Victorian Australia's Toxic Love Affair With Coal | Time Walks

Taking its name from the English coastal mining town, Australia’s Newcastle also has a reputation for toughness and heavy toil that began when the convicts were first dropped there to collect coal from the beaches. But it’s also a town with a unique identity, a rich maritime history, and more than its share of eccentric characters.
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00:00 Intro
02:03 Pasha Bulker Oil Disaster
06:58 Coal Rush
11:27 Steel City
13:15 Oldest House In Newcastle
14:30 Oldest Cemetary In Australia
16:42 Penal Colony Dictionary
18:33 Fast-Food For Coal Ships
20:45 Star Hotel Riot

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Tony is such a treasure… from time team to this series, just so much fun to watch

[@DeMarrJames]

He really is the best. As most users, I read the comments before it gets started... If I see Tony's name, I am watching. No 2nd guessing.

[@genericfriend2568]

He is so happy when he fires that gun! That made my day!

[@SY-ok2dq]

The word 'strumpet' dates back to, I think, Shakespeare's times. Anyone who's read Shakespeare and other classic literature has come across words like that. 'Frisk' is still used today, in a similar manner, but used in reference to police 'frisking' suspects to recover any weapons or drugs that they may have hidden in their clothes.

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[@jasonchen3514]

Why are alot of these videos not available in Britain?

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

Hard to smuggle stuff out of prison ie. your current prison colony. 🙄 or concentration camp. However you want to look at it.

[@owellafehr5191]

Why did I think the thumbnail was Robert Downey Jr...?

[@deeksie]

Sorry but why the hell would you make a video about Australia, yet decide to region block said region. Very educational

[@OstblockLatina]

Cutting a bunch of perfectly pretty trees to create a vantage point? Is that what humanity considers more important? Destroying good, beautiful and useful parts of nature to litter the Earth's surface with useless stone blocks marking the places of corpse disposal of the specimens of a specie that is destroying the planet? I sure do hope they are going to plant some others in their place somewhere else D:

[@SY-ok2dq]

Those trees may not even be native species, but I get what you're saying about simply ripping out quite large trees in order for people to have a nice view of the city. That area looks like it would be a great place to plant trees, bushes and wildflowers native to that part of Australia. I hope they take the opportunity to do that, and create a nice habitat for local native small wildlife.

[@ultraboombean]

Putting the graves back 🤣

[@thatonegayfurry4177]

Documentary about Australia yet you made it unavailable to Australian viewers lol

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

Hard to smuggle stuff into prison.

[@OstblockLatina]

Here's a message to all them young men who think they're a tough thing because of the fashionable rags, chains and rings they wear: a true badass could be wearing his pyjamas and still doing badass things, like ordering the army to attack. It's not the clothes, at least not the clothes alone, that make a man a badass. Or a woman. Or any non gender specific person out there. It's the character, competences and deeds that do.

[@mikefuse8064]

What you going on about aint it time for your meds and bed

[@potato4439]

Coal not cool, potato is cool , tony is potato

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🥔 is 🔥 tho

[@potato4439]

@@ashleelarsen5002WHY DID YOU ROAST TONY HE IS NOT A BAKED TAT

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@@potato4439 He's not a hash brown? Are you sure?

[@annarushlau9722]

Tony is Potato need to go on a shirt or something and become a phenomenon that only a few actually know the meaning of but people just go with 😂

[@ashleelarsen5002]

@@annarushlau9722 that's confusing, I need more information.

[@MrSatyre1]

Coal is still infinitely better than "green" "renewable" (lack of) energy sources.

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