History of the Station Store and Cobb & Co

Cobb and Co. was founded in Australia in the 1850s by four Americans, and started to run its first services in Queensland in 1865.

Like no other company in Australian history, Cobb and Co. has become part of the legend of Australia in the 19th century.

Consider Henry Lawson’s poem “The Lights of Cobb and Co”

Not all the ships that sail away since Roaring Days are done—
Not all the boats that steam from port, nor all the trains that run,
Shall take such hopes and loyal hearts—for men shall never know
Such days as when the Royal Mail was run by Cobb and Co.
The ‘greyhounds’ race across the sea, the ‘special’ cleaves the haze,
But these seem dull and slow to me compared with Roaring Days!
The eyes that watched are dim with age, and souls are weak and slow,
The hearts are dust or hardened now that broke for Cobb and Co.