Elizabeth, South Australian Housing Trust, once proud place / public service, now people shudder when the words are heard. Housing trust / commission areas in general in Oz.
@Robert Hsieh I grew up in the 1960's and I wouldn't miss any of the new technology. The only thing I would miss is the advances in medicine (cardiac stents, joint replacements etc)
It was the only city we were shown in 1963, coming out from Yorkshire, but we found it to be isolating and a long way out. We stayed only 2 years and then moved away to the suburbs closer to Adelaide and never regretted leaving.
Same - 1958, it was presented as the only option but my mother hated the bleak windswept plains and my father had to fork out more to buy 38 kms further in.
Yeah not sure if you're being tongue in cheek, but when I was a kid every second car on the road was made in SA and our TV, electric jug, fridge, washing machine, toaster, clothes and furniture were all made here. Hard to believe but just about everyone's TV was an AWA or Rank Arena made in aus.
In the 1970s everything you owned was either made in Australia or came with a huge tax/ tarrif. Anyone who wanted a job could have a full time job. And that job could support a family and buy a modest home. And then came the end of tariffs, the offshore jobs, ect.,so why do we still need immigration at a high rate? What are they doing that we can't do?
@@electricdreams9446 And the supposed pandemic which resulted in the lowest death rates in many nations, is the preclude for the environmentalist Great Reset, is coming next. This includes the total removal of all independent business, in favour of unfettered immigration who will buy a fridge from a multinational company, ect ect. It's not a left right issue. Every election we choose between the centre left and the centre right. Their immigration policies are always the same. And have been unconstitutional since 1973.
It's depressing how bad the Elizabeth area has gone down hill with Eshays, Graffiti Writers, Bogans everywhere, Destroyed property, Constant Fights, People rolling each other (Rolling: Robbing) and the lack of funding put into the area, the Elizabeth shopping centre alone shows that lack of funding compared to TTP and Golden Grove and even areas in the shop look like they've been neglected, I'm scared to go out at night sometimes when I'm in Elizabeth because of how shady the area is.
Its sad to think that Holden and other big companies like Texas Industries left South Australia and left a train wreck called Elizabeth **shiver** where weed grows through the cracks in the footpaths
Yes its sad but there new businesses have & are moving in to the former Holdens site so its not all doom & gloom & I'm sure they'll take care of the weeds mate...in fact Elizabeth is in the middle of a transformation, plenty of growth happening, you won't recognize it in a couple more years as it's due to become a big newer city.
it is so sad to see how bright they thought the future of Elizabeth and even Adelaide to be. it is clear that the people running these cities have lost interest in serving the people with an idillic, comfortable life. I remember in year 7 going to Elizabeth for a society and environment lesson to see how a planned city can fail. really quite disheartening to see what it once was and could have stayed like.
The politicians did this to us. One this was a prosperous place. They closed so much of the manufacturing sector. Once everyone could make it if you worked a job. You could easily find something you could be proud of too.
@@helenahandkart1857 it hardly matters. it's all liblab and they've both sold us downstream. The preference deals still keep the major parties in. You have to be super careful choosing an independant. But I'm sure you know all this too!! Blessings
@@electricdreams9446 I hear ya! The few decent people on both the old sides are wasting their time, they can't turn those creaking ships of fools around, but they're too rusted on themselves.
@@jacktex9128 kinda like what the did along the Elizabeth way (the road)? Or what they did to Elizabeth west/fields- just rename it Daveron park and hope the place will magically get better.
My Family lived in Elizabeth west in the early to mid sixties. Then we had to move , cos the locals found out that Dad was a detective and started rocking our roof and other forms of property damage. I remember playing on the old steam train in front of the Elizabeth west shopping centre. My late Grandfather opened up the first fruit and veg shop in the town centre. I dont remember much about the town but it seemed like a fun place to be a kid in.
It was a nice place to live in the sixties. I lived there from 1966-71. We moved to the western suburbs. I remember the nice houses we used to pass on the way to school, our school in the Grove and the Grove shops where we bought lollies and fish and chips at lunch time. Mum did her shopping at Emeries. There were play grounds and reserves to play in. I'm sad to think how it is now and that Holdens and all the other factories are gone. I guess it's the same everywhere.
60 years we destroyed their jobs (result: low incomes), put them on long term unemployment (result: no individual dignity). 60+ years of no visionary leadership
Look it's not that bad..look on the bright side. You can get your snacks home delivered and if you're lucky you might even have a factory next door. No more driving to work. You see it just the same as then. Friendly neighbors. Come over for some smacks. Maybe even a home brew. Look there are a lot of opportunities.Ive heard trading 2nd hand goods is a booming industry. So dont be so pessimistic. Theres always light at the end of the tunnel. What's best it's not always a train.
