Why Australia Doesn't Speak Dutch

Despite what it may seem, Australian history is actually incredibly vast and complex, way too much so for an ignorant American to cover in a 6-minute video, but there is one question that is perhaps worth taking a look at: why does *all* of Australia speak English?

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[KhAnubis]

For those of you who are about to comment it, yes, I know I mispronounced Geelong. Seriously. There are already enough comments here that bring that up.

[Melvinx]

It’s just now that I realize New Zealand is named after the dutch province Zeeland.

[MissMdubs]

I'm Australian... you don't have to be Australian to be able to talk about Australian history... just like you don't have to be English to talk about English history, or American to talk about American history. As long as you are well informed, keep making videos :) It is nice to see Australian history being discussed and having people who are not Australian realise it is actually quite a rich and interesting history in its own way. Keep exploring history :)

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

sees Australia....
Dutch: Gekoloniseerd
British: *Rule Britannia*
Dutch: Damn (said Amsterdam)

[mississippimoo]

just a thought, brain4breakfast has passed away recently 2 months ago, but its nice of you to recommend his video though

[Maxime_K-G]

Poor Australians, now they don't have the pleasure of using "verkleinwoorden".

[MythologywithMike]

Dutch colonialism summed up- "We can find lots of places but we can't hold on to 'em!" Indonesia is the exception that proves the rule

[masterdebater]

We all know history started in 1588


*G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[harrisonofcolorado]

Australia didn't get colonized by the Dutch because it didn't have spices on it.

[psychedashell]

Adam Hills summed it up nicely.
The Dutch found a place in what is now Western Australia where desert met sea and said 'Well, this is ridiculous. We cannot grow our marijuana crops here.' and left.
The French found a place in what is now Southern New South Wales where sea meets swamp and declared that they agreed with the Dutch and the place was shit. They left too.

[zaph]

Western Australia is pretty nice in its own way, though there is a ton of desert in the north and central parts of the state. The south of the state however (where I live) is much more temperate and there's actually a big rainforest about 1.5 - 2 hours from my house. Margaret River is a great example of this, the conditions are great for vineyards and as a result the region is very well known for wine.

[defaultmesh]

continent when no spice
😴 _i sleep_

continent when haves spice
🤯 _r e a l s h i t_

[claude]

A tourist was stopped by immigration at Sydney airport and was asked "do you have a criminal record" the tourist replied" I didn't know that was still a prerequisite for entry into Australia"

[kleropunt]

The NETHERlands: Under sea
Australia: Down under

🤔🤔🤔

[menice]

No spice

Spice
Netherlands: G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[proffesor_diggi]

As a citizen of ‘Gee-long’ I would like to inform you it is known as ‘Ji-long’, like a ‘Ji-raffe’

[GhostNameless]

The real question is: why Australia doesn't speak Mongolian?

[KorehannahBuitenlander]

As a person who has lived in both Australia and the Natherlands (still now), this video is very interesting and fun! Thanks! :)

[devluz]

Nice to see another video about New Zealand’s West Island.

[filmicreviews]

Britain seems to have a thing of taking Dutch territory such as New York, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.