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ShhSydney Urbex Adventures
Australia
Приєднався 24 сер 2015
Heya I’m Gia Cattiva & explore secret sides of Sydney & now Newcastle NSW
🖤Finding beauty in the abandoned since '13🖤
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🖤Finding beauty in the abandoned since '13🖤
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EXPLORING SYDNEY - GLADESVILLE HOSPITAL HISTORY TOUR - Urban Exploration // Australian Documentary
Hey History Hunters 🤠 On today's "Bushwalk Back In Time" trip we visit the magnificent former Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum, now called Gladesville Hospital in Sydney's Inner West.
Learn the history behind Australia's 1st purpose-built mental facility & go on a virtual journey together, to discover the stories behind this fascinating place.
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Gia Cattiva
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Learn the history behind Australia's 1st purpose-built mental facility & go on a virtual journey together, to discover the stories behind this fascinating place.
🌏 ❤️ ♻️
Gia Cattiva
IG: @Shhsydney
FB: ShhSydney Urbex Adventures
www.shhsydney.wordpress.com
Copyright © ShhSydney
#urbex #urbanexploration #urbex #history #australianhistory #sydney #australia #history #documentary #urbanexploring #urbexsydney #urbexaustralia #urbanexploring #abandoned
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EXPLORING SYDNEY - GONE TO GARRAWARRA - Abandoned Hospital + Cemetery // Australian Documentary
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Hey History Hunters 🤠 On today's "Bushwalk Back In Time" trip we visit old Garrawarra (Waterfall) Hospital near Sydney's Sutherland Shire, explore the ruins of a haunting old hospital & rediscover the remains of its forgotten cemetery. Learn about the history of Australia's fight against infectious disease & go on a virtual journey together to discover the stories behind this fascinating place....
EXPLORING SYDNEY - FORGOTTEN FAIRYLAND of Lane Cove - Sydney History // Australian Documentary
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Hey History Hunters 🤠 On today's "Bushwalk Back In Time" trip we wander through Lane Cove National Park on Sydney's Lower North Shore, where the enchanting Fairyland Pleasure Gardens once was. Learn the history behind this popular day trip destination back in early 1900s & go on a virtual journey together to discover the stories behind this fascinating place. 🌏 ❤️ ♻️ Gia Cattiva IG: @Shhsydney ...
SO NEWY SERIES - EXPLORING AN OLD VELODROME - NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA
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Celebrating everything about Newcastle NSW laid back "DGAF" lifestyle Today we explore an awesome old velodrome in Adamstown, Newcastle NSW Australia My 2 rescue dogs Mabel & Esther make a cameo 🐶 ❤️ 🌏 #newcastle #urbex #exploring #urbanexpoloration #urbanexploration #urbanexploring #newcastlensw #australia #nsw Follow on IG: @sonewy 🤘
EXPLORING SYDNEY - ABANDONED DRUMMOYNE SPORTS CLUB - POST FIRE UPDATE - URBEX AUSTRALIA
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Investigating what remains of Inner West Sydney’s abandoned Drummoyne Sports Club 🌏 ❤️ ♻️ Gia Cattiva IG: @Shhsydney FB: ShhSydney Urbex Adventures www.shhsydney.wordpress.com Copyright © ShhSydney #urbex #urbanexploration #urbex #history #australianhistory #sydney #australia #history #documentary #urbanexploring #urbexsydney #urbexaustralia #urbanexploring #abandoned
EXPLORING SYDNEY - FINDING FUNLAND ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK - Urban Exploraration // Urbex Australia
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We take you on a trip to the forgotten Funland amusement park in Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire. Discover the story behind the park, plus see what trash and treasures remain today. 🌏 ❤️ ♻️ Gia Cattiva IG: @Shhsydney FB: ShhSydney Urbex Adventures www.shhsydney.wordpress.com Copyright © ShhSydney #urbex #urbanexploration #urbex #history #australianhistory #sydney #australia #history #documentary ...
EXPLORING SYDNEY - EL CABALLO BLANCO SYDNEY Abandoned Theme Park - Urban Exploring // Sydney History
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We go on a tour of the once magnificent abandoned amusement park El Caballo Blanco, Catherine Field, south-west Sydney Australia. Features exclusive 2016 footage, photos from my urban exploration in 2013 and rare original vintage shots of the amazing Spanish dancing stallions in action. * in memory of the beautiful dancing horses of El Caballo Blanco * 🌏 ❤️ ♻️ Gia Cattiva IG: @Shhsydney FB: Shh...
