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Elizabeth That Was
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This channel is dedicated to exploring the life and history of Elizabeth and the "Adelaide Plains" district in South Australia (SA).
Materials used in videos on this channel come from multiple sources and are meant for educational purposes only, in an attempt to service the Northern Plains community. Sources include:
playfordspast.recollect.net.au/
ua-cam.com/users/FILMAUSTRALIA
If you would like to learn more about SA history we highly recommend the above sites!
Warm regards,
Will Kelly (Channel creator)
Materials used in videos on this channel come from multiple sources and are meant for educational purposes only, in an attempt to service the Northern Plains community. Sources include:
playfordspast.recollect.net.au/
ua-cam.com/users/FILMAUSTRALIA
If you would like to learn more about SA history we highly recommend the above sites!
Warm regards,
Will Kelly (Channel creator)
Adelaide That Was: Monarto (Dunstan's Folly)
In the 1970s, following the early successes of the new Satellite city of Elizabeth in the 50s and 60s, the South Australian Government began planning another city development for the 1980s in Monarto, a farming community east of Adelaide.
As with the northern plains, the site on which Elizabeth stands today, the SA Government started buying out local farmers, some of which were reluctant to leave.
In speeches given at the time, then premier Don Dunstan, promised that Monarto would be a uniquely Australian city, more liveable than Canberra and more diverse in both population and industry than Elizabeth.
The federal government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam gave $10 million worth of funding to the Monarto project, worth about $66 million in today’s dollars, as part of a wave of spending on new cities.
In the end though, the new town at Monarto would never be built, needlessly uprooting an entire community.
This was not the first time Monarto’s residents had been dispossessed, of course. The area got its name from Queen Monarto, a local elder who lived in the area when the first European colonists arrived in 1847. “Older settlers remembered with apparent glee that their families had hunted off the Aborigines from their land with stockwhips,” historian Robert Linn wrote more than a century later.
The descendants of the German, Scottish, Irish and English settlers did not have such a physically brutal experience; and they were financially compensated for their losses.
Nonetheless, the acquisition of the first properties, which had belonged to two farmers who had been struggling financially, created a snowball effect, with the SA Govt. quickly swooping in and acquiring more properties as locals saw their neighbours pack up and move away, adding pressure for them to do the same. Some locals had purchased properties elsewhere, subject to finance, only for the government to turn around and offer them 75 per cent of the value they’d originally promised, putting land owners in such a position that, in the finish, they had to either sign off or lose their deposits,”
Original projections for Monarto’s eventual population were for 100 to 200,000 people. Today it stands at just over 200 people. It is ironic that a government which wanted to massively increase Monarto’s population wound up driving so many people out of the district, absolutely destroying it.
Perhaps Dunstan had been trying to match his predecessor, Sir Thomas Playford, whose founding of Elizabeth had been one of his crowning achievements. But by 1974 it became clear that the baby boom had ended, the Post WW2 immigration boom was winding down and that the new contraceptive pill had all significantly reduced population growth. That, in turn, meant there was no need to build a new city on the plains and Federal funding for the Monarto project dried up after Labour’s Gough Whitlam was replaced as Prime Minister by Liberal Malcolm Fraser in 1975.
The original Monarto site is today home to a massive Safari Park, the largest Safari Park outside of Africa. And I can’t help but wonder what the Northern Plains might look like today, had the plans for Elizabeth also fallen through.
The following footage tells the story of the people who lived in that original farming community, their way of life and the impact of having to leave their land. It also gives us a glimpse to what life may have been like on the Northern Plains before Elizabeth was built.
As with the northern plains, the site on which Elizabeth stands today, the SA Government started buying out local farmers, some of which were reluctant to leave.
In speeches given at the time, then premier Don Dunstan, promised that Monarto would be a uniquely Australian city, more liveable than Canberra and more diverse in both population and industry than Elizabeth.
The federal government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam gave $10 million worth of funding to the Monarto project, worth about $66 million in today’s dollars, as part of a wave of spending on new cities.
In the end though, the new town at Monarto would never be built, needlessly uprooting an entire community.
This was not the first time Monarto’s residents had been dispossessed, of course. The area got its name from Queen Monarto, a local elder who lived in the area when the first European colonists arrived in 1847. “Older settlers remembered with apparent glee that their families had hunted off the Aborigines from their land with stockwhips,” historian Robert Linn wrote more than a century later.
The descendants of the German, Scottish, Irish and English settlers did not have such a physically brutal experience; and they were financially compensated for their losses.
