Wavelength Documentary (part of 'Folk Music'): Richard Cox

A conversation with Richard Cox, great-great-grandson of William Cox, who built the first road over Australia's Blue Mountains, from Sydney to Bathurst.Cox built the road with a team of 30 hand-picked convicts, whom he treated well.  Cox shared their difficult conditions and most of the convicts received their freedom, in one form or another, following the road's completion.A full account of this remarkable undertaking can be found in Richard Cox's book, 'William Cox:  Blue Mountains Road Builder and Pastoralist' (Rosenberg Publishing). [email protected]