MotorCoach Australia was an Australian bus manufacturer in Kingston Logan,

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History

MotorCoach Australia was formed in 1982 by former Denning employees Kevin Johnson and Dick White based in Kingston. It initially manufactured bus chassis with Caterpillar,

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and General Motors engine options. In 1986 it began to build bodies, both on its own chassis and those of other manufacturers. In 1995 it was placed in administration and purchased by

Clifford Corporation Clifford Corporation was a listed Australian company that purchased several bus manufacturing businesses in the mid-1990s before collapsing in November 1998. History In August 1995 Clifford Corporation purchased the Ansair Ansair was an Aust ...

with coaches built under the ''Austral Pacific Highlander'' name at the Austral Pacific plant in Geebung. Following Clifford Corporation's collapse, it was purchased by

McCafferty's Coaches McCafferty's Coaches was an Australian family run interstate coach operator from 1940 to 2004. In October 2004 the McCafferty family sold its shares and its operations were rebranded as part of Greyhound Australia History McCafferty's Coaches w ...

. As well as building coaches for McCafferty's it also completed orders for external customers.Bus Australia gallery
/ref> It closed in 2004 having completed over 60 coaches.

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