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John B Lamber. Defunct. 1927. Cobb & Co was the name used by many successful sometimes quite independent Australian coaching businesses. The first was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners.
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The legend of Cobb & Co. Cobb & Co was a coaching company that connected the bush settlements of Australia from the 1850s to the 1920s. Their network of routes crisscrossed the eastern states of Australia, from North Queensland to Melbourne and across to Adelaide. They also ran coaches in Western Australia.
Oct 18, 2011 · The ‘Cobb’ of Cobb & Co. was Freeman Cobb, a bright young American lad from Brewster, Massachusetts. In 1853, aged 23, he established Cobb & Co. in Victoria to convey mail and passengers between the port of Melbourne, and the Victorian goldfields.
Cobb & Co was the biggest coaching company in Australia. Cobb & Co drivers and their American style ‘thoroughbrace’ coach with leather strap suspension, journeyed over all extremes of terrain. Cobb & Co coaches went through dense rainforest in coastal areas.
Jan 1, 2016 · Cobb & Co. was founded in 1853 and was well established in Victoria and New South Wales before the decision was made to extend to Queensland in 1865. Advertisement published in the Brisbane Courier newspaper, January 2, 1866. On January 1, 1866, the first Cobb & Co. coach service began between Brisbane and Ipswich.
Proprietor was American Charles Carlos Cole who had been operating a Cobb & Co. coach service to Ballarat for the Victorian goldfields since 1853. He had adopted the name 'Cobb & Co.', as did other private operators, after Cobb Freeman began his 'Cobb & Co.' service in Melbourne in 1854.
Cobb & Co was a famous Australian coaching company that operated from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century. The company was known for its horse-drawn coaches, which transported passengers and goods across the country, particularly in the gold rush era.
