The Earliest Photos of Australia / HD Colorized

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

4:38 That's Pitt Street Sydney. On the right side is Soul Pattinson Chemist (or Washington H. Soul & Co). It closed in 2017 and I was the last storeman assistant working there. It was weird working there during its last week as a business. Framed B'n'W photos of the chemist through out history were being boxed up and customers that had been entering the store for 60 odd years were walking in to take their final look around. And then closed forever. It was one of the finest places I ever worked for. Last time I looked, it was some kind of fly-by-night surf store full of clueless young people.

[@Surinboy60]

Yes that's what thought too remember shopping there late 80s early 90s.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@Surinboy60 I used to go to the city often in the early 90's to mid 90's. My favourite place was Red Eye records. The vinyl was very expensive and the two store rooms were packed with goths and hipsters. Now Red Eye records is spacious with only a few scattered customers. Same staff that the shop had in the 90's, but older.. lol

[@Eric-jo8uh]

It must have been as hot as hell in those clothes in summer.

[@VictoriaKitanov]

You have Mr Sydney Skukerman (5:05) listed as a wife killer. Intrigued, I detoured off in search of his story, only to find the following according to Trove, 'Special Photograph no. 17A. An entry in the Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette Sydney for Skukerman, (alias Kukarman, alias Cecil Landan) is captioned 'obtains goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business'. This picture is one of a series of around 2500 "special photographs" taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930. These "special photographs" were mostly taken in the cells at the Central Police Station, Sydney and are, as curator Peter Doyle explains, of "men and women recently plucked from the street, often still animated by the dramas surrounding their apprehension". Other than that, what a terrific collection!

[@GenevaBible1560]

Awesome job! Thank you for taking the time to do the research history is a lie.

[@VictoriaKitanov]

@@GenevaBible1560 History is not "a lie", it's made up of people, stories and many, many different interpretations, which makes it so fascinating (including your terrific channel!) I just found the arresting (mind the pun) photo of the very snappily dressed Mr Sydney Skukerman (5:05) exceptional...could he really be a 'wife killer'? No, just a wee bit opportunistic...a self-made scam artist!

[@bcu567obzx]

Excellent work, just loved it, especially the Sydney streets.

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you so much.

[@thardingau]

Photos good. Music bad.

[@youngbess1]

Thank you so much for these amazing photos, but best of all is that you left enough time between each photo so you could really appreciate the entire photo before the next one came up. Amazing photos and history. Once again thank you so much.😊🇦🇺

[@MarkHenstridge]

Its fantastic to see what Australia looked like in color from the late 1800's when my Grandparents were born and again in 1910 when my Dad was born, I came along when color was the norm in 1961. Thanks for a fantastic upload...well done

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.

[@ArchieOfDistrict9]

Your dad was born in fucking 1910?!

[@Londonechoes]

You must have some great memories yourself, passed down from you and your Dad living through the last century!

[@Ellen-nx2sw]

Colour was the norm in 1961? I remember colour TV being a novelty in Sydney when they began rolling out in the mid to late 70's.

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

​@@Ellen-nx2swsame , dont remember coloured photos until the 70's same with colour TV

[@elizabethgittus6358]

Whenever I look at these old photos, I think, "Those horse and cart people built that?" Anyway I enjoyed watching these, thank you.

[@elizabethgittus6358]

@Michelle-kw2sp Hello Michelle, of course they didn't build all that, I'm just learning about resets, I'm just an old lady who is starting to find out the truth of it all. Thank you for your comment.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

@@elizabethgittus6358 No, you've been sucked into believing some imaginative persons psycho-drama. YES, they did build this this stuff. They weren't distracted by stupid 'theories' on the internet. Go outside, love, touch grass, breathe and stop going doing down useless internet rabbit-holes...sheesh.

[@davidsharp7105]

@@elizabethgittus6358 gp check out MyLunchBreak old history

[@now591]

@@Mirrorgirl492 Condemnation without investigation is the lowest form of intelligence.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

@@now591 You assume I haven't. I spent many years believing this garbage, then I learned to think.

[@Aprilsraven629]

I'm Australian and love seeing these digitised videos, I hope someone puts them in book format as there's so many hidden gems in each picture and videos are just to quick to explore...great work now to Goggle my notes

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.