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Now days they locked them away not giving this people's freedom. Maybe they should do this now days so this peoples get better quicker
Thank you for a very interesting programme.Very informative & well narrated.A sad, but important part of our history.👍🏻🧐
Thanks for the documentaries and your efforts, well put together, researched and spoken. Keep up the great work, you have the persona, voice and credibility for much grander work. I look forward to seeing your other clips, cheers from an expat Brit who visited his dad in one of these sanatorium in the forests of Macclesfield England in the 60's.
Thank you for your reply. Please be aware, women are still being committed into hospital asylums for no reason at a staggering rate especially in n.s.w. My mother was fully within her mind.. Kind regards ..
Very informative video good work i never knew about all of this till i came across your video thank you.
New sub here from Australia keep up the great work 🙏🏼
Dearest sweetest infinitely precious Gia is there any chance of you making more of your infinitely wonderous videos. I truely look forward to seeing more of your videos Yours sincerely Angelo cardilli ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Angelo, thank you for your support. Live in Newcastle now but am considering making more videos that are historical but not just focused on Sydney.
Dearest sweetest most precious Gia I truely love the way you explain all in infinitely exquisite detail. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dearest sweetest most precious Gia i trily hope you will mever stop making your infinitely interesting videos. O truely love seeing videos of australia in the past.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is the first time i have seen your videos on youtube. Intriely love the way you explain everything in great detail. I truely love all your videos.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
😂😂😂 love the early Australian / english accent commentary 😅😅😅 that was a great video ✌️
This was great, i hope you do more
Great documentary Sister. Have you thought of some of the other asylums Parramatta (Cumberland) Morriset and the one in the hawksbury River at Brooklyn? But there a probably heaps of others in ye old Sydney town. Thanks for sharing Sister and love and Light to all of you 💙
Brilliant! What a wonderful documentary. I have explored these grounds years ago and your informative piece has enlightened me! I sincerely hope that this extraordinary piece of Sydney heritage is never exploited and remains and is maintained forever!
Excellent work. So much beautiful architecture and open space that should have few million thrown at it and opened to the public or it will be lost for ever. Thanks and I have subscribed. Cheers
Great video but the music is to loud when you are talking
Agreed, made this video on my mobile & the sound is not great.
I grew up in Rozelle we used climb through the fence and jump in the pool when we were kids
I walked around the Gladesville Hospital grounds all the time as I used to live at the Blandville Court public housing unit complex across the road.
Hi my name is shawn , my mother worked a total of over 46 years as a psych nurse mainly at gladesville,and a few years at Macquarie (Bridgeview) hospital. When i was approx 4 years old we even lived for some time in the old nursing home and i would walk down to the river to go fishing.. my mum and other staff had so many spooky encounters there, especially while working night shifts....I plan to take her back there some day very soon so she can show me around what buildings are still left and tell me where she experienced certain things..
When someone tells you there are ghosts at Gladesville Hospital, believe them. I worked there for four years and our workshop was a disused mortuary. I was in there one night doing a quick job for myself when I heard a noise coming from near the slab fridges, where we stored hardware and other materials and a bundle of electrical conduit hanging over the top of the slab fridge was moving on its own - I don't mind telling you I shat my pants and bailed for the night. When I told my boss what happened the next morning he laughed and said he knew about the ghost that did that. He'd met with similar happenings late at night.
Really enjoyed this. I live in Gladesville and have been there many times. I like the folly although some locals have referred to it a 'tack room'(where horse harnesses were kept and maintained). Also have heard it has been used for modern witch covens for their meetings. There used to be a small museum there onsite and run by volunteers but it was only open about once a month. It had a lot of old medical equipment on display but not a lot relevant to the hospital. I am also fascinated by the number of people buried there in the area along Victoria Road in a long tree avenue west of Henley Cottage(your video captured a couple of the prominent headstones). Apparently the govt. wanted to sell the site to developers until an action group exposed the number of graves there. I think they disinterred some that they could identify and moved their remains to Field of Mars before realising the enormity of the situation.
Thank you, I appreciate your comments re respect for those in the cemetery. It is refreshing to hear and reflects well on you. Well researched and well presented. Not all are forgotten, two members of the Royal Australian Navy rest there. Stoker Peter Joseph Victor Hanlan, born in 1890 Ireland, joined the RAN 29 Dec 1914 serving on the old cruiser HMAS Psyche, died Waterfall 2 Sept 1916. And Chief Petty Officer Jeremiah Flynn born 1875 in Ireland, on loan to RAN from the RN as of 1 Mar 1912. Served on the Boys Training Ship HMAS Tingira moored in Rose Bay Sydney. Died at Waterfall 4 Nov 1912. The members of the Naval Graves Project have not forgotten these men.
