Download or read book Wild Ride written by Sam Everingham and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A rollicking good yarn about a national icon... well worth the journey.' Herald Sun In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where the real money was to be made, and established a coach company that would eventually carry his name onto every household in the land: Cobb & Co. But Freeman Cobb himself was long gone by the time the company bearing his name became an Australian legend. Wild Ride is the story of the two extraordinary men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney, who along with their business partners took Freeman Cobb's humble company and made it into an Australian legend. These were pioneers, carving a path through otherwise impassable terrain, settling unsettled land, enduring bushrangers and terrible accidents, and making their fortunes. The Rutherford and Whitney families became two of the most significant of their era, unrivalled in their influence and, finally, vicious in their falling out. Written with unprecedented access to these families' letters and diaries, Wild Ride reveals the Cobb & Co story in all its drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great company and the people who made it an icon. 'A lively, popular history with broad appeal, Wild Ride is full of colourful detail and anecdotes.' The Age
Download or read book Cobb Co Coaching in Queensland written by Tranter Deborah and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 70 years, Cobb & Co. coaches and horses travelled millions of kilometres of unmade outback roads to provide communication links for many isolated communities. Nowhere was the influence of the legendary coaching company so widespread as in Queensland, where Cobb & Co. operated horse-drawn coaches from 1866 until succumbing to the motor vehicle in 1924.This special edition of Cobb & Co. Coaching in Queensland - redesigned and reissued for the centenary of the last coach service in Queensland - traces the rise and decline of this historic company. Drawing on extensive research, including interviews and correspondence with former employees and passengers, Deborah Tranter challenges myths about the company in this highly visual panorama of Queensland's formative years from the perspective of the people who built, drove, serviced and travelled on Cobb & Co. coaches.
Download or read book The Carriage Journal written by Jill Ryder and published by Carriage Assoc. of America. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View from the Box 98 London to Brighton "Comet" Coach 99 Tools of the Trade, by Daniel J. Wallace 101 Yorkshire Collection of Carriages 104 Measurements of Poles, Splinter-bars & Shafts 106 Cobb & Co 107 Questions and Answers 111 Memories-Mostly Horsy 112 Trans-Miss. Transport: The Murphy Wagon 115 Driving Around the World 120 Reflections of a Pleasure Driving Judge 124 The Adirondack Museum 126 Practicalities: Breeching 130 Museum News 132 Book Reviews 134
Download or read book The Wild West in Australia and America written by Jack Drake and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume of The Wild West, Drake tells stories about the squattocracy, the cattle kings and the land barons; mounted police, sheriffs and posses in the pursuit of their elusive prey; bushrangers and outlaws and why they are so loved in popular fantasy; stockmen, ringers and cowboys; early white settlement and both friendly and hostile contact with indigenous peoples; and six shooters, gun slingers, snider rifles and infamous shoutouts.
Download or read book The Carriage Journal written by Paul H. Downing and published by Carriage Assoc. of America. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LETTERS TO TIIE COLONEL TWO DAYS ON THE ROAD IN VERMONT, by William Davisson DRIVING IN A CAROSSE , by Mr s . Joann Hulbert STAGE COACHIING IN AUSTRALIA AND SOUHI AFRICA, by Jill Ryder ROYAL WINTER FAIR OF 1972 , by Charles W. Kellogg HISTORY OF THE KERB, by Pamela Brookes PLANK SIDE FARM WAGON WALNUT HILL CARRIAGE MARATHON, by Fran D'Lorienzo THE GOLDEN AGE OF COACHING, by Edward Leyhart OLD STAGE IN MAINE MUSEUM - It Ran from Bath to Wiscasset
Download or read book The Carriage Journal written by Jill Ryder and published by Carriage Assoc. of America. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Carriage Restoratiofromn Shop in Andalusia [ the story of Carruajes Alba} by KEN WHEELING Horse Clothing reprinted from MOSEMAN'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Americans in Australia (driving a Cobb & Co. coach} by GLORIA AUSTIN
Download or read book Building Queensland s Heritage written by Janet Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Austral English written by Edward Ellis Morris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first scholarly dictionary of Australian and New Zealand English, including loan words from indigenous languages, originally published in 1898.
Download or read book Architectural Conservation in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands written by John H. Stubbs and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface. In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques, legislation, doctrine and theories in cultural heritage management in the world. The evolution of the heritage protection ethos and contemporary architectural conservation practices in Australia and Oceania are discussed on a national and regional basis using ample illustrations and examples. Accomplishments in architectural conservation are discussed in their national and international contexts, with an emphasis on original developments (solutions) and contributions made to the overall field. Enriched with essays contributed from fifty-nine specialists and thought leaders in the field, this book contains an extraordinary breadth and depth of research and synthesis on the why’s and how’s of cultural heritage conservation. Its holistic approach provides an essential resource and reference for students, academics, researchers, policy makers, practitioners and all who are interested in conserving the built environment.
Download or read book Bridging the Distance written by National Library of Australia and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2008 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication and the exhibition it accompanied draw on the National Library of Australia’s collection to reveal how, as a nation, we have dealt with the physical distances that separate us—and which characterise our continent. The exhibition of Bridging the Distance, was on display at the National Library of Australia from 6 March to 15 June 2008
Download or read book The Australian Encyclop dia M to Z written by Arthur Wilberforce Jose and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Discovery Guide to Outback Queensland written by Michelle Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This full colour guide to one of the world's last great 'frontiers' leads travellers on a journey of discovery through more than 55 towns and settlements in Far Western Queensland. The land, colourful personalities, curious animals and plants, faraway places and significant events are featured in short, easy to read entries, enhanced by more than 650 stunning photographs." - cover.
Download or read book Bibliographies written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Select List of Publications in the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute Illustrating the Communications of the Overseas British Empire written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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