Overland with Cobb & Co.

A journey through the outback by Cobb & Co coach. Cobb & Co have a unique place in Australia’s past. The growth of the company went hand in hand with the development of rural Australia. In many ways it made development possible, providing an essential fast transport system on which the rural areas depended. By 1870 Cobb & Co were harnessing 6,000 horses a day to haul their coaches over 28,000 of track every week.

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Credits

director

Stephen Cross

production company

Argosy Films

Duration

00:58:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324244

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation

History → Australia - History

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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Australia, 1987