[@navypti]

Just discovered your channel. BRILLIANT. How could I NOT subscribe?. Got me!! Thank you so much.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

Great photos great music, very interesting thank you.

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you very much, I sincerely appreciate it.

[@flying_kanagaroo]

These are somewhat amazing, to bring something back to life in colour that happened over 100 mile years ago, keep up the amazing work.

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you so much

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

Lovely photos of my home town sydney And the rest also😊thank you.

[@rumdo5617]

Hard work and commitment goes into building those towns, businesses, families and communities from scratch. Props.

[@99IronDuke]

At 1.56 in, I have grave doubts that is a 'South Australian volunteer in the 1860's', as he is wearing a Napoleonic French Imperial Guard Uniform.

[@dummekunst7708]

Great spotting! I have zero historical knowledge but I'm ok at google searching and this chap is Eduardo Majeroni. He came to Australia in 1875. He and his wife made a living doing these reenactments in Sydney and he was also manager of Sydney’s Theatre Royal. (Read his Wikipedia page, he had quite an adventurous life)

[@roughriderreturns5039]

This added greatly to my weekend. Thank you, very much.

[@alexandrosilva7703]

Muito bom ver essas imagens do século passado em acores 👏🏼👏🏼

[@martagrant2908]

Thanks for sharing this amazing video ❤

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you for your comment

[@oceanreefer2626]

Great work with the colouring. I would love to have seen some scenic photos of Perth, Western Australia. Maybe in your next video! 😀

[@gfbprojects1071]

Great look at previous lives. Thanks

[@grahamy3400]

Thank you very interesting

[@helendeacon7637]

Wonderful to watch each one of these images. Thank you.

[@56music64]

Great images, many new to me. Good job. Very enjoyable

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you so much !

[@Ekaterina-c2f]

Nous regardons ces gens qui ne sont plus là et il y a un sentiment de tristesse piquante. La vie passe comme un Instant

[@Surinboy60]

Amazing look back into Australia's past grew up & still live in Sydney great images.

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you so much

[@Londonechoes]

This is amazing! Have always wanted to see historic photos of Australia before it became an Official Nation. Thanks for sharing

[@GenevaBible1560]

Take the time to walk the streets where you live and look the the old church or buildings there amazing how men were much stronger back then with there horse and carts.

[@kerryclark7170]

I loved the music, thank you

[@BrightStyle]

❤

[@rocioguevaraobando9075]

¡Espectacular! Bellísimo trabajo artístico y fotogràfico. Muchas gracias por compartir. 😊🌸

[@BrightStyle]

Muchas gracias, realmente lo aprecio

[@petramitchell7162]

These are awesome! Thanks 🙂

[@BrightStyle]

Thanks a lot !

[@leannebryant9962]

That was really interesting. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.

[@patriotares]

Great work!

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you very much !

[@AbiNomac]

Lovely. Thank you

[@MrSurguy-fb2hy]

I remember going to the Australian Museum in Sydney around 1983 and seeing the mounted sunfish. That thing was so weird, it really left an impression on me. I had no idea anything that weird existed at the time. I wonder if the one in the photo you showed from 1883 is the same one being installed into the museum? If it is, you got the colour wrong - it was a steely blue. Great video though, really interesting.

[@stephenbrogan215]

great collection

[@BrightStyle]

Thank you

[@kevinmoor6408]

Very well done.

[@BrightStyle]

❤

[@Indigo4711]

Where it states 'George Street Sydney 1890' about 8:38, is in fact York Street.

[@bhalse8132]

You are correct. York St, looking south from Market St. Enjoyed the presentation and thank you, excellent restoration work.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

The Murray Cod at 03:14 is incredible. Sadly we'll never see freshwater fish like that again ☹️

[@SOBIESKI_freedom]

Despite the anachronism of the music relative to the photos, it was enjoyable nonetheless. Kudos!

[@philpaton3812]

A correction regarding the Queen Victoria Building looking south to Town Hall, is actually York Street and not George Street. Great pictures though.

[@Baskerville22]

At 2.48 - "Electric trams, King St, Sydney 1899" seems incorrect to me. The "trams" are clearly cable-drawn vehicles. Note the absence of overhead electricity-bearing wires and the centre gap between the 2 tram-tracks by which the attaching rod can descend and grip the moving cable I also have grave doubts about "South Australian Volunteer in 1860s" at 1.58. He looks to be in European military garb....and I can assure you that no "volunteer" army in Australia in the mid-19th century could afford that quality of uniform. AND if they could, they would be laughed at whenever they made an appearance. More chance of him being an Austrian soldier than an Australian soldier.

