Show 1 alias famous american in melbourne the american sailors saw the style and title of a famous countryman of theirs capt freeman cobb it was he who in the early established the coaching firm of cobb co which became a house hold word all over oer australia there were few railways at that time and cobbs six horsed coaches became tho the regular means of communication be tween melbourne and ballarat ballaran Ball arat bendigo and most of the other upcountry up country gold fields that cute yankee capt freeman cobb who saw the opportunity and grasped it soon returned to america with a handsome fortune but cobb co Is still at the head of the coaching business in australia |