Nonetheless, the acquisition of the first properties, which had belonged to two farmers who had been struggling financially, created a snowball effect, with the SA Govt. quickly swooping in and acquiring more properties as locals saw their neighbours pack up and move away, adding pressure for them to do the same. Some locals had purchased properties elsewhere, subject to finance, only for the government to turn around and offer them 75 per cent of the value they’d originally promised, putting land owners in such a position that, in the finish, they had to either sign off or lose their deposits,”
Original projections for Monarto’s eventual population were for 100 to 200,000 people. Today it stands at just over 200 people. It is ironic that a government which wanted to massively increase Monarto’s population wound up driving so many people out of the district, absolutely destroying it.
Perhaps Dunstan had been trying to match his predecessor, Sir Thomas Playford, whose founding of Elizabeth had been one of his crowning achievements. But by 1974 it became clear that the baby boom had ended, the Post WW2 immigration boom was winding down and that the new contraceptive pill had all significantly reduced population growth. That, in turn, meant there was no need to build a new city on the plains and Federal funding for the Monarto project dried up after Labour’s Gough Whitlam was replaced as Prime Minister by Liberal Malcolm Fraser in 1975.
The original Monarto site is today home to a massive Safari Park, the largest Safari Park outside of Africa. And I can’t help but wonder what the Northern Plains might look like today, had the plans for Elizabeth also fallen through.
The following footage tells the story of the people who lived in that original farming community, their way of life and the impact of having to leave their land. It also gives us a glimpse to what life may have been like on the Northern Plains before Elizabeth was built.
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Genuinely cannot be thankful enough for this channel coming up. I'm so excited to learn more about my own city and an area that I wasn't particularly exposed to. Your channel is a legitimate hidden gem. Keep doing what you're doing 👏🤙
Thank you for the very kind words. I'm glad you found us and enjoyed this video. It is one in an eight part series. Thank you for watching, it is much appreciated :-) Will
I was a 60's kid grew up in the west. We could ride our dirt bikes from the eliz town centre to smithfied along the creek.
I remember those days. Good times :-)
You could do a piece on how Playford Council put their chambers on top of the Octagon and the Brin Whiting lounge effectively wiping out the nightlife in Elizabeth. The Octagon was used for the blue light Disco which was managed by the police for the young people in Elizabeth who now have no central location for a dance. I think Glenn's Band and the Bee Gees also played at the Octagon. There used to be some massive fun dances there. Having taken the vibrancy from Elizabeth Playford Council now want to put it back with the 400 bed Ramada hotel failed - Council sold the land worth $2.5 million to Ramada for $512,000. The car park as far away from the Elizabeth Centre as they could fit - why? The builders of the car park have some rude words about Council staff management. The Grenfell Centre for old people could have been rebuilt by the big bowling club sharing facilities but Council made a two-story structure Inside the pollution zone by the main North Road with inadequate parking for the old folks. Unless they like to walk 120 m on their walking frames to the car park? It is possible we need some community constructive criticism to improve matters.
Actually, I did not know that about the council chambers on top of the Octagon and the Brin Whiting Lounge. PCC have made some truly bizarre decisions in their short lifespan, however, so sadly that doesn't surprise me. I wonder why they didn't utilize the Windsor building at least until their new digs had been built. You're right about community criticism - unless there is substantial community pressure holding them to account, I fear, based on history, that the PCC will continue to make poor choices that fail to benefit the local community as a whole. It must be very hard for young people who have only known life in Elizabeth as it is today. I hope this channel reaches them. Thank you for watching, and your interesting commentary. I learned something new :-) Will
any body know why the Elizabeth City birthday celebrations stopped happening .?
I believe they ceased once Elizabeth and Munno Para Councils emalgamted to become Playford. That happened in 1997, so at a guess I think the last Elizabeth Birthday parade would have most likely taken place in 1996.
As a construction worker I witnessed firsthand the destruction of our history. Especially in the Adelaide train station and Adelaide post office. Its a damn shame the government could have made a fair bit of money showing Adelaide history. Each location being a history tour.
When the show offered a surprise around every corner. There was larger selection. Back then the show had character. Now its just a money grab. Same thing over and over again. Thankyou for this.
Thank you for watching, Gerry :-) Will
Thankyou that brought back the best memories. Elizabeth had character then and beauty.
