@@CastorRabbit Its true. "Functional Illiteracy" is a benchmark that, generally speaking, comes in at around a primary school year 5/6 level. Its measured using a tool called the Program of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC). Here is Tas, it captures an ageing population of early school leavers, a broad spectrum of lower socio-economic situations as well as immigrants for who English is an additional language. It's not that people "can't read", its about the level at which we can read, what we can read and how that allows us to get about our daily lives.
@@abigayle2370 Fascinating. It would also be interesting to learn the functional literacy by age group - whether functional illiteracy resides in particular age-groups, and what that means. Also, location - by states, and also by rural/remote v cities. Sadly, Tassie has always lagged. A quick search reveals the following - about 43% of all Australians 15-75 years old are functionally illiterate (level 2 and below). www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/education/programme-international-assessment-adult-competencies-australia/latest-release#:~:text=Around%203.7%25%20(620%2C000)%20of,(200%2C000)%20at%20Level%205. Tassie has always been on
@@leo1933 That's a bus! Joking. Canberra is currently spending a motsa on a light rail, and I think this system would have been a better choice on the face of it.
Congratulations on your lucky win and wedding! 🤣 I know exactly where that old mail box is in Castray Esp. I also remember not having the phone on at home until I was about 10. It was expensive. And then making a trunk call to my grandparents on Christmas Eve in the UK and having to book the call ahead…
@@angusthornett I totally agree. The amount of communication we have today is still surprising to me. My mother who was born in New Town 90 years ago today would’ve been amazed!
Hi Angus, I've happened upon your outstanding history presentations & wanted to say thank you. We'll be retiring to Hobart in a couple of years. We really enjoy & appreciate your efforts.
Mt Nelson also had something happen of great circumstance in 1976, the ashes of the last Full blood Tasmanian Aboriginal was released after almost 50 years of being in a museum. Angus , amazing job with your info and great sense of the past. Hat off mate
Hi Angus I really love your work, it's so informative. Your work makes me appreciate Tasmania even more. By reminding us of the not so distant past we learn to see how far we have come. Your photography is always amazing and the way you capture the sounds of the birds in the bush is beautiful. I once spoke to you in person in Sandy Bay and I enjoyed our conversation. I wish you all the best with your mini documentaries they are a precious snap shots in both present day Hobart the history of Tasmania. Thanks for keeping the past alive, I wish I had lots of money to give to you so you could do more shows. Say hi to dog for me. ❤😊
Hi Angus, another really good video. A little bit of info on the the satellite station on Droughty Point Hill if you'd like. It was known as TERSS - Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station - built for the CSIRO to receive information on sea temperatures from satellites in polar orbits. The truly Tasmanian connection is that it was designed by Hydro Tasmania (or HEC as it was then) engineers and built at the Hydro workshops in Moonah, then installed by Hydro tradesmen on Droughty Hill, I was one of them. Keep up the good work. Cheers
No problems, by the way, where did you manage to get the aerial footage of the dish? there is very little info about it that I've been able to find. I have some photos from when we were installing it, as well as some video on VHS!! I remember when I was driving through Lauderdale/Rokeby and looked up the hill and it was gone! Couldn't believe it at first. Apparently the funding for project had ceased some time before and it had become 'surplus to needs'.
Fabulous work as always Angus. I seem to recall the reason the cast iron SPB (street posting box) is on Castray esplanade is because it once stood proudly outside a combined Telecom and Australia Post museum on the bottom floor of the building behind it....I think...
Before this excellent video the most I knew about communication from Port Arthur to Hobart in the convict days was that described in Jennifer Livett's book 'Wild Island'. I very much enjoy your videos and learn heaps, thank you.
Have been watching your content for some time now, as a Launceston dweller, I find the quirky history of Hobart quite interesting! Would love to see more content of around the state!
The aside you made on illiteracy is something I don’t doubt in the slightest. The lovely old chap who lived next door to my dear Gran up near Knocklofty was definitely in that category. After she was widowed , he used to drive her to the supermarket ( ‘ Purity ‘ in those days ) in an enormous Ford Falcon ( Fairlane ? ) . He used to ask her to read labels aloud for him, or, otherwise select groceries simply by colour, shape, size , & so forth. Even then, I used to wonder how he managed to pass what presumably must have been some sort of driving licence test….( ? )..
The signal station is of course an excellent vantage point overlooking the sea & estuary approaches to Hobart, and deserves to be visited more often from the town. A work colleague once organised a mid-day team-building exercise: a "walk" from our office in Hobart CBD to the Mt Nelson signal station, & return. "2 hours" he reckoned. I made it there & back in just under 2, by jogging 80% of the time. Alone and ahead of the rest.
Fascinating to think of how technology for communication has changed over the years. I don't think folks of 100 or so years ago could have imagined how we communicate with the technology we do now. I don't think even 40 years ago we could have imagined it! Although I know some were speculating and early ideas were being tested.