It really is utterly sad when you watch this, it looks almost perfect place to live. Now, its the exact opposite. Its one of the most dangerous areas to live in S.A. Truly sad...,.
@@joshshore5913 My grandmother lived in Housing commissioning for decades outside Gawler and she had no issues. However most of her neighbours back then were immigrants from Eastern Europe and they had their own gardens, used to bring eachother fruit and vegetables etc etc. It is always up to the people living in them and yes, they are not all bad. However when you get a bad lot and they have no economic pressure on them to improve, it can go to hell real fast.
Hossak 2014 My uncle lived in a block of housing commission flats in a area called mangerton in NSW next too Wollongong. He moved out about a year and a half ago with good reason. A man was dosed in petrol and lit on fire outside just across from his unit. He called 000 and they came and helped the guy. My uncles call was shown on the news and so was his interview outside the court house something that he did not agree too. After all that he rang housing and demanded a transfer and they got him one. I’ve been jumped in Mangerton. A group of people jumped me and I stabbed one in the neck. There’s lots of junkies in the area. People getting stabbed on a regular basis Home invasions meth labs guns women getting rapped and to top it off someone was tortured for months before getting killed then dismembered and shoved in to a surfboard bag and left in a communal laundry. The surf board incident was about 4 years ago I lived about 5 minutes away from it all. I my self know what it’s like to live in similar situations I’ve seen and been through a hell of a lot my self living in housing commission and a refuge after getting kicked out of home at 16 years old and staying on the streets until docs eventually helped me.
Where did it all go wrong? I lived in Elizabeth from 1957 through to 1960 . I was in Grade 4, and we lived in Elizabeth Grove, started school in "the South" with Mr Brodie. and moved to Elizabeth Grove Primary under Mrs. Fatchen (wife of the famous Max). We had an Ampol servo over the road, a shopping centre with newsagency, a chippie, Mrs .Dents cafe, Sven Kalins furniture and electrical, doctors, dentists, tennis courts and a scout hut. Marvelous, and all gone now, the place is a ghost town. We walked to school, teased the Catholic kids and their Father priest. Rev Howel Witt was our man, and he became a Bishop of NW Australia. It's industry has gone, no Holdens, Chrysler, Pinnocks, very few have survived the 60 years. So sad.
My mother and father emigrated from the UK to Adelaide in 1964 and the day after landing were taken to see Elizabeth. My mother told me that she "didn't know what she had come to" and that Elizabeth was in her words, awful. She thought it was in the middle of nowhere, flat and ugly. Probably not helped by the fact that they arrived in the middle of a blazing South Australian summer. So they bought a house down South by the beach. I dare say they probably saw this film prior to emigrating as an enticement for them to move to SA. Very interesting film.
Probably the same time as we arrived. I can remember the coach trip around Elizabeth looking at the area. Long story short, returned back to UK 2 years later. Went back in 96, how depressing. Paddocks turned in to used car lots and housing estates, all the way up from Adelaide to Elizabeth
I lived there in the 80s and couldn't get out fast enough its one of the biggest dumps in the world. High density housing trust homes was seriously the worst idea every. Big poverty trap!
I lived in Elizabeth South for a couple of years in a housing trust semi detached in the late 70's early 80's..too many bogans there at the time so i got a transfer to Salisbury Downs in a brand new single home, which i ended up buying and still there today.
I started grade 3 in 1963 and one of the lessons of that period was geography combined with social studies ... I clearly remember being told in the early days of primary school that by the time we pupils were ready to buy houses all the utilities would be free ie: water, electricity, gas, sewer etc .. why ?? because all the infrastructure would have been paid for and then it was only a matter of maintenance .. fk me .. all that has happened is all the utilities being sold off to foreign entities and the cost of services sky rocketing weekly to line the pockets of greedy overseas investors. The vision of our politicians in the 60's was to create a prosperous population from a country that has so much to offer. Move on a few years down the track and the agenda changes radically to egotistical megalomaniac politicians who like to make as many negative transactions during their 4 year rule ... eg: selling off as many utilities as possible to private enterprise outside of home soil... to say we are fkt would be an understatement ... average Joe Blow and Blind Freddie could see the future outcome of our current manufacturing situation 30years ago
@@electricdreams9446 .. Thanks for the heads up .. after reading the Lima Declaration it would appear to be a socialist / communistic approach which in itself is no surprise as it was initiated by a labour govt... as a blue collar worker for my whole life I was brainwashed into believing I needed to vote Labour to safe guard my existence ... it was not until the industry in which I was employed ( oil and gas refining ) was shut down . The only survivors were the union reps .. I'm a fool .. years later the labour govt in South Aust sold off labour contracts to overseas entities which saw my son then lose his job to foreign companies with their poorly trained foreign trades practises coming in on 457 visas It is long over due that we reclaimed Australia for Australians with the hope of building a nation of pride and respect . As a country of small population we will need an imported labour force during certain times but do it under the right conditions and rules. I love the multi culturalism of Australia but it has been abused due to things like the Lima agreement. Free trade only seems to work against us at the moment
@@waxhead63 I wouldn't feel bad. I was sucked in too, over different things. actually it's both sides of politics . Howard signed Rio in the 90s and that was bad too. For some reason we are beholden to the UN and our governments keep signing agreements with them that are bad for the people. Anyway I no longer vote the 2 major parties but I dont know Australia anymore either. Feel the country I grew up in is gone.