I have home movies from 70s at African lions park
Got an aunty who worked at the garrawarra aged care facility Its very haunted Very They have closed off the second story because of the bad shit that goes on after dark
I had an uncle that worked there as a nurse, apparently anyone with Tb had their own cup,plate and cutlery and it was washed and boiling water tipped over it. No fan of the eye brows
I was there in 1985 n met my first girlfriend there 'hellen was her name n she was so hot lol no lie 'went up wit the Dapto community community bus.there was a heep of kids who went on two buses n i got a massive headache from rids like the pirate ship
My girlfriend at the time did some of her nursing training there around 1992-3.
Most of Gladesville was closed in in 1993 and most of the buildings demolished except the few remaining my father in law worked there after returning from the 2WW, the remaining buildings may look nice historically but its the two underground levels that no longer exist single exclusion what could only be called in any terms total isolation , mental health was so misunderstood back then, source for the underground levels which obviously now have become foundations for town house complexes, well an old fella in his later years and yes I visited the site with him a true ANZAC in 1981 , a lot of demo and concrete was used to hide the truth , enough said , I will see myself out
I use to go to this grave yard in the early seventies, we use to go there from nulla , had no idea of the hospital.
My great grandmother was a psychiatric nurse at this hospital. That was probably around 1910-20s.
ahhh... beautiful sydney.
My Mother was a patient in this place. Back in the 70s. Not due to her own fault. My dad was abusive and lied to have her committed. Men use do do this to wives way back then. I have a story but have never told anyone. Unbelievable..
Sorry to hear that happened to your mum. They used to have people committed for shady reasons...
TB was also treated at Prince of Wales Hospital, Maroubra. It contained a cemetery too; some nurses buried there. I read a book.
This was great! Thank you for the video and all the research.
Is the folly still there? I couldn’t see it when I went.
It had better still be there, would be a shame if it's gone. It is in a funny spot & tucked away...maybe go back & ask a worker to give you directions :)
@@shhsydney It's still there. When I worked at Gladesville it still had a roof and was in fairly good condition. It shows how quickly things can fall apart when neglected. There is a lot of rot on the Internet which includes tales that the folly was a former crematorium - it's not and was never used for this. For a time, it did serve as a caretaker's quarters.
How is it that I've never heard nothing about tuberculosis outbreaks in foreign countries that bad but! "I was today year's old" when I found out that Australia was every cunts last breath when dying of tb 😮
It is so sad that buildings like this aren't preserved, cemeteries especially not only for the respect for those buried there, but for the history that can be gleaned from them.
I use to live near this (former) hospital (before moving to Queensland) and applied for Nursing jobs there when it was open, I had friends and family that worked there. The now residential accommodation you see around the 30 second mark was also once a part of the hospital. There was a history of cruelty and sadness here, as no doubt good as well and if legends are true (which I can't confirm or deny) is suppose to be haunted as well.
Hello. Nice document. Is this place currently available, could I do such a tour of this place legibly?
Always wished that tunnel at the beginning of the video had no GRAFFITI in it. Why are there no complaints about it? or why doesn't it get removed?
underemployed ferals...
My Dad worked as a psychiatrist at this hospital from 1965 to about 1976. We lived on the grounds in one of the doctor’s residences. At about 11:52 minutes in, you show a large two storey dark brick house. That was our home. There were three bedrooms upstairs and one bathroom that included the toilet. My bedroom was downstairs and there was a large living room, kitchen, laundry and study. All rooms had an open fireplace. It’s quite strange to see it now, as back then it had lawns that were fenced off with tall hedges that my Dad used to trim. The pool was in constant use in the 1960’s when I was in primary school and I could swim the length underwater, holding my breath. At times some patients would come down with their nurses. It was always sparkling clean. Thank you for this lovely trip down memory lane.
Wow thank you for sharing your story & your family must have many special memories of this place. Really appreciate your descriptions inside the buildings & sharing all this info. Glad you enjoyed this little video
Wow that's cool . My mum got a shitty little trophy as recognition of her 45 years continuous service..what was your dads name my mums name is violet and her supervisor was stella
The river used to be awesome huh..