I’m from tassie and love the place, but spend some time away then go back and see if you still think the stat is too high. Friends of mine moved from mainland to NE Tas to become high school teachers and were shocked by how many kids hadnt learned to read by grade 7.
Nup I am tired and annoyed by constant reissues and other releases. It never ends unless the buyer ends it. Most fans will lap it all up. I am out because I don't believe in supporting what I see as excessive marketing. Imagine no possessions, well I am getting there.
Hello, this is Angus Thornett speaking. How may I help you?
For real? 50% of the people here can't read? That can't be true...
Miss Uganda would be quite a beauty, I imagine.
@@CastorRabbit Its true. "Functional Illiteracy" is a benchmark that, generally speaking, comes in at around a primary school year 5/6 level. Its measured using a tool called the Program of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC). Here is Tas, it captures an ageing population of early school leavers, a broad spectrum of lower socio-economic situations as well as immigrants for who English is an additional language. It's not that people "can't read", its about the level at which we can read, what we can read and how that allows us to get about our daily lives.
@@abigayle2370 Fascinating. It would also be interesting to learn the functional literacy by age group - whether functional illiteracy resides in particular age-groups, and what that means. Also, location - by states, and also by rural/remote v cities. Sadly, Tassie has always lagged.
A quick search reveals the following - about 43% of all Australians 15-75 years old are functionally illiterate (level 2 and below). www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/education/programme-international-assessment-adult-competencies-australia/latest-release#:~:text=Around%203.7%25%20(620%2C000)%20of,(200%2C000)%20at%20Level%205. Tassie has always been on
@@leo1933 That's a bus! Joking. Canberra is currently spending a motsa on a light rail, and I think this system would have been a better choice on the face of it.
Excellent video. We were just up at Mt Nelson Signal Tower for the stunning views. Thanks for your research on this great piece!
Cheers, Jessica. It is a good view. Would have been cleared in the past with less tree at the peak.
Congratulations on your lucky win and wedding! 🤣
I know exactly where that old mail box is in Castray Esp. I also remember not having the phone on at home until I was about 10. It was expensive. And then making a trunk call to my grandparents on Christmas Eve in the UK and having to book the call ahead…
Ha. Thanks. Yeah everything has changed. Technology has overall made our lives vastly better.
@@angusthornett I totally agree. The amount of communication we have today is still surprising to me. My mother who was born in New Town 90 years ago today would’ve been amazed!
More stuff I never knew about my state. Cheers Angus.
Cheers, Trevor
One of your best Angus. Excellent script and historical documents. Just love the last scene and sense of humour. Left me smiling. Alan
Cheers, Alan
Hi Angus, I've happened upon your outstanding history presentations & wanted to say thank you. We'll be retiring to Hobart in a couple of years. We really enjoy & appreciate your efforts.
Mt Nelson also had something happen of great circumstance in 1976, the ashes of the last Full blood Tasmanian Aboriginal was released after almost 50 years of being in a museum. Angus , amazing job with your info and great sense of the past. Hat off mate
Hi Angus I really love your work, it's so informative. Your work makes me appreciate Tasmania even more.
By reminding us of the not so distant past we learn to see how far we have come.
Your photography is always amazing and the way you capture the sounds of the birds in the bush is beautiful.
I once spoke to you in person in Sandy Bay and I enjoyed our conversation.
I wish you all the best with your mini documentaries they are a precious snap shots in both present day Hobart the history of Tasmania.
Thanks for keeping the past alive, I wish I had lots of money to give to you so you could do more shows.
Say hi to dog for me. ❤😊
Hi Amanda, I remember our conversation. Thanks. I'm just glad you're watching.
Hi Angus, another really good video. A little bit of info on the the satellite station on Droughty Point Hill if you'd like. It was known as TERSS - Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station - built for the CSIRO to receive information on sea temperatures from satellites in polar orbits.
The truly Tasmanian connection is that it was designed by Hydro Tasmania (or HEC as it was then) engineers and built at the Hydro workshops in Moonah, then installed by Hydro tradesmen on Droughty Hill, I was one of them.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Thanks for that info. Interesting.
No problems, by the way, where did you manage to get the aerial footage of the dish? there is very little info about it that I've been able to find. I have some photos from when we were installing it, as well as some video on VHS!!
I remember when I was driving through Lauderdale/Rokeby and looked up the hill and it was gone! Couldn't believe it at first.
Apparently the funding for project had ceased some time before and it had become 'surplus to needs'.
Love the ending. That's gold.
Fabulous work as always Angus. I seem to recall the reason the cast iron SPB (street posting box) is on Castray esplanade is because it once stood proudly outside a combined Telecom and Australia Post museum on the bottom floor of the building behind it....I think...
You know it.
Before this excellent video the most I knew about communication from Port Arthur to Hobart in the convict days was that described in Jennifer Livett's book 'Wild Island'. I very much enjoy your videos and learn heaps, thank you.
Another great and informative video. Thank you Angus 👍
I have always wanted to visit Tasmania. Great history documentary, keep it up
My Auntie used to live on Mt Nelson Rd.😅
Thanks for the post and all the efforts 😂
Watching from NZ. Great video, as usual. Hilarious ending!