@@electricdreams9446 Yeah know what you are saying ... just that the countries that have been given the opportunity to increase their economy don't live by the same creed
Manufacturing all most gone , everything imported , every one sitting in front of monitors and going to meetings . The way we sound , speak sounds different , high quality Australian of food is no more .
My great aunt was a spinster and a career woman who even bought land, designed and built her own home by 1956. When she was a young woman, she would work on payroll and take what was literally the paypackets to all the men who were building the roads and homes in Elizabeth for the Housing Trust. She would pull up in the car in the stinking treeless hear, dressed all classy in her best suits and heels, and the workmen would line up for their weekly packets. And they all respected her immensely. Her name was Eileen Draper.
We lived in Elizabeth north from 1967 where I went to the Catholic schools in Elizabeth. We lived next door to the Baptist church shown here in this Doco.
24 factories, in Elizabeth aloe, isn't it tragic how this great country has been sold out, to imports. Go to the BIG Kapunda historic museum, see for yourself ,we made everything here, -literally- & supplied the whole world, exporting the highest quality wares. even before WW1.
@@gillianbrookwell1678 it wasnt isolating, people and neighbours were really close, community spirit was everything. People would do anything to help each other.
@@WindQueen12 People trusted each other and it was completly safe, didnt have to worry if you forgot to lock your front door or need to think twice about letting your kids leave home all day with their bikes, you always knew they were going to come back.
That's funny free housing for the Boomers and education. But me with 100k in savings still can't get a house loan oh yeah this Society turned out great
@@toniorford9357 why? If your income isn't high enough, you simply won't get a loan. I wouldn't be able to buy in Sydney with a 100k deposit and I have a good salary.
I live in Elizabeth and have never had any issues. A lot of it is exaggerated from people who don't even spend time in the area. There are problems but people make it out like you will get stabbed just for leaving your house 🙄
The place is a ghetto full of meth head bogans and complete morons. Can't even park your car on the street for a night without it sitting on bricks stripped and no wheels. There is a reason it's one the only suburbs where everyone parks their shitbox Commodore/s in their front yard. Spent plenty of time there and known many losers from there. It's the arsehole of SA
What a snazzy car..red too.so it obviously goes faster. What great haircuts too. Much shorter and he'd be bald. Only 17 miles. Now that's close. The Queen's English also..quite..well must move there. It looks so nice. Bet it hasn't changed a bit. That tall building. 6 stories..now that's tall. Only a a quarter of an hour too the beach too. Great! What a great introduction.
We moved to Elizabeth from the U K in 1963 with the South Australian Housing Scheme; it was the only city we were shown. This video makes it all so rosy; nothing of the kind. Nobody managed to get jobs here, the transport was non existent with the train station miles from where we lived. We lasted 2 years and moved closer to Adelaide and we never regretted moving away.
I have lived there too, it's a complete shithole. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a full blown junky or a dumbarse bogan that loves their 15 Crapadores they have parked in the front yard.
How sad this country has been destroyed by incompetent self serving politicians and greed. A country with huge resources and a small population we should be the richest country in the world. We used to make everything, clothing, white goods, electronics, cars, shoes, everything we needed and they were high quality. Now we import everything and we have a huge debt. This country is stuffed.
@His Masters Voice That so-called Philips crap tv from Hendon lasted over 25 years in my family. And it was already 24 inch. And the Kenwood chef lasted over 45 years. This crap was so reliable that I purchased an Adelaide Kenwood chef in a second dealer while living in Brisbane, complete with all the gadgets. So popular are they that I sold it on to a man in Brisbane for $200.. Actually we did make everything. Over 75 percent of car bodies across Australia were made in Adelaide Holden plant alone.
It was the Playford State government that facilitated all the growth and industry. The downward path started when the Dunstan Labor party took over. Yes, they were voted in, but they slowly ruined the place.
You are right we have the richest politicians in the world the people that Joe Blow average isn't rich but the politicians are rich they got the refund they got all their money overseas their former bankers yeah they looking after themselves look up George Carlin the lights are comedian on his stance on government he's quite accurate
All these negative comments about Adelaide - I lived there from 65- 85 from a kid to a young adult. It was a fabulous place to grow up , but depending on what you want out of life. Can someone tell me how and why it is so bad now? And so dangerous?