I worked at Gladesville Hospital as an electrician between 1990 and 1994. It was still in full swing on both sides of Victoria Road at the time, but as the NSW Government grew disinterested in caring for the mentally ill, it started to wind down from 1992 onwards until it closed for new admissions in 1993 then wound down to nothing in 1995. The north side was pretty much bulldozed and the land sold for medium density housing, though Ward 2, AKA The Priory, was kept, as were the nearby stables. Most of the south side remains due to a blanket heritage protection order and the interiors of many of the ward buildings were converted to office space for MOH project teams. The mansion you lived in was close to our workshop, which was a converted mortuary. The mansion was used for patient occupational therapy sessions. The house at 06:30 was called Patterson House, named for the Banjo Patterson cottage (now a restaurant) located just outside the fence. It was used as staff accomodation for a couple of the gardening staff at the time and still had working gas lighting, which has now been vandalised because no government in this country knows how to repurpose buildings in a timely manner. At 02:01, there is a door under those stairs that leads to a below ground plant room. Previously the plant room was part of a row of dungeons and a tunnel led from there down to where the stepped incline is around the oval near the water. Patients were taken off the boats at a jetty in the bay, which was filled in after WWI to become the oval (it's all reclaimed land) and were moved up the tunnel to Ward 17 and 18 which were the admissions wards at the time. When the bay was filled in to become the oval, the tunnel entrance at the top was bricked up to stop people using it. Digby House was known as Ward 22 when I worked there. I and my two colleagues, Ted and Kerry, rewired that whole building in 1991 and the rest of the large maintenance staff there at the time carried out a complete refit of that building. It became the pride of the whole Hospital at the time. In more recent times this building was used in the filming of the TV show A Place To Call Home. I still remember the large boiler station in full swing too - two massive coal-fired boilers supplied the whole site with hot water and heating all year round. The old boiler house where the big chimney was supplied steam for the adjacent laundry. It was a great place to work and I retain many fond memories of the place and it's a shame that parts of the site have been left to rot by the NSW Government.
Thx for all the info...very sad that this has been left to rot.
Well documented mate. This place is on my list for future explores. See any potential ways into closed buildings by any chance?
My great grandparents were in Garrawarra in their last years. I did go there to visit in the late 70’s, but can’t really remember. My mums family was from Helensburgh, not far away.
I watched it burn from the 7-11
Loved the video it was very educational and informative. If you get a chance you should do a tour of beechworth down in Vic.
This video Is amazing!!! Carol Herben did such an amazing job in researching the history of these Forgotten Souls , which her book is titled.. amazing human being! I've just learnt my Grandmother spent 7 years here from the - from 1940 to 1947. Taken from Menindee to Broken Hill Hospital as a 9 year old, and spent from the age 10 years old to 17 here at waterfall. And it was only through accessing archived records that we found this out, 1 week ago, She lived until she was 80 years old, never spoke a word of it. There was a teacher who taught her here at waterfall sanatorium, her name was Miss Amelia Murray, & as Nan was Aboriginal, Miss Murray wrote to the Aboriginal Welfare board to ask that they send her for further education, and that she was a very good student etc. Nan didn't have active T.B by the end. A long story!! My Nan writes in a letter there was 3 boys and 3 girls in her class. Would so love to find Miss Murray's family. She seemed like a beautiful woman who cared, and I have letters in her hand writing. Thank you for sharing this story ❤ P.s I note there are a few Aboriginal people buried here who I know the descendants of. Cabbage/Pluto families all living around Menindee and Wilcannia, plus Webster/Prince family. Such a sad sight to see the Cemetery like this. Wish there was more we could do 💔
Thank you for sharing your family's story & will add this book to the list. Glad you enjoyed the video
Looks so much like (architecturally) Callan Park”s Kirkbride buildings.
This was a very informative video. I like how you show your respects. I worked there in the 90s. It is very sad to see it in ruins and the graffiti everywhere. Thanks.
Very interesting and well-produced video. Have just found your channel and enjoying your content. Just asked my 89 yo Mum about Fairyland who knew of it but never went. We agreed that some older family members may have so ww are going to look through Grandparents' photo albums to see if anything is recognizable. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for your kind comment, would be amazing to see more vintage photos from Fairyland! Live in Newcastle now but hope to make more videos in future ❤
@1971gtrxu1 I also enjoyed the report on Fairyland. I have been there as a child in the mid sixties. This was because the Sunday School that I went to - St Paul's Chatswood would have their Sunday School picnics at Fairyland. I've been back in recent years and it's sad to see it now. The reason the whole central area has become a swamp is because the drainage system has been allowed to deteriorate and fail. We would go there by car, entering off Delhi Road, where you can still make out the entrance. I have also visited the site by boat. It's a fascinating place.