[@renross6726]

My mum rode on those trams daily. Nothing incorrect about it.

[@renross6726]

And BTW,he was an Aussie soldier.

[@renross6726]

You seriously need a lesson in Australian history. Your ignorance is showing .

[@Baskerville22]

@@renross6726 Where is the "electricity" coming from ? No overhead wires. Why the cable-access gap between the tram rails ?

[@Baskerville22]

@@renross6726 I've been an Australian for 73 years. YOUR ignorance is on display here.

[@vt1940]

Electric Trams - Sydney. NO. The Scene is Cable Trams - Underground Cable was picked up by a Grabber and pulled along. Hence 2 Rails and Central Gap in the Roadway. Sydney had only 2 Lines for Cable because they preffered Steam until Overhead Electricity was made available.

[@jimspc07]

The shot at 8:36 labelled George St is incorrect. Its the back of the QVB in York st and the town hall clock tower can be seen in the distance. The photo was taken about number 109 York st. George st is the other side of the QVB.

[@lifelonglearner56]

The date on the photo at 8:35 captioned "George Street Sydney 1890" is incorrect. The building with the domed roof is the Queen Victoria Building, which was commenced in 1893 and wasn't completed until 1898.

[@ashhart2850]

Music accompaniment also 🥇

[@BrightStyle]

Thanks

[@ForgottenTasmania]

Not exactly the “earliest photos of Australia”. The camera was embraced by Aussies from about 1840 onwards. As soon as the patent was filed, it spread rapidly. And many of those photos survive.

[@margi9103]

At 8.53 they couldn’t have celebrated Australia Day in 1900. Australia became one country rather than being made up of separate British colonies in 1901, termed Federation.

[@johnnichol9412]

Australia Day was first into being in 1935.

[@hettyphilips]

When the photos are colourised, it looks like the people are in the 21st Century.

[@joseacosta5859]

A excepción de los objetos que las rodean.

[@ianking-jv4hg]

@ 3:10, that's one Big Murray Cod (freshwater species)

[@BrightStyle]

Thanks

[@lifelonglearner56]

The date on the photo at 1:40 captioned "George street 1876 Sydney" is incorrect. The building in the distance with the large central dome and smaller domes on the corners is the Queen Victoria Building. Construction of that building began in 1893 and was completed in 1898.

[@BrightStyle]

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[@ethericrose2307]

Two things the victorians did well. They knew what good architecture was and knew how to dress well no matter what the event. Smart was the norm. I wish we still wore corsets. It might stop individuals from becoming obese. Then again, people worked harder in that era, so being obese was rare to see. In young women, at least.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

No, people didn’t have shopping centres and take aways etc, food was hard won. A roast or such was a luxury on Sundays etc. Sugary foods weren’t as plentiful. We’re rich in comparison, we can get whatever we want when we want. Nothing to do with working hard. Well to do people often got fat from luxurious living. And not everyone was well dressed, poverty was worse for many back then, cholera and dysentery commonplace, no such thing as the good old days. 😅

[@dee-smart]

5:58 When I looked Sydney up on Google I got a Daily Mail article with mug shots and in it he apparently was a fraudster, not a killer.

[@weibie]

15:34 - This is not a photo taken in 1869. The clothing is wrong for that time period.

[@Clevo89]

8:43 is York Street looking towards Town Hall, Sydney

[@debbieanne7962]

Celebrating Australia Day in 1900. Australia Day was first celebrated in 1935. Glad we don’t have to wear those impractical long dresses nowadays, especially to the beach!

[@rhondanieborak5829]

No the moality of today gone out the windows. Sadly

[@johnnichol9412]

My understanding also in relation to Australia Day.

[@Rollers123a]

the scene at Eldorado 8:57, seems way too urban for a sleepy little country town.

[@a24-45]

7:09 the colour of the basic WWI uniform for Australian troops (and the British) was khaki, not blue as shown here. While artistic licence is fine for most of these colourisations, I think in the case of military uniforms which are historically recognisable, the authentic colour looks more realistic, as well as showing respect.