My pleasure, Gerry. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
Thankyou for making these videos . These are some fantastic memories. It makes me feel a little better because im only in my 40's and im dying i got a crook heart. These vidoes put a smile on my face. I seen my brother in the part where the young fellas are playing basketball.
Hello @mrsfluffyduck26. I am very sorry to hear of your health issues. I'm glad the videos have brought some comfort. How beautiful that your brother is in the video. Did you both attend Smithfield Plains High School? I went there myself, between 1984 and 1988. Thank you for sharing with us, and for watching. My prayers and thoughts are with you and I hope your health steadies, if not improves, so you get to be around a lot longer. Warm regards, Will
@@elizabeththatwas only my brother went there for a year then he was moved to another school. I hope my health gets better to all I can do is hope.
Thank you, this was really informative.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
GMH was only a renter and 99% of machinery was leased .....when federal subsidies ceased it was easy a to move to a pre buit factory in Thialand with workers guaranteed by the Thai Military at a cheap price. Yet the price of buying a holden never went down.
Our family were the first residents of Elizabeth North residing on Dauntsey Road Near the now Womma Railway station. The origionsl train station was actually on the northern side of Womma Road and consisted of a few raised Planks to make boarding easier. The present station was built a few years later. All the roads were red dirt and clay with a gravel strip down the middle.Mud was a way of life for us kids, there were no footpaths Elizabeth North Primary was not yet built so my eldest Sister and myself travelled by bus from Womma Road near the rwilwsy line to the very New Elizabeth South Primary School. Elizabeth Town Centre was just a paddock with a Hotel being constructed. My father George, used to drink at the Smithfield hotel occasionally. He was a butcher and first worked at the Truscot Street shops.
What a great share. Thank you. If you haven't seen this Elizabeth under construction timeline video, it may be of interest. Focusing primarily on the town centre area, beginning with the construction of Elizabeth South and concluding with the construction of the Elizabeth Clock Tower, with everything in between. There's some cool images of the town centre just as you described - a paddock with the newly constructed Hotel Elizabeth looking like it exists in the middle of nowhere back in 1957. Thank you for watching and, again, for sharing with us. Much appreciated :-) Will
Apologies. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/XBpWcWtkTf0/v-deo.html
Disgusted.
Still living in a double unit house lol
Nothing wrong with that :-)
@@elizabeththatwas It's been 6 years I've trained the neighbours lol
I was there 70 and 71 and then my daughter when it was Para West
Nice. I believe the main building is still standing. Thanks for sharing with us Julie, and for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
ua-cam.com/video/QirXr6PiN-4/v-deo.html same place and time Dazzeland!
It really seems like in the end, what Dunstan wanted is what Mt Barker/Nairne/Woodside area is becoming. What's the area at, 40k people now? Of course unlike Elizabeth or Monarto, there's limited desire to create a local community or jobs, and instead just sending everyone to Adelaide.
Hey, Thomas. Great observation, mate. Thank you for sharing and for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
it is sad we live in a world where we cant have anything nice now.
thankyou this brought back memories
My pleasure, Gerry. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
I saw my first ever movie at the Shedley theatre on a school excursion from Munno Para Primary school. I was 5 years old (now 50) and the movie was Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. I am also fairly certain I saw star wars there when it came out as well but that may have been in the city. Been living in Cairns for over 10 years and never believed I would feel nostalgic about Elizabeth but here we are, lots of good memories.
Great share, Adam. Thank you. You're not related to Shane Randall, by any chance?
@@elizabeththatwas no problems, nope no relation:) Great channel by the way, be great to see some videos on Munno Para if they exist. I have some old ones somewhere, also a video driving into Snowtown about 10 years before the bodies in the barrel but unfortunately we did not capture the bank.
@@adamrandall5163 hey Adam. If you ever find those videos of Munno Para, please let me know. If you're happy to share them I am happy to create videos on Munno Para, for sure.
Beautiful, I recall it so well. The 450 bus every Thursday night.....so good!
You know, I can't remember Windsor Green at all, and Dad worked on it when he worked for the council. I obviously must have seen and known it was there. I remember the clock tower as a kid, but for some reason Windsor Green didn't stick in my memory. Weird. It's a haze, like so many things from back then :-) Hope you're well Cuz.
Elizabeth Centre did look really nice with lovely garden's and space. But now it's crowded with car parks and no space or garden's it's ugly and unkept .