Thanks, Peter. Yeah, so much luck.
That's one of your best I think, Angus. Interested to know more about your literacy statistic as I live in Hobart.
Love videos and footage about Tasmania.
Have been watching your content for some time now, as a Launceston dweller, I find the quirky history of Hobart quite interesting!
Would love to see more content of around the state!
I think other people should make Tasmanian content. There's plenty of room for it.
Wonderful stuff, and so very well scripted.
"Good day, Angus, this is Kenji speaking. This was an astonishing moving picture show."
Fancy running into you here 😉
The aside you made on illiteracy is something I don’t doubt in the slightest. The lovely old chap who lived next door to my dear Gran up near Knocklofty was definitely in that category. After she was widowed , he used to drive her to the supermarket ( ‘ Purity ‘ in those days ) in an enormous Ford Falcon ( Fairlane ? ) . He used to ask her to read labels aloud for him, or, otherwise select groceries simply by colour, shape, size , & so forth. Even then, I used to wonder how he managed to pass what presumably must have been some sort of driving licence test….( ? )..
Thanks again for another informative and interesting video :)
That was really interesting thanks Angus. We have progressed so much, too much.
Funny ending 😊
The production value of these videos are going to go through the roof with that million dollars!!😂
James Cameron on the phone. Avatarmanian.
@@angusthornett 🤣
Thanks Angus, another great video, really enjoy discovering new things I never knew about, look forward to the next one 🙂
Thanks a million well not quite.
Thank for the support, Simon. Ha
The signal station is of course an excellent vantage point overlooking the sea & estuary approaches to Hobart, and deserves to be visited more often from the town.
A work colleague once organised a mid-day team-building exercise: a "walk" from our office in Hobart CBD to the Mt Nelson signal station, & return.
"2 hours" he reckoned. I made it there & back in just under 2, by jogging 80% of the time. Alone and ahead of the rest.
There were much less trees back in the day and the view was truely spectacular. Dorney House probably has the best view of the part of Hobart now.
I lived in Cheverton Pds Sandy bay, and as a kid me and my friends would some times hike to the signal post
Good walk
I am happy for your recent winfall, and wish you and your new bride well.
outstanding Angus I,m going to show this to my students. thankyou !
Good stuff, thanks.
Thanks!
Missing a few zeros but I appreciate your work mate.
Thank you Peter. All help to the channel is very much appreciated.@@peterholloway4812
There used to be a post office museum near the old cast iron box...
You got it.
Well done again Angus, another rippa video
Thanks, mate.
Fascinating to think of how technology for communication has changed over the years. I don't think folks of 100 or so years ago could have imagined how we communicate with the technology we do now. I don't think even 40 years ago we could have imagined it! Although I know some were speculating and early ideas were being tested.
Thanks
Thank you very much, Ben.
Wow, that was incredibly lucky Angus! Don't spend it all at once unless it's on a house.
Yeah, sometimes you draw a Royal Flush.
Brilliant again 🇦🇺
Thanks, Jade.
Great video Angus.
Thanks, mate.
Great video. I reckon a video of radio history regarding transmission towers in Tasmania should be done.
Ha. Yep.
Love it.
Thank you
as always awesome vid dude (y)
Thanks, mate.
One of the first communications was cannon fire to alert people of a ships arrival
Ha
Brilliant
Thank you, mate.
Wow. Thanks.
Cheers
Apparently my ancestor Alfred Barrett Biggs made the first long distance phone call in Australia, in1887, from Tassie
G’day Angus, the story of communications in a nutshell. Brilliant. Old post boxes and phone boxes perhaps should be monuments to a bygone age. 👍🙂😊
Yes there should be a permanent museum exhibit of the communications technology throughout the ages, including phone boxes, post boxes, etc.
You go it @@seanworkman431
I bought a lottery ticket today. I might get lucky like you.
Spend it well
It's all gone now.
nice
Cheers
A new Ugandan bride, with a million dollars spending money? Such luck is not to be sneezed at Angus………..
Counting my Blessings. Coincidently that is her name.
@@angusthornett😅😅
So u got hitched?
Left standing in Vegas
Did you ever receive your million?
Any day now
Now that you're engaged and a millionaire, does this mean you won't be doing anymore videos? 😂
I quit
Really enjoyed the video (as usual)... but around 50% of Tasmanians functionally illiterate?? really? sounds way too high
I’m from tassie and love the place, but spend some time away then go back and see if you still think the stat is too high. Friends of mine moved from mainland to NE Tas to become high school teachers and were shocked by how many kids hadnt learned to read by grade 7.
Those are the figures. The State Government hasn't addressed it.
No "Tasmunication" pun in the title? SMH 😞
Nup I am tired and annoyed by constant reissues and other releases. It never ends unless the buyer ends it. Most fans will lap it all up. I am out because I don't believe in supporting what I see as excessive marketing. Imagine no possessions, well I am getting there.