[@carolyndarragh1891]

'Australian Soldiers with captured, London Guns 1918' is Clearly France, possibly Paris, looking at the Haussman Style archtecture and it's proximity to where the guns were captured.

[@brycenuttall6144]

I arrived from 1889 7days ago and these photos are very similar to what l took.

[@sarahclaireclaire7586]

😂

[@hardyakka6200]

1860,s era would have been nice. Richard Daintree was taking photos about that time. Some of his would be nice.

[@disgruntledunicorn007]

Agree. the title of this is misleading. The Ralph Snowball collection is also interesting.

[@guldenaydin9918]

💝

[@malcolmgreen6364]

These are old photographs but absolutely none of them are 'the earliest' photos of Australia. Those would date from the 1840 and 1850'. The title is deliberately misleading. Nice photos though.

[@BrightStyle]

I found only few photos of the 1850s in very poor quality and not interesting...

[@IcarusLhooq-bc7uq]

I am an American curious about our Aussie brothers and sisters ❤

[@bernadettelanders7306]

AI voice 0:27 into vid says in American accent - hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed *created* it 🤔

[@BrightStyle]

I'm sorry, English is not my mother tongue.

[@lyndalmorse6555]

I don’t know how they dressed like that honestly. It’s so hot here

[@letitiakearney2423]

I laughed how many criminals photographed back then. Australia looked pretty rough back then but had great buildings.

[@gregjameson2141]

Are the portraits paintings ? Video heading says photos

[@BrightStyle]

Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people ( Wikipedia )

[@ElisabetaTofalvi]

❤🎉❤😮🎉

[@BrightStyle]

Thanks

[@justabloke1806]

They must have melted their arses off wearing all that crap in a Aussie summer.

[@ianking-jv4hg]

@ 5:15 J.Albert & Son Musical instruments and sheet music 1960's contracted Easy Beats band 1974 contracted AC/DC

[@margi9103]

At 8.40 - that’s Queen Victoria Building is on the left hand side.

[@davidhewitt-l3j]

The music 😅😂

[@wilsonwombat3456]

3:19 indigenous Australians didn’t have blue paint, probably should be ochre

[@billyski6798]

Not many pictures of PERTH, I lived there a year in 1973, and the population has almost tripled since I was there. Nice music, 👍🇺🇸

[@BrightStyle]

Thanks

[@jonglewongle3438]

Same as, same as. Always interesting, though. I came across someone else's hardcover book of old time Australian photographs, some 20-odd years ago. Woman in Victorian dress on a bicycle, Northern Territory, early 1900s. Three young white siblings in group portrait from the 1880s, and I'm thinking ' an entire generation of time before WW1 '. 1860 assembly of PNG natives at some colonial event, like, one full entire century before I myself was ever conceived. That sort of thing. People necessarily long since gone. Faces from the distant past.

[@7hilladelphia]

Those massive buildings look old ... and were built by horse & buggy and oxen teams hauling in the materials?

[@johnnichol9412]

8:52 Australia Day 1900? 35 years before the date and name was chosen.

[@BrightStyle]

The meaning and significance of Australia Day has evolved since the first records of celebration in 1808, with contested views on the day existing since at least 1888 ( Wikipedia )

[@johnnichol9412]

@@BrightStyle Different states different days. There was not consensus until 1935. There are a whole lot of incorrectly captioned photos in this as pointed out by others..

[@Rollers123a]

Clyde engineering - Time to work? Looks like they're off to the pub!

[@Bigbro28]

Maybe not - the nearest pub was/is the Rosehill Hotel, 11km away.

[@Mattb81]

@@Bigbro28 Plenty of pubs for them within walking distance at Auburn or Granville

[@MountainRaven1960]

5:55 The Sydney Skukerman photo is wrong! Special Photograph no. 17A. An entry in the Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette Sydney forSkukerman, (alias Kukarman, alias Cecil Landan) is captioned 'obtains goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business'.

