slaves...Their 'crimes' back then were for things like stealing a loaf of bread, a piece of clothing etc, and some would be hanged for such menial crimes..one of my grandfathers stole a watch, the other a piece of clothing...My 4th great grandfather won his freedom and became a police officer at Parramatta....they both lived, and went on to have many children, or I wouldnt be here, but not everyone was so fortunate.

[@rossawood5075]

There are different types of 'Boomerang', a hunting boomerang is not designed to return as it is not symetrical but designed to killor stun at a distance with a head blow to the prey being hunted. A symetrical Boomerang will return!

[@gavinfoster8607]

Ryan Ugg boots aren't made from any fur, but from sheeps wool. And as for being ugly, they may be drab in colour, but are very comfortable and warm. I am not sure Australia can lay claim to this type of boot, since Sherpas and Mongolians for example have been using this type of boot for thousands of years but more colourful and with a different lining...fur.

[@JanLotherington]

I'm a proud Australian & even more proud because I'm a decent of a convict, who went on to own land & help many people & animals. Also very proud that my Grandfather & Father fought front line in France, Belgium, Middle East against Rommel & won. As Churchill said, before El Alamain we never had a victory, after El Alamain we never had a defeat. LEST WE FORGET

[@francesbrennan5160]

The 'Rats of Tobruk', ANZAC's creating more obstruction to Rommel than their numbers would suggest.

[@miniveedub]

Terrible criminals those convicts they sent here 🙄 I’m descended from two of them. One stole a bolt of cloth, was sentenced to seven years here, his wife and two sons came here on the ship with him and they settled here and made a fairly good life for themselves. The other was caught in possession of stolen salt and pepper shakers and sentenced to fourteen years here. He received a free pardon after a handful of years for service to the community.

[@James-kv6kb]

This is why the people in Adelaide are much more cultured then on the eastern states because we didn't come from convicts we were all free settlers

[@ClissaT]

@@James-kv6kb oh whoopee duck!!! 😂😂😂

[@noelleggett5368]

Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance honours the nearly 19,000 Victorians died in the First World War. Victoria, at the time, was Australia’s most populous state. Over 61,000 Australians died in the war - roughly 1% of the population. The USA lost twice as many men, but had 20 times the population. Canberra’s National War Memorial is much larger, placed at the very heart of the national capital. Sydney’s War Memorial in Hyde Park is smaller and more intimate, but its quasi-religious sculptures resonate - a deeply moving experience.

[@colinrichardson2489]

Funny Americans realising other countrys made things

[@jessicay4630]

UGG BOOTS have been and still are an Aussie icon. Were invented here and worn here forever. Australia was born and bred on Wheat and the backs of sheep for wool leather meat and ugg boots. Australia is near the South Pole and it snows here in winter, even parts of Queensland it snows. Then you have the top of Australia near the equator where it is hot and tropical but still gets down to less than 0 degrees Celsius in winter when the sun goes down. I'm wearing ugg boots today in Queensland at 1600 hrs because it is COLD 🥶💙

[@denisemangan1413]

He forgot the fairy bread 🍞 🧚‍♀️

[@silverstreettalks343]

The original idea for Australia was that it would serve as a place of rehabilitation, and give people a new start. You can get the flavour if you realise that John Newton, who wrote the hymn, "Amazing Grace" was among the first campaigners to take prisoners to New South Wales: he'd experienced rehabilitation himself. The First Fleet actually kept the prisoners in good conditions, and very few died on the journey. Sadly, the military and the first Governors die leave a lot to be desired and the Second Fleet was completely Government run rather than overseen by a committee of evangelicals, they used repurposed slave ships, conditions were atrocious, and large numbers died. Transportation afterwards wasn't quite so bad but not as good as the First Fleet ships.

[@francesbrennan5160]

The English 'Prison' ships, where they stored their convicts, were called 'Hulks', in dreadful conditions, permanently moored along the Thames River.

[@keekwai2]

Mel Gibson was born in New York and migrated to Oz when he was 12 years old. He returned to the U.S about 12-15 years later. He is only an Australian resident, not a citizen. He has dual Irish/American citizenship. He's about as Aussie as a Yellow School Bus. lol

[@WatchingDude]

We used to have yellow school buses here in South Australia and you still spot and occasional few

[@oakfat5178]

Dang. I always thought he was yet another Kiwi. My sincere apologies to NZ for the insult.

[@Ron-uq2hg]

@@oakfat5178apologies accepted. But with Mel Gibson it takes a good person to accept an apology

[@oakfat5178]

@@Ron-uq2hg Thanks for John Clarke, btw.

[@sandywilliams1615]

Convict labour built much of early Australian towns - and many were afforded land at the end of their sentence. Some places were horrific though - Tasmania was especially harsh.

[@SH-qs7ee]

Yeah, it's quite funny that around 200 years ago, Australia had such a terrible reputation it was used by the english as a punishment, and now its a holiday spot for them.

[@James-kv6kb]

I'm glad you put much in there, there was no convict scum in South Australia lol

[@TheSamleigh]

“Dinky Di!” like Princess Di short for Dianne. I love Ugg Boots! Been wearing them since I was 16 & trained in them for hockey. A tad slippery on heavy dew wet grass but still.

