From the Film Australia Collection of the National Film and Sound Archive. Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Progress in the country town of Cessnock, New South Wales.
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@Jim-ok9zi Жыл бұрын
The kids looked a lot healthier back in those day. No iPads no computer games. We had to make our own fun. Running around exploring the bush playing sports. Thanks for posting.
@theaussiebaron Жыл бұрын
As always, thanks for preserving this history. It matters.
@NFSAFilms Жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael.
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
@@NFSAFilmsthanks for the video. My Monday morning is now awesome 👏
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
@@NFSAFilmsI like the new profile picture
@NFSAFilms Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dan.
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
@@NFSAFilmsdoes the town look the same?
@DoctorBrodski Жыл бұрын
The mine featured at the beginning was Hebburn No.2 colliery. It was located on the northern foothill of Tumblebee (Mount Tomalpin) which you can see in the background. It was also the only pit in the region to have a circular concrete smokestack. It was one of the only things left standing to this day and can be seen from Neath hill.
@robynstephens166 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so so very much NFSA for this. I was born and raised in Sydney's NTH Shore and currently live in Newcastle for the last 7 odd years. The last 18 months a friend moved to Abermain and I go into Cessnock at times when visiting her for sometime. No more mine heads to be seen now. History Would you have any video of the train line from Maitland to Cessnock. There is quite a few abandoned stations and track remaining and Weston, Abermain and Neath are the most noteworthy I have seen so far. Ironic, as this region has been growing lots in the last 15 odd years, more so since the Hunter motorway was built and there was a great railway for both coal and passengers shut down ages ago..(Newcastle and its region has had to reinvent itself since BHP closed down. For instance, When I was living on Nth Shore I had 4 days work in Newcastle in 2000. Walked along Hunter st and it was a ghost town. Now completely different, I now have to keep an eye out for trams on Hunter St),
@gregmottram292 Жыл бұрын
I love seeing the simpler way of life and the enthusiasm/optimism of these documentaries. Thank you.
@rocketaroo Жыл бұрын
I like Cessnock alot. The main street isn't what it used to be, but it's still good.
@jamesgovett3225 Жыл бұрын
I love looking at all the cars and trucks from the era
@pisstinpete4700 Жыл бұрын
I am now greatly relieved,after hearing that Cessnocks industrial future is assured.
@theexerciseedit3147 Жыл бұрын
I was blown away when the guy said the travel time to Newcastle was less than an hour in 1965. It's still almost 50 minutes, and that's with part of the trip via a big new expressway!
@jimmyohara2601 Жыл бұрын
Expressway (freeway) Not new boss 😐
@StevenGuegens-ex7by Жыл бұрын
I can smell the ghosts of time because I had lots and lots and lots of family members relatives that lived in these surrounding areas in these times and many of THEM were All working class and they were just starting out their own lives and I use to love visiting THEM as a child I wish THAT I could go back for there's PEOPLE that I generally do Miss 💯 percent 👍😥
@methylphenidateman Жыл бұрын
Good old Cessnock where i was born.
@freeman10000 Жыл бұрын
I noticed the Union Jack flying next to the Aussie Flag in the film clip. How times have changed! Nowadays the First Nation Flags fly next to our National Flag. Proud to be an Aussie!
@alidunne1087 Жыл бұрын
Did you also notice if any first nation people were in the clip or just the Flags?
@RaiZdbyDINGOES Жыл бұрын
I used to live in Paxton. Not sure why this came up in my feed? But a welcomed surprise
@JoeyMWilson Жыл бұрын
I just clicked in to see who it was and its you Jas...Just subscribed matey xxx
@JoeyMWilson Жыл бұрын
Wow this was awesome...Done my Debut in that Town Hall in the 90s oh and Im still here !!!
@slowjustslowinternet Жыл бұрын
I love my home town of Cessnock!
@methylphenidateman Жыл бұрын
I was born in Cessnock in 1989
@anthonypirera7598 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Guys you do a great job
@NFSAFilms Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@kevinparsons9421 Жыл бұрын
Interesting look at how much has changed since this was taken
@davidduffy9806 Жыл бұрын
Extraordinary, the idea of providing 80 acres of land at zero charge. Brilliant
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
Awesome 👏 video as always!!!
