P003444
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Person
created
2001-05-25
human
Rosanne Walker
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003444b.htm
person
Cobb
Freeman
AACR2
10 October 1830
24 May 1878
Place of Birth
Brewster, Massachusetts, United States of America
Place of Death
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Business executive
Coachline proprietor
Freeman Cobb, in partnership with three other Americans, John Murray Peck, James Swanton and John B. Lamber, began a coach service from Port Melbourne to Melbourne in 1853, expanding it in 1854 to include runs between Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo and Castlemaine. The business came to be known as Cobb and Co.
Wikidata
Cobb, Freeman (1830-1878)
Trove
'Cobb, Freeman', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Cobb, Freeman
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Book Section: Cobb, Freeman (1830-1878), businessman and coach line proprietor
Austin, K. A.
Cobb, Freeman (1830-1878), businessman and coach line proprietor
Melbourne
Melbourne University Press
1969
Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C
Douglas Pike
432-433
Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Online
Melbourne
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2000