[@AussieMarg]

"Baby eatingo Dingo" OMG 🤣🤣🤣

[@archie3364]

The original Ugh Boot (yes, an Australian invention) was made from woolly sheep skins with the wool on the inside.

[@anth5189]

Cassowary's are basically Velociraptors.

[@murrayboth7649]

Love your videos! Someone should make you an honorary Australian! 😀

[@anthonywatts2033]

far be it for me to correct you. But its not that the Tassie Devil doesn't look like the cartoon, but that the cartoon bears no resemblance whatsoever to the animal!

[@helenheap2396]

Approx 1.5 million Australians are descended from members of that first fleet. A far larger number are descended from the convict fleets that followed. One of the vessels that arrived in the second fleet was nick named the floating brothel. I am a descendant of a member of both the first and second fleet.

[@karenstrong8887]

My family had two female convicts on The First Fleet and one male ships Officer. The females got life and one did nothing. I have the Court papers for both. One was accused of stealing a man’s handkerchief and boots. He never saw her do it or saw her before. She didn’t have them and they weren’t in her home but he knew it must have been her. She wasn’t allowed to speak or give evidence. The man accusing her was the brother of the Magistrate or you say Judge. The other one was a lady of the night. A girl has to eat. Today murderers don’t get life.

[@brettevill9055]

Not first fleet, but my convict ancestor (the one I know about, anyway) was convicted of stealing a bundle of goods out of a dray. Like you, I tracked down the records of his trial on line. The victim gave a description that matched his clothes, but would not say in court that he was confident of the identity. An eye-witness to the crime said "no, that wasn't him". His girlfriend and his landlady both testified that he was at home at the time and couldn't have gone out because his only shirt was in the wash. One Bow Street runner rebutted the alibi witnesses, saying that he had seem him in the street outside his house that morning, from eighty yards away. Verdict: guilty. Sentence: seven years transportation to New South Wales. Real offence: being Jewish while unemployed.

[@SH-qs7ee]

My convict ancestor was sent out here for Perjury; the weird thing is he was a magistrate at the time. He came out here with his entire family and worked in better conditions than the majority of convicts because his education was a rarity in the colony at the time. A fun titbit is his daughter married one of the guards stationed here, who was sent off the Tasmania for breaking into his commanding officer's quarters and stealing rum.

[@GumnutLaneJewellery]

My ancestor was a Marine on the ship the Sirius (first fleet) he met his wife to be on Norfolk Island, she was a convict sent here for stealing a handkerchief she had placed in her basket as she continued to browse through the emporium she was in at the time. She bumped into a friend and started chatting, she mindlessly left the emporium forgetting to pay for the hanky and was arrested on the spot. She had the funds to pay for the hanky but they didn't care! My 4 times great grandfather (the Marine) went on to become a wealthy land owner in the Hawkesbury area and later the first Lord Mayor of North Sydney, known then as St. Leonards. I think our history is amazing!!!

[@indigocheetah4172]

@@GumnutLaneJewellery , one of my ancestors was a convict . He then became a free settler. Other ancestors were immigrating because of a war during the 19th century . As land grants were offered in Queensland . Another incentive to immigrate .

[@karenstrong8887]

I love these different stories. I didn’t do the research because of costs at the time. My Uncle and my Father’s eldest brother told me in his 80’s. I know he wrote a book but I will not get to see it. He sent me the original Court documents on both women. He was a story all by himself. He joined the US Marines at age 17 in Sydney Australia. I didn’t know that could be done and I was told at the same time. I always wondered what the Uniform was in his pictures. He did a Seaman’s course while he decided what he wanted to do at University. I asked him why the Marines and he told me they offered him the best deal. He went in as an Officer and for 12 weeks he had to teach until he turned 18. Then he was put on the ship with the boss and they fought the battle of The Coral sea. The Japanese had planes, the same one’s that bombed Pearl Harbour. They were told to retreat after 2 weeks which they did. Then a week later told to go back. We won that battle.I know he has 10 medals in America that Australia will not let him accept. He could also be borrowed by any of our forces but the Marines had ways around that too. I wish I had him longer because in an hour I knew more about my family than I did in my life. That Marine never left Australia except to fight. 😂

[@michelleduncan36]

My ancestor's and many from S.A. were free citizens who came here deliberately to start a new life. As S.A. was a free state and one of the only ones never to have had convicts to settle it. Which people never comment on when they do their history pieces. Also We had a lot more inventors than the fridge, we had the hills hoist to hang the washing, the lawn mower and loads others that I have just had a mind blank on.

[@CraftedColour]

Completely missed another Aussie invention, the Green Whistle! Who’s been injured and had an ambo give you the green whistle for pain relief?

[@James-kv6kb]

I have never heard of it before watching Bondi rescue

[@June_isYourFriend]

“Cassowary’s are dangerous?” Their six foot tall, aggressive, and have a thirst for blood, since when where they not dangerous??

[@fergo7010]

some convicts were shipped to Australia just for stealing some bread because they were starving.