Agreed. How great is it Steve Geary's dad took this awesome footage to remind us how good it once was? Thanks for watching, much appreciated :-) Will
1966 Icame to Australia 🇦🇺 from Scotland as migrants and stayed in Hostel .came with my Family on the Fair star from south Hampton. AND 1966 decicimal currency's was coming in .Now they are trying to remove Cash 💸 ironic .Cash is king so is God .The lucky country no more .
Thank you for sharing with us Sue. And, for watching. Much appreciated, Will :-)
The cuckening
Every one loved this train, and noise and its horn were so awesome and unique miss this train alot
Many great memories riding the Red Hen...and misadventures :-) Thanks for watching and sharing with us Joanne. Much appreciated :-) Will
@@elizabeththatwas your welcome
Not sure why people think Monato was a white elephant. The concept was grounded in reality and tbh, are not people screaming out for the same thing now. Stop our cities expanding too much and decentralise the population growth. It just needed the right planning. Instead we have the never ending southern beachside suburbs continuing their march towards Victor Harbour. The difference is what? One is plannned and the other unplanned.
Yes, after being away for nearly 2 decades I really noticed the southern urban sprawl towards Victor. The drive still has a lot of charm, but it's changing rapibly. And you are correct, it does seem better planned for than attempts north of the city. I wonder why that is? Cheers for watching, and for sharing your thoughts. Very interesting. Will
Can only be a blessing. No one can predict the future. It at the time provided jobs, security and prosperity.
It certainly got Elizabeth on her feet very quickly, and for a time was a huge boost to the state economy, as well. Thanks for watching, and for sharing your thoughts. Much appreciated. Will :-)
My parents and 3 brothers were there in 1956. They'd left Guernsey, and most definitely thought "what the hell have we done?"
Oh, my. Elizabeth 1956. Yes, that must have been one hell of a shock. Did they stick around long?
@@elizabeththatwas they built a house in the Nth Eastern burbs, which was still miles from anywhere, and stayed there until my dad passed in 2015. My mother missed Guernsey every single day.
A jewel in its crown? Building inadequate small boxes on weed-infested ground for immigrant suckers to do all the mundane duties that the locals refused to do. They continued to play football, travel on vacation, and live in large houses with 2-3 automobiles in the driveway. They brought immigrants here not because they cared about people, but to exploit them.
The sad consequence of globalisation.
I imagine some of the industries moving into Elizabeth for cheap labour and low rents must have pulled out of other areas to come here, that were costing more at the time. It was probably just a matter of time before they pulled out of Elizabeth for the same reasons to go elsewhere :-(
Nice video thanks for posting.👍 A little concerned youtube knows where i live now 😅
Ha. Funny. My pleasure, mate. Thank you for watching :-) Will
They also know what you think
@@oldmate99 Yep 😅
I was always told the Tube Mills made ammunitions during the war and painted the roof like a farm with cows grazing so when you flew over you wouldn't see it
That's very funny, if it's true. You never know. People have done far stranger things.
@@elizabeththatwas My Grandparents lived across the road from the place . It had paddocks around it so apparently that's what they did .
@@FTY13 Great info. Thank you :-)
My parents had the first Housing Trust home in Elizabeth. They had 7 kids at the time and my mum was in hospital having just given birth to my twin sister and I on Xmas Day 1955. There’s a photo of our family in the Housing Trust office and in the Elizabeth Town Centre. My mum was invited back to cut Elizabeth’s anniversary cake many years later. My twin sister and I were the first twins born to a family living there though we were actually born at the QEH as Lyell McEwen hospital hadn’t been built then. News cameras came and photographed us on our first birthday. When we were 14 months old, my Dad was able to get a War Service loan and pd used it to build a new house in Salisbury. My brother, twin and I attended high school in Elizabeth. Those were very happy days and I have wonderful memories of both Elizabeth and Salisbury. Thank you for these lovely glimpses back into our hometown
My pleasure, Annie. You're not from the Pinnegar family, by any chance?
Did you know the names of the elderly farmer and his wife? It would have been good if their names were included.
Sorry, Julie, no. That video is an excerpt from a longer video that I wasn't able to find. I assume in the longer format they do mention their names. It would have been good to have them, I agree. Thank you for watching, all the same. Will
Government, Business and Council built Elizabeth. Government, Business and Council destroyed Elizabeth.
A pretty fair assessment.
Commies cant do anything right
The poor elephant 😔
I know. He lived a short, and I imagine, pretty miserable life - but lived long in legend. We're still talking about him today. But. yes, a pity he wasn't left alone, where he was found, to live a normal elephant's life. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
Fascinating
Thanks for watching Ian. Hope you enjoyed :-) Will
@@elizabeththatwas I did, and I didn't know anything about the area.
