Bus Operators

The stories of many past and present bus operators throughout Queensland.

The McGrath family's Black & White Buses plied between the bayside suburb of Sandgate and city of Brisbane for a
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Nestled in the heart of the Lockyer Valley and south of Wivenhoe Dam is the town of Coominya, a place
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The story begins during the early 1970s when Reg and Yvonne Clark had their eldest daughter attending their local primary
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While the area is now subsumed by Brisbane Airport, Cribb Island was once a popular seaside resort for the people
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Between January 1973 and August 1998, a period of over 25 years, Kevin and Beryl Doyle operated buses plying between
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Prior to entering the bus game, founder Tom Duffy worked for the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II
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Following the expiration of its toll franchise over the Hornibrook Bridge in October 1975, M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd sold
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The story begins in 1932 with the start of construction of a privately funded toll bridge providing a direct link
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In an era where frequent ownership changes to bus runs were the norm, the Howatson family’s ownership of the Mt
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The Nundah Bus Service is one of Brisbane's lesser known private bus operations. Proprietor Ivan Godfred Franklin was originally a
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The story begins back in 1954 when Roland Polley traded in his family farm at Wallumbilla near Roma in Western
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The Stewart family are one of the oldest private bus operators in Australia. Although their Bundaberg operation commenced during October
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