[@brettevill9055]

Some were transported for trying to form a labour union. Others for "administering unlawful oaths". Others on charges that were completely trumped up, and really because they were "troublemakers" agitating for Irish independence.

[@21gioni]

The first refrigerator was run on kerosene no electricity. All these videos on Australia do not do justice.

[@chrishenderson2062]

Can say I've never heard fantales pronounced that way

[@juanitahughes3289]

I am descend from at least two of these convicts, on both my mother's paternal and maternal sides. In today's Australia It is a point of pride to have convict ancestry.

[@suzannarobinson4726]

You seemed to miss the most important, the black box in aircrafts!

[@lorrainenash4144]

I Agree!!

[@John.thedoc]

It's there. 13:05

[@keithkearns93]

Watch it again and pay attention this time .

[@dianneraphael8248]

He skimmed over the black box bit

[@michaelayliffe7238]

Holdern (GM) made car compressors for air conditioning and sheet metal pressung, it was one step to making refrigerators.

[@lesleyvass8739]

NB! When using Aussie colloquial expressions, at least make sure to pronounce them correctly! eg 'dinky-di' = dinky-dye. Otherwise you'll sound bloody ridiculous - highly irritating!

[@pacontheo]

And you ate more irritating expecting someone from America to speak like a true Aussie. He is trying.

[@WylieKiote]

The only thing irritating about this channel is you Lesley!! If you don't like it, don't watch it, & ffs please don't comment; you're making a complete dick of yourself pissing & moaning about everything. 🥱🥱

[@JanLotherington]

I'm so proud of being a relative of a convict...thats what made us the hard buggers we are. ❤

[@panelvanman7671]

FAN TALES , as in tales of famous people on the wrapper 🙄 good grief

[@zombiemeg]

I think my soul died a little when he mispronounced that! 😂

[@panelvanman7671]

@@zombiemeg does my nut in , fantales are mentioned a lot on YT and wrong every time Meg

[@doubledee9675]

We've just observed (and it's observed rather than celebrated) Anzac Day in ceremonies differing in location but uniform in purpose. See what videos you can find. A good subject for one of these.

[@australianjackaroo6660]

Can you do a friendlyjordies reaction

[@tighlun9746]

You were talking when the black box was mentioned, one of the greatest investigation aids ever. Also not mentioned, the Hills Hoist

[@nicholasbyrne6485]

Mel Gibson is not Australian. He's never held citizenship, he just lived here.

[@nigelhickman2274]

He still lives here...

[@suzyfarnham3165]

MOST IMPORTANTLY....Aussies invented The Goon Bag!" Yep...cheap plonk in a box!!! You are so welcome World!! Wine connoisseurs all around the world shudder!!!

[@keithkearns93]

Best description for a wine cask I ever heard was “a box of monsters “ . Fuel for domestic violence all across Australia .

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

"This video, as Australians would call it, is the dinky dee". This is so cringeworthy. Firstly we would say "dinky di" (pronounced die). Secondly you wouldn't say this unless you are trying to RP as someone from the 1920's.

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

Fantales are chocolate coated caramel that have trivia (tales) about celebrities. I hate this guy.

[@oakfat5178]

Lose the cringe. While universal here, pronouncing words that end in "i" as "eye" is incorrect. Sure, we're allowed to pronounce words incorrectly, but it's way too parochial to dump on someone who lives where they pronounce it correctly. Americans could dump on us for how we pronounce alumin(i)um or spell 'labour" English in Britain kept mutating as quickly as it did in North America, and other British colonies. So pronunciation etc keeps diverging, but there's no one "right" way to pronounce any English words, only a more comfortable familiarity with what we're used to than with the dialects of other places.

[@larissajanehume]

That’s the major notebook brand here so makes sense! (Sold at officeworks, servo / supermarket) (9.46 excludes frontier wars though (check Australian Wars doco Rachel Perkins - is very cool! (Or any SBS NITV content) Many Aboriginal people actually fought alongside / went overseas as ANZACS while not being counted as citizens til ‘67. Only when on returning sadly wages and pensions were not paid or let into RSL’s etc.

[@juliequiney4078]

Bit insensitive of the narrator to say baby eating dingp

[@oakfat5178]

Maybe the narrator didn't realise the movie was about real people in a real tragedy. Actually, a succession of tragedies.

[@OnerandomnerdofApollo]

Also there's both rememberance day and Anzac day and around rememberance day the poppy's bloom in my front yard and they're normally white cross poppys and it always feels so special

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

The black box flight recorder is s brilliant invention. Still in use today

[@francesbrennan5160]

And FYI it's Orange in colour, to make it easier to find after a crash, vital in recording information to help understand 'why there was an aircraft crash' & to encourage design & protocol improvements, to prevent future air crashes.

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

@francesbrennan5160 I know. It was an Aussie who invented it. I'm in Australia. Aussies have invented a great many devices and machines that are in use today....from the cochlear implant to the cardiac pacemaker. Wonderful.

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

@francesbrennan5160 Aussie history is full of fabulous stories. We live in an amazing country. Love it 👏👏👏👏

[@jazzymoon87]

Love having you Monday to Friday. Helps me enjoy the week cheers Ryan