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Cobb & Co was the name used by several independent Australian coach businesses. The first company to use 'Cobb & Co' was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name grew to great prominence in the late 19th century, when it was carried by many stagecoaches carrying passengers and mail to various Australian goldfields ...
The last advertised Cobb & Co coach runs were Arrowtown-Queenstown and Arrowtown-Dunedin in February 1925. [3] A Cobb & Co coach was paraded through Christchurch during their 75th anniversary celebrations in 1925. Concord coaches have been preserved at the Fairlie Heritage Museum [4] and Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. [5]
The stories of Cobb & Co, and the trails they ran, are a significant part of Australian history, folklore and culture, lending depth and character to our Australian image. The road from Dubbo to Coonamble, including the Corduroy Historic Site, was one of the last coach mail runs in NSW, ending in 1923. [1]
The original route, which established Cobb & Co.'s coach service, left Dunedin's Provincial Hotel on 22 November 1862. Present-day cavalcade routes vary each year in late February so as to finish in a different host town.
Laura to Maytown Coach Road is a heritage-listed road between the towns of Laura and Maytown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1877 to c. 1895 . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Cobb Highway is a state highway in the western Riverina and the far western regions of New South Wales, with a short section in Victoria, Australia, designated part of route B75. Initially an amalgam of stock routes , the 571-kilometre (355 mi) [ 1 ] highway extends from the Victorian border north across central New South Wales to Wilcannia ...
The Collection was originally on display in Toowoomba at the premises of Cobb & Co. Limited, Mr Bolton's road transport company, from 1965 until 1981. Jenny Cardell, Mr Bolton's daughter, and her husband, Adrian Cardell, purchased the Collection through their company Banks Pty. Ltd. in 1980. [ 5 ]
In 2010 the historic Bimbowrie Cobb and Co coach house near Olary became the scene of a traditional restoration operation with almost 20 tradespeople attending a five-day training course in stonemasonry restoration techniques.