The Bygones
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Australian local history and abandoned heritage
In-depth historical research on forgotten Australian sites
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15:20Lindeman Pass: The Track That Politics Left Unfinished31.1K views · 1w ago+26/h3.5×
12:34Carrington Hotel: Katoomba's Grand Mountain Hotel55.7K views · 3w ago+3/h6.2×
12:26Everglades House & Gardens: Leura's Art Deco Mountain Retreat24K views · 4w ago+1/h2.7×
15:12Middle Head Fort: Sydney’s early defences43.8K views · 6w ago4.9×
15:53The Scotch Thistle Inn: The Story of Blackheath's Oldest Hotel7.9K views · 8w ago+1/h
13:36The Ribbon Boys: Australia's Forgotten Convict Rebellion16.6K views · 2mo ago
13:22Mount Victoria: The Imperial Hotel & Railway Refreshment Rooms37.3K views · 2mo ago+1/h4.2×
13:46The Cemetery Hidden in the Bush: Garrawarra's Forgotten Stories6.9K views · 3mo ago
10:48The Junction Inn: A Ruined Relic of the Coach Days20K views · 3mo ago2.2×
10:50The Cemetery That Outlived a Town: The Forgotten History of Castlereagh23.3K views · 3mo ago+1/h2.6×
8:33War Among the Mountains: Flåm, Norway 1940-19451.2K views · 3mo ago
2:58Katoomba's forgotten Coffee Palace881 views · 4mo ago
13:46Trial Bay Gaol: Prisoners, Wartime Hysteria & Abandonment6.6K views · 4mo ago+1/h
7:37Mount St Mary's College & Convent: Once Grand… Now Neglected5K views · 4mo ago
2:20Megalong Valley Uniting Church1.2K views · 4mo ago
15:56The Rise and Fall of Brynhyfryd: The Castle of Blackstone Hill5.1K views · 5mo ago
10:28Canyon Colliery: Ruins in the Rainforest5.5K views · 5mo ago
14:37Kooragang & The Relics of Ash Island11.8K views · 5mo ago
10:37A Grave, A Bushranger ... Or Something Else?9.8K views · 6mo ago
12:14The Engineerʼs Track: A Failed Railway Dream8.1K views · 6mo ago
How we estimated ad revenue
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Monetization
YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months
Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.
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Channels like The Bygones
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Ancient Mysteries & Lost Civilizations
historical mysteries and legends
Documentary History
Ancient Mysteries & Lost History
Historical reconstruction
Historical Photos & Mysteries
Indigenous cultures and global documentaries
world cultures and documentaries
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About The Bygones
Is The Bygones a faceless channel?
Yes. FameX classifies The Bygones as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 95% confidence). The channel uses archival photographs, historical maps, and modern landscape B-roll combined with a voiceover narrator, with no on-camera presenter or AI avatar ever appearing in the videos.
Is The Bygones monetized?
Probably. With 5,300 subscribers and an estimated 43,382 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Bygones appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.
How much does The Bygones make?
FameX estimates The Bygones earns about $347–$781 a month from YouTube ads, based on 86.8K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.
What kind of videos does The Bygones post?
The Bygones makes australian local history and abandoned heritage; it uploads about 0.5 videos a week; typical videos run 13 minutes.
Data updated 14 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More history & culture channels