Accession[1965.0017] Papers of Joseph Bishop and familyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1965001700101Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentJoseph Bishop arrived in Melbourne during the goldrushes, ultimately establishing a coach building business at Beechworth, which was later transferred to Euroa. The family moved to Melbourne in the late 1880s, where one son became the proprietor of the trade journal 'The Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler'. The collection consists of family photographs and photographs used to illustrate 'The Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler'. This photograph shows two men and a woman, seated on a horse-drawn coach owned by L.G.Cole and Co. Written on the verso is: "Visit of Mrs Henry E. Allen to New Zealand. This photograph was taken at the home of Mr E.M. Lovell-Smith, Christchurch, N.Z., on Nov. 7 1938. Names, left to right: James Rugg (driver for Cobb and Co. Canterbury, Westland N.Z.), Mrs Allen (daughter of the Honourable Freeman Cobb, of Brewster, Mass., U.S.A., founder of Cobb & Co. in Victoria, Australia and South Africa) and J.W. Johnston (driver and coach proprietor Little River and Alcaroa). The 'Burton' coach of Cobb and Co., which is the property of Lovell-Smith, was built in 1865-66, for the Overland route from Christchurch to Hakitika, N.Z. by A.G. Houlland, once a well known N.Z. coachbuilder."
Inscription: Description above handwritten on verso in ink, along with some pencilled measurements. Written in ink on the bottom right-hand corner of the image is the name of the photographer, "Steffano Webb, Christchurch".Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0027Conditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission of University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
Bishop Family, 'Burton Coach', New Zealand. (1938), [UMA-ITE-1965001700101]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 14/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/266285