@zwarst Жыл бұрын
No step backwards. Well they meant well.
@hellie_el Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@YoureNowOnTV Жыл бұрын
Just looked up Cessnock on Google maps, they even have a Woolies and a Bunnings now! wow nice. Current population around 65,000, So a total growth of around population growth of about 525 people a year since 1965.
@Doogsa-dl8scАй бұрын
We had cousins in Weston and we always swan at that pool. My father lived his last years in Kurri and I cared for him. Nothing much in Kurri.
@davidhynd4435 Жыл бұрын
"Few places can offer a wider range of sporting facilities than Cessnock..." And then they show footage of the Kurri Kurri Weston swimming baths. Very odd, because Cessnock had, and still has, a full size swimming pool and toddlers pool, pretty much the same as the one in Kurri. Maybe the one in Cessnock was looking daggy at the time (I think it was older than the one in Kurri), but you think they could have avoided filming the sign over the front which clearly says "Kurri Kurri - Weston Olympic Pool" And, having grown up in Cessnock, I know that there was always strong rivalry between Cessnock and Kurri, so I'm sure the Kurri people weren't amused at having their pool attributed to Cessnock. The footage of all the women sewing was from the Bonds factory. It closed some time in the early 2000s.
@NFSAFilms Жыл бұрын
Hopefully the good people of Kurri Kurri aren't holding any grudges! Good information thanks for that.
@alidunne1087 Жыл бұрын
Kurri Is part of Cessnock City
@bobsdeadarse Жыл бұрын
Yeh, Kurri Kurri is a suburb of the city of Cessnock. Cessnock will always be greater than Kurri Kurri.
@davidhynd4435 Жыл бұрын
@@bobsdeadarse I hope nobody from Kurri reads this because there will be bloodshed 🙂
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
Does it still look the same?
@CamperKev Жыл бұрын
Back then, they did not realise that our manufacturing would close down and China would become the factory of the world. Hence today they are mining more coal than ever in the hunter valley and sending it to places like China. This has made Newcastle the largest coal port in the world.
@bicyclingbum1551 Жыл бұрын
Cessnock looks like it's surviving today, I wouldn't say the same about Kurri Kurri
@Edwardscissor Жыл бұрын
The main street doesn't look like that these days, It's dead I
@theexerciseedit3147 Жыл бұрын
Main streets are a thing of the past everywhere, (e.g. Hunter St Newcastle) and with fairly good reason. I'm no expert but for one thing, the parking is terrible. Main streets were killed by shopping centres, but the old main street shops still sit there half used. From what I can tell, Newcastle's been blitzing that to a large extent with rampant high rise and high density commercial and residential development. Maybe Cessnock needs a dose of that.
@AshBarnham Жыл бұрын
Let’s make Cessnock a “Go Town”
@peregrinemccauley5010Ай бұрын
Welcome to black lung. Life expectancy, about twenty years off the median average.
@Doogsa-dl8scАй бұрын
It's true. the cigs and beer didn't help the men either.
@alwaysright3718 Жыл бұрын
Coal is still Australia's future...
@PissTakeProduction Жыл бұрын
Now in the Hunter Valley the council attack a pub with the Australian Flag painted on a roof. #ClownWorld
@alidunne1087 Жыл бұрын
Heritage building & a different local Government Area
@boris8787 Жыл бұрын
Cessnock is nice, but Chillingbourne is better!!
@danrobinson572 Жыл бұрын
Why???
@peterm1826 Жыл бұрын
I lived there once. Spent 9 years there. What a dive. I called it cesspit. Due to the Ferals living there. Glad I got out.
@DoctorBrodski Жыл бұрын
Well, that's one less snob to worry about.
@alidunne1087 Жыл бұрын
Yeah they missed the Jail aspect . Big employer now
@billmago7991 Жыл бұрын
Then they built a jail there and the town went downhill