[@krankywitch]

Your photo of Australia Day celebrations in Eldorado, Victoria is incorrectly dated 1900. Australia was not federated until 1901, and Australia Day was gazetted in 1935. Otherwise, a lovely collection, thank you

[@BrightStyle]

The meaning and significance of Australia Day has evolved since the first records of celebration in 1808, with contested views on the day existing since at least 1888 ( Wikipedia )

[@krankywitch]

@ Mistake #1, believing Wikipedia is always correct. 😆 The various territories were still squabbling about being independent countries until the mid 1890’s, so nobody was celebrating a ‘national’ day. At one point the federation was going to include New Zealand - that offer is still open if they wish to take it up. Between 1901 and 1935, the various states declared their own ‘Australia’ Day, most of which then morphed into state’s days when an agreement on 26 January being the national day was finally reached. It is not a settled matter. Every December there are calls for the date to be changed. It’s an often punted political football. It’s on again now 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@architude]

8:37 That’s York Street looking south to Town Hall, not George Street. There's a number of other misdirection's in this as well, so I'm leaving.

[@aerotuc]

Thanks great work

[@BrightStyle]

❤

[@grosvenorclub]

When you think it was only 100 years since a few leaky ships had arrived with a few very weary travellers and very little supplies they had done very well for themselves .

[@kathleenmccaughtrie]

What a contrast to viewing the photos of the Indigenous peoples of this same era and how European settler's arrogant attitude toward them continues to this day.

[@maggirae1961]

Lots of old world buildings and electricity

[@now591]

They are far too immense & elaborate to have been built when the population was still relatively small.

[@johnnichol9412]

@@now591 Yep, they were all built in the late 20th and early 21st Century, or is it that people worked back then.

[@JanetWilkins-y3z]

Why no pictures of the settlers farmers miners

[@craigzinkta3988]

Sydney did not have electricity in the late 1800's. And a population of less than 350k... yet built town hall and cathedral in 1880's? Not even including the other monumental structures.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

8:48 I can guarantee this photo is NOT taken in El Dorado, Victoria. That's inner Sydney, not country Victoria.

[@Demion83]

04:50 a Lesbian before anyone even knew they existed... bless her.

[@HGCUPCAKES]

1:01 just after, frank Melbourne was cloud seeding in america.

[@SamWolfandCo.fossickandfind]

Bright Style are you even an Aussie true blue or an import anyway even cabin boys had a purpose, what's yours?

[@GenevaBible1560]

Look at the amazing architecture back in the 1800s doesn't the narrative tell us man only had horse and cart? Who really built those buildings? When will the truth be told? Research the research.

[@helenlesley5456]

And no woke idiots upsetting the vibes… what a wonderful time to be alive in Sydney… much prefer prefer this to the sleek modern. Streetscape… where is the Time Machine 😊

[@DMSVICAU]

8:20..........Time to Work?........Looks more like Knock-Off Time or the Pay Office just Opened.

[@hypnoticmagicsand2260]

👍🇫🇷

[@rebeccabriggs2982]

There's no way they built those magnificent buildings with their horse and carts.

[@heatherjay8802]

I believe tools were used, not horses and carts!

[@rebeccabriggs2982]

@heatherjay8802 transportation? what kind of tools? We don't/can't even build just ornate buildings today.

[@johnnichol9412]

@@rebeccabriggs2982 Hammer and chisel.

[@TonyDoubleTrouble]

Pity about the ridiculous music.

[@AbiNomac]

I liked it.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's too overwhelming....

[@sylviekins]

@@AbiNomacso do I.

[@AbiNomac]

@@sylviekins - hi five 🖐🏻

[@magneticzen]

BIT LOUD BUT T IT IS THE MUSIC OF THE ERA and probably think all of us tht like it are deaf now 😂😂😂😂

[@urniurl]

Can't find a reference that Skukerman was a wife killer. Online reference states "Special Photograph no. 17A. An entry in the Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette Sydney for Skukerman, (alias Kukarman, alias Cecil Landan) is captioned ‘obtains goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business’."

[@craigzinkta3988]

1890....no electricity, no industry, horses and carts at best... and they built Town hall and Cathederal...when? How? Who? And what with?

[@johnnichol9412]

Who bult the pyramids, Easter Island Statues, Taj Mahal etc.?

[@susannah1066]

4.14 WW1 uniform -[1914-1918]

[@magneticzen]

My great aunt kate was first woman charge with drink driving in NSW .. probably australia … it was a horse n buggy hahahaah .. (i have another aunts memoirs true story )

[@fieldsofgold775]

Time waits for no one. In a 100 years from now. They’ll be looking at us the same way. Maybe we’ll be 3D photogrammetry holograms then?