David James it's changed a lot since the 80s or even the early 00's. very few employment opportunities, many businesses leaving in droves, heaps of poor people, lots of crime - it's not safe to go outside in some areas now, all the young people move interstate leaving a majority aging population with extreme conservative values
I've lived here my whole life & never felt unsafe, but must admit there have been quite a few horrific crimes committed in Adelaide but from what I've read in the sixties & seventies there was alot of nasty corruption in the government & police department especially concerning children, I feel this area has improved.
moved to elizabeth in 1979,,, still here,,, never had a problem..half these people commenting on how bad it is , have no idea what they are talking about...
I live in Elizabeth and have never had any issues. A lot of it is exaggerated from people who don't even spend time in the area. There are problems but people make it out like you will get stabbed just for leaving your house 🙄you
I was born and bred at Elizabeth Fields 1959..............was born Was a great place during the time I now live in Qld I went back to Sth Aust in 2014 went back to my home place and was bloody shocked!!! It has dropped something shocking, our old house on Coventry Road was once a really lovely place and great gardens shit now it was run down looked like a slum house............ Plus old Smithfield Plains High School was closed down.
Now its a war zone, house breakins, cars being stolen, and now looks nothing like this, rarely find nice gardens, rarely find houses with good size gardens. Very sad, wish Australia could have preserved its suburbs like this and not allowed it to go down hill to be somewhere to avoid instead of wanting to visit.
So funny , to watch and listen to this video. I never heard any city being advertised like this anymore. I was brought up in the 60’s. . Australia has changed and not for the better.
So many beautiful old cars in this video. Such a shame so few are around still... At least not dumped , abandoned or restored and ridiculously overpriced. Back when cars werent plastic crap. On another subkect... Have you seen my TARDIS....Ive misplaced it.
Yea, Elizabeth was just starting when my dad and family were there for a long holiday. Dad almost bought a nice block of land there, close to the then GMH engine plant. We had a house in Stephens Terrace , St. Peters. Adelaide was a beautiful city under Premier Don Dustan.
@@dathong608 Gone, in the early 90s. Damn capitalism killed a lot of beautiful houses. I worked at a factory called Davey Dunlite during our stay in St. Peters. It was just behind where Banner Mitre 10 and House and Garden is today. It's not there today (demolished). I loved Adelaide to bits. Amazingly, the two spheres in Rundle Mall are still there. That streets was once trafficable with cars in the early 70s. Then it was turned into a beautiful mall lined with trees.
Did Aussies really speak with this almost RP accent back in the day? I saw news from 1980 and common people in Sydney talking to the reporter also had a very different accent to today's aussie general accent.
Living in the USA in my teens with my parents, I was often asked if I was English, from UK.... No, I'm an Adelaide girl 😁... Yes, our accent was more UK, not now, it's bogan 😂
These voices are artificial. The actors are hacks and the presenter has put on a silly posh voice. I was born in 1950 and no one in the general population talked like this. It's embarrassing.
TV presenters and newsreaders, definitely did, and a fair few TV shows too eg Skippy. That only really needed in the 80s. Also South Australia really taught the RP in schools extensively. English lessons had a lot of pronunciation. True. The SA accent in the good parts is still a lot more British than, say, Queensland.
When my grandparents moved to Australia in 1970 they were taken to Elizabeth, my grandmother always would say " I didnt move to Australia to live in England". They moved to Hope Valley where they stayed until they died
Amazing to see the blatant sexism of the time, I grew up in that era but had forgotten about some of the attitudes. The 1962 EK Holden looks mint so I'm guessing this is around 62/63. It was all so bright and optimistic. Roads look almost empty. Reminds me of my childhood.
It doesn't help when the department of social security started offering , bullying , placing pressure , on the unemployed to go onto the disability support pension in the 80's and 90's.
Sir Thomas Playford and Don Dunstan after these politicians Adelaide began it's slide into obscurity and look at Elizabeth now I wish I was 20 then instead of 59 now Adelaide has disintegrated
@@Bubblevicious1997 I spent enough time in Sth Australia as a kid. My father sort of grew up in Kilburne. I swear I never saw so many crazy people & I live in Melbourne. Not real keen on SA....apparently they have a few pretty gruesome crimes too
Looks surreal and perfect life , back then , I was born in early 60's ..... I will just say ,,,, not good place now , not safe , etc ,, outdoors . When l was a child , it was not safe , not good place , etc , indoors . In 50,60,70's "stuff "happened behind closed doors , as long as one looked "good"for neighbourhood. Etc etc .... Don't be fooled people .... Jah peace 🐟
