Australia's First War Memorial

99th Foot Memorial in Hobart, Tasmania was once a prominent landmark. Today it hidden from sight. It was the first war memorial to be erected in Australia and also the only such memorial to be erected by a British Regiment serving in Australia.

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[mathewpybus]

Born in this beautiful state 52yrs ago and the past few months I've learned a lot about the history from this channel, you do an amazing job man!

[darrenbird]

You have the most interesting videos Angus!
Thanks for teaching me the local history that I should already know.
If it wasn't for you, there's so much of our interesting history I'd never know about!
Thank you!

[GrimReaperProductions]

that's what i love about your channel, I'm nth generation tasmanian but still don't know so much and you share that. love your work mate can't wait for the next one

[crosseyedone]

See in through the car windscreen every second day but didn't have a clue what it was. Thanks Angus -again!

[sandrahealey]

Layers upon layers! Thank you for another great informative video as always 🙏👍
Such an effort to keep my comments short and on point 🙂

[shannonparker]

Love the way you narrate a story Bloke. Thank you for the effort.

[samueldare]

"The dog and I are standing...". Absolutely mastery of cinema, when infact it is just him standing while the dog is being held.

Please provide us two heads from Dodges Ferry some history of Dodges Ferry.

Thank you.

[foxesofautumn]

I walked past this today. Very cool to see it talked about here.

[phillipebrall]

Wow, what a story! Fantastic Angus, thanks.

[owen-george]

With so many relics of history around Hobart, they all just seem to blend together, become invisible, and go unnoticed. Stopping to read an inscription provides very limited insight. Would be great to merge history with tech, via QR codes to videos such as this to provide quick, accurate information beyond what is set in stone.

[AVMamfortas]

Lest we Forget, as we so easily do. Thank you Angus for your reminder.

[milesellis]

Never seen that and lived in Hobart for 9 years. Thought I’ve been everywhere. Thanks for sharing

[tednugent]

Well done mate, Tasweigian born & breed here, I knew this story, congrats on the way you presented same👍

[CowboyJojosAdventures]

Money must of run out! Who knows!
Great story of a piece of Australia’s history. Thanks for sharing Angus 👍🏽

[catrionahall]

It is a block away from us and we had no idea it is there.

[Ihavebeenwatchingyou]

Fascinating again Angus. How about a story on the military barracks? You forget it's there. Love to know more.

[TassieDIY]

Short and sweet 👍
Going to keep my eye out for in next time I’m driving up that way 😅

[Silver_Lloyd]

I immediately opened this, I was misremembering a bit but there’s a similarly striking war memorial out at Nabiac in NSW.

To my knowledge there’s nothing that’s exceptional about the memorial itself, it’s not the first, nor the grandest, The real exceptionalism is found in the people whose names are on it if you ask me.

I’ve been to the Canberra war memorial years ago and seen the wall of names, and while it’s an incredible place- I can’t help but feel like a solemn stone pillar surrounded by trees captures something that the glass, concrete and steel just doesn’t.

[leandabee]

😲, wow! Never knew. You said it's located inside Anglesea Barracks property, so does that mean it's not available for the public to visit? Your videos are precious gems 👌👏👏👏🌟. You need to be nominated Tasmanian of the year😊.

[blackdogRexy]

I would like to think that those who sacrificed their lives and those who dipped into their finances to recognise said sacrifice, would be proud and honoured to see their efforts publicly acknowledged 175 years later. Its hard to understate the importance of historical reflections such as these.