5 myths about Melbourne busted in 5 minutes!

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Map of the Port Philip District, circa 1844-1863. Charles Norton (1826-1872), draughtsman. Courtesy of the State Library Victoria Collection, H88.21/96

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.

[AlphieLaFray]

as someone who grew up in Western Victoria, there was a heavy emphasis in history class about Portland being Victoria's first settlement.

[suekaraiskos]

Mum taught me all those years ago…King William Queen Elizabeth…. Easy to remember

[beastslife_]

I think one of the reasons why tram patronage is low is due to there being few routes in the west and where they all are in the east most people choose to drive despite having excellent tram coverage especially around Malvern with the 5, 6, 16, 58 and 72

[spacewalktraveller]

Thanks Philip, I met a guy at a wedding about 20yrs ago and he was an engineer, and he designed the floating rubbish traps along the river. Personally I wouldn't swim in the Yarra.
I'm a big theater goer in Melbourne and we have some wonderful old theaters. It would be nice if you could do a story on our lovely old theaters, the Princess Theatre is a real work of art.

[aussietaipan]

This is awesome mate. Last March I saw dolphins up the river when on a boat cruise, it is great to see the Yarra is getting more heathy.

[kiwiguy]

Great video Mate. I love the advertising they put on the outside of the trams. That pink one looked really cool.

[leonkernan]

The Yarra isn't dirty, it's upside down.

[GL-xzxk]

Other myths or legends about Melbourne:
- that RMIT started building a nuclear power station under the city campus
- that a sex worker died in a tunnel between parliament and a brothel
- would be great if you could revive the old Walking Melbourne forum and its building register. It was an excellent archive of information

[wallypoffle]

Excellent work Philip, as we have become accustomed to look forward to.

[pavementpounder]

Not a myth per se, but Melbourne is knoen for being wet, but in terms of average amount its pretty dry: about 630mm vs 1200mm in Sydney. We just get a lot of drizzle.

[nedesnikderpherder]

It's illegal to swim in the Yarra from Dights Falls into the CDB, and there have been platypus in Merri creek, as close as Northcote, and the Yarra at Yarra bend. Also the Yarra is a single narrow Delta mouth, where as Sydney's rivers enter multiple deep bays, and isn't concentrated in the same manner

[RaphaelChan]

As a Melburnian, I found this interesting. Have Liked, and realised this probably came across my feed because I'm already subscribed.
(Just a pet peeve I have to express: when presenters say "without further ado...." and then proceed with further ado!)

[mellowfellow]

Ah, so that north/south of the river divide has been around since long before Europeans turned up!

[suekaraiskos]

I was catching trams from 8 yrs old on my own. Now in Adelaide for many years. I miss decent tram routes.

[The_Ubatron]

Great video! Note that the Werribee River to the west is the demarcation between Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples and Wadawurrung people... That area is still part of metro Melbourne... ☺️🙏🏼

[RPI]

New Year's Eve 1999/2000, I was walking right past where you are standing in the video. I'd had a bit to drink of course, welcoming in the Year 2000 and walking past a Canadian tourist (I know because he told me during the conversation), I heard him loudly say to his mate 'Why is this river so dirty! Look how brown it is!'.
I couldn't help myself, also being a Melbourne history nerd.
'No no, I chimed in. It's not dirty, it's just full of suspended silt and clay from the upper Yarra."
He was pleasantly relieved and seemed quite interested. I then proceeded to point to enterprise park, pointing out where the waterfall used to be, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner and on and on before my girlfriend at the time dragged me away, lol.
We are out there Phillip!
The irony is, I moved to Pascoe Vale about 6 years ago and live in what was then the edge of his dairy farm.

[alisonkent]

Thank you for this channel. I've definitely subscribed

[robert-brydson-]

here's another - Ava Gardner never uttered the notorious 'quote' to the effect that Melbourne was the ideal place for a film about the end of the world. It was fabricated by Sydney journalist Neil Jillett, later an Age film critic, who was asked to write a story for Sydney's Sun-Herald . He explained many years later that he incorporated it into a paragraph at the end of a story out of spite for the film giving Melbourne so much attention.

[showmemelbourne]

Great to see factual information being shared instead of the same urban myths! Off to have a look at some of your other videos. Hopefully you've got one debunking that Flinders St Station was designed for Mumbai. It really concerns me that so many people think that!

[SergeiBoy]

another great video Philip. thank you. And ive subbed to you website