Reg Ansett And Rex Law Case Study

Other Notable Post War Interstate Operators Alongside Reg Ansett and Rex Law.
To provide a reasonably comprehensive understanding of the overall state of play within the long distance industry in which Reg Ansett and Rex Law were new entrants, I will provide here some relevant if not entirely comprehensive historical information about each of the other players lined up to compete after the war.
There were other largely regional operators in the mix who would later venture onto the long distance stage, such as Greyhound, Kirkland Bros and New England Motor co. The latter had introduced touring car based passenger services between Brisbane and Sydney in the 1930’s, yet would not continue to develop or expand such services post war. Their ongoing

Several books have been written about this iconic company, copies of which can be accessed at the National Library of Australia and the State Library of NSW, amongst others.
Bond’s Tours
At the end of WW2, the business inaugurated prior to WW1 by A G ‘Bertie’ Bond’s father with Ford Model T cars operating a passenger service between Clare and Riverton, was the oldest established long distance road passenger service and tours operation under the same family ownership and management in Australian road transport history.
Under the name of Bonds Tours this company would undergo continuous expansion over the years in long distance conducted tours both in Central Australia and the main inter-capital coastal routes. The company also operated scheduled passenger services from Adelaide to Broken Hill, and to Mount Gambier. I have described Bonds Central Australian operations in some detail in Appendix C, devoted to the history of the early development of tourism to Ayers Rock and The

These would find their way into service with the joint Bond/Tuit ‘Alice Springs–Darwin Motor Service’ operation, established around 1953.
Tragedy would strike the Bond organization on 24th February 1951 when a Bonds Tours KS6 International based coach collided with a goods train on the Dimboola Road level crossing near Horsham. The coach was on the return leg of a conducted Adelaide to Sydney round tour, the accident resulting in the deaths of 11 passengers, with serious injuries to all survivors.
Although Bertie Bond’s business was a successfully managed and run enterprise, with expanding interests in Central Australian touring, this tragic event, followed by another serious yet non-fatal accident in the Grampians in December 1952, would see the company placed into voluntary liquidation by February 1953. Another serious non-fatal accident at Port Neill on the Eyre Peninsula in March 1955 would cause the final collapse of this wonderful long established