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History of The Black Swan
The Swan Inn was established in 1847 by a police grant for the Inn to Miles Murphy. The Swan Inn was built for the Cobb & Co company from granite rock and the original shingles are still under the roof to this day. Miles built and operated the Inn and catered to the needs of local and very weary travellers passing through. It played host to the military when on route to Lambing Flat gold fields near Young, New South Wales. Read more..
Cobb & Co
In January 1854, the first Cobb & Co coach left the Criterion Hotel in Melbourne, bound for Forest Creek, a gold digging close to Bendigo. This was the beginning of a legend that has lasted for over 150 years. Today it is one of the most recognisable icon brands in Australia – alongside such names as Eureka and the Man from Snowy River. Read more..
Bushrangers
Bushranging in Australia started early. Many Convicts escaped and turned Bushranger to feed off and fight against the System that had banished and enslaved them. The first of these Bushrangers were simply escaped prisoners on the run, especially in Tasmania, where they out-fought the English military on many occasions. In the latter part of the Colonial era there was a second wave of Bushrangers who were much more political in nature. By the end of the century, they were being romanticised in comics and it was assumed that they helped trigger the Larrikin element in our national personality. Read more..
Bushrangers - Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert
A year after Hall had turned bushranger a coach passenger described him as "a rather tall, robust-looking man, with a fine, frank-looking face". He limped as the result of an accident suffered in his youth. Hall was perhaps the most competent of all bushranger leaders. His men were well armed and superbly mounted, often on stolen racehorses. He and his associates, with the exception of Gilbert, were Australian-born and had numbers of suppliers, friends, and "bush telegraphs" all over the central tableland regions of New South Wales. Read more..
The Swan Inn was established in 1847 by a police grant for the Inn to Miles Murphy. The Swan Inn was built for the Cobb & Co company from granite rock and the original shingles are still under the roof to this day. Miles built and operated the Inn and catered to the needs of local and very weary travellers passing through. It played host to the military when on route to Lambing Flat gold fields near Young, New South Wales. Read more..
Cobb & Co
In January 1854, the first Cobb & Co coach left the Criterion Hotel in Melbourne, bound for Forest Creek, a gold digging close to Bendigo. This was the beginning of a legend that has lasted for over 150 years. Today it is one of the most recognisable icon brands in Australia – alongside such names as Eureka and the Man from Snowy River. Read more..
Bushrangers
Bushranging in Australia started early. Many Convicts escaped and turned Bushranger to feed off and fight against the System that had banished and enslaved them. The first of these Bushrangers were simply escaped prisoners on the run, especially in Tasmania, where they out-fought the English military on many occasions. In the latter part of the Colonial era there was a second wave of Bushrangers who were much more political in nature. By the end of the century, they were being romanticised in comics and it was assumed that they helped trigger the Larrikin element in our national personality. Read more..
Bushrangers - Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert
A year after Hall had turned bushranger a coach passenger described him as "a rather tall, robust-looking man, with a fine, frank-looking face". He limped as the result of an accident suffered in his youth. Hall was perhaps the most competent of all bushranger leaders. His men were well armed and superbly mounted, often on stolen racehorses. He and his associates, with the exception of Gilbert, were Australian-born and had numbers of suppliers, friends, and "bush telegraphs" all over the central tableland regions of New South Wales. Read more..