@@ianrandell9763 oh, wow. That's great. This is part 6 in an 8 part series. All 8 are found on the channel homepage if you wanted to watch the rest. Thank you for watching, much appreciated :-) Will
@@elizabeththatwasany mention of the drive in that once existed in elizabeth
You didn't mention the old church in Samuel street.
It's difficult finding detailed history on the Northern area. Much of it seems to have never been recorded. Sadly, there's much I can't cover as a result. I hope you enjoyed, all the same. Thank you for watching, it's much appreciated :-) Will
Again, a great job Will. Lived in Salisbury North 1954-1961 and watched the development of Elizabeth throughout. Dad was LRWE/WRE and Fairey Aviation. Mum a school teacher Salisbury North. My folks moved toward Adelaide in the late 60s but I travelled to Elizabeth on my annual return from RAAF Service for some 20 years. Very evocative images and a great story told of just how quickly the best of intentions, even with huge expenditure, can unfold. Well done.
Thank you, Roy. That is much appreciated, mate. I'm glad to hear all the positive feedback, and all the wonderful stories people have been sharing with me and each other. It's made it all worth while. Cheers, Will :-)
By all accounts, Monarto failed, because Dunstan wanted to move Government departments there, and public servants refused to go.
My hometown. I was born at the Lyle McEwin in 1984. (Both my Sons were born there also) What an awesome channel! Thank you so much
My pleasure Gregory. I, too, was born at the Lyell McEwin, in 1970. Thank you for watching, mate. Much appreciated
In Elizabeth, where memories softly tread, Among the local shops, where stories are spread, The baker’s smile, the grocer’s friendly nod, Echoes of a time when life was less odd. The Octagon stood tall, a beacon of the past, Its walls whispering tales that forever last. Familiar faces, now shadows in the light, In Elizabeth, they linger, just out of sight. Longing for days when the world felt small, When every corner shop knew us all. In Elizabeth, the bygone era’s grace, Lives on in the heart of this cherished place.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Would it be okay to use this as the intro in a video sometime?
@@elizabeththatwas absolutely ♥
Gorgeous.
This Monarto city became Mount Barker city instead. Monarto became nice zoo.
The 60‘s certainly the best years for Elizabeth. Lived in Elizabeth East 64-71.
I would love to have experienced Elizabeth between 1955 and 1970. A very unique experience to live through, I would think. Thanks for watching Tom. Hope the video brought back some happy memories. Cheers, Will :-)
Who remembers the grand idea of the multifunction polis?😂
I've had a few requests to cover that. The trouble is finding enough resources to fill a video. I will take a look though and see what I can find. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-)
@@elizabeththatwas As old as I am now both born and still residing in South Australia, and living through the times these videos were recorded, there was never any doubt even for my young mind that progress was and still is in fact cloaked in "fiscal greed" and all Western democracies are now seeing the social damage this causes. We will never learn. There is no turning back. The human future is one of territorial and tribal conflicts that most rightly will end in our species annihilation through nuclear warfare and MAD. It seems a fitting end to our species. Have a great weekend.
Thank you for this channel. I came across the channel by accident. We came to SA in 1964 and moved to the new suburb of Banksia Park, mum would call Elizabeth "Little boxes" like the old song, so we didnt move there. But such memories for me. Thank you again. ❤
You're very welcome, Wally. Thank you for watching :-) Will
Thank you. I can remember going on the ride before the safety barriers etc were erected.
Before safety barriers? Sounds terrifying. Lol. My pleasure, mate. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated :-) Will
Thank you for this channel. I stumbled on it accidentally. Although we paid our way to Adelaide and lived in the new suburb of Banksie Park. I remember all this. We arrived 1964.
My pleasure, Wally. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated, Will :-)
Thank you v.much - excellent docco!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching :-) Will
Well done Will! Dad went from SAR to WRE to GM/H, mum was a nurse at WRE then SAHT... Took em 3wks to get a house (Hogarth Rd then Manningford Rd) back then.. now it's 13 yrs +... anywhere!! I keep looking out for mum or dad to be in the pics, naa, no luck yet!
Mate, have you checked out the Playford's Past Recollect website? I sourced a number of shots from there. You can check it out via this link: playfordspast.recollect.net.au/ There are thousands of images there. You never know, you just may spot your mum and dad in one of them. All the best, Will
@@elizabeththatwas Thanks mate, appreciate it.