Book 1
History speaking for itself ...
“The old stage coach has been pushed off the roads by the motor, but the ghosts of the romantic past will ever linger.”
'Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. — The Great Northern Road' (Book 1: Tenterfield to Warwick) explores the beginnings of the ‘American Telegraph Line of Coaches’ that became Cobb and Co. “John Murray Peck, Freeman Cobb, James Swanton and John Lamber, all from the United States, as partners, originated Cobb and Co. on the Bendigo road on January 1, 1854—the famous coaching firm, whose name and fame afterwards spread all over the five Australian mainland states.”
Follow the journey of coaching, the delivery of Her Majesty’s mail, and the development of the 'iron horse’ as you journey along The Great Northern Road, the track from Sydney to Brisbane. On this journey, climb aboard the box seat and be entertained by the ‘whip’ (driver)—skilled and courageous—as you take a longer stop in and around Tenterfield ... where coaches were frequently ‘bailed up’ and robbed by bushrangers.
“The bushranger most associated with Tenterfield in the late sixties and 1870 was Fred Ward, known as Thunderbolt. He was an old ‘Cockatoo’ bird, and one of the few prisoners who escaped from that gruesome island. The escape was effected on September 11th, 1863, and Ward had for a companion in his flight a fellow convict named Britten ...”
What makes this Cobb and Co. Book Series different? To share the positive history of how Cobb and Co., and the postal service, contributed to the great Australia of today, fragments written during the 1800s to mid-1900s have been selected to tell the story, hence ‘history is speaking for itself’. Included are “tales of adventure, gold rushes, bushrangers, brave pioneers; drought and death and flood ... ”
Cobb and Co. “a romance almost as old as Queensland itself, the romance of the famous coaching days of Australia … the hardy men who kept the roads open … brave men and horses that made the bush ring with the rattle, trot, trot, clicketty clack of iron-shod wheel and hoof.”
Note: Authenticity has been maintained as spelling, punctuation and grammar are as per historical sources, while descriptive language is a highlight throughout the book series. These features, in themselves, further enhance the story of change over time. In addition, the development in photography—including availability and quality of past photographs—is evident.
History speaking for itself ...
“The old stage coach has been pushed off the roads by the motor, but the ghosts of the romantic past will ever linger.”
'Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. — The Great Northern Road' (Book 1: Tenterfield to Warwick) explores the beginnings of the ‘American Telegraph Line of Coaches’ that became Cobb and Co. “John Murray Peck, Freeman Cobb, James Swanton and John Lamber, all from the United States, as partners, originated Cobb and Co. on the Bendigo road on January 1, 1854—the famous coaching firm, whose name and fame afterwards spread all over the five Australian mainland states.”
Follow the journey of coaching, the delivery of Her Majesty’s mail, and the development of the 'iron horse’ as you journey along The Great Northern Road, the track from Sydney to Brisbane. On this journey, climb aboard the box seat and be entertained by the ‘whip’ (driver)—skilled and courageous—as you take a longer stop in and around Tenterfield ... where coaches were frequently ‘bailed up’ and robbed by bushrangers.
“The bushranger most associated with Tenterfield in the late sixties and 1870 was Fred Ward, known as Thunderbolt. He was an old ‘Cockatoo’ bird, and one of the few prisoners who escaped from that gruesome island. The escape was effected on September 11th, 1863, and Ward had for a companion in his flight a fellow convict named Britten ...”
What makes this Cobb and Co. Book Series different? To share the positive history of how Cobb and Co., and the postal service, contributed to the great Australia of today, fragments written during the 1800s to mid-1900s have been selected to tell the story, hence ‘history is speaking for itself’. Included are “tales of adventure, gold rushes, bushrangers, brave pioneers; drought and death and flood ... ”
Cobb and Co. “a romance almost as old as Queensland itself, the romance of the famous coaching days of Australia … the hardy men who kept the roads open … brave men and horses that made the bush ring with the rattle, trot, trot, clicketty clack of iron-shod wheel and hoof.”
Note: Authenticity has been maintained as spelling, punctuation and grammar are as per historical sources, while descriptive language is a highlight throughout the book series. These features, in themselves, further enhance the story of change over time. In addition, the development in photography—including availability and quality of past photographs—is evident.
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Although the 'Along the tracks of Cobb and Co.' Book Series continues to delve deeper into Australian history & the story of Cobb and Co., each book also stands alone ... an affordable, often amusing and unique gift idea, celebrating a part of Australia's heritage.
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