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| ⚫ | '''Aidan de Brune''' (17 July 1874 – 15 February 1946), [[journalist]], [[author]], [[pedestrian]] was the first person to walk around the perimeter of [[Australia]], unaccompanied and unassisted.<ref name="tat">[http://gutenberg.net.au/amateur-tramp/The%20Amateur%20Tramp-3-cc.pdf The Amateur Tramp: a Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around Australia] by Colin Choat, pp. 15-28. {{ISBN|978-0-646-98937-2}}. Accessed 8 November 2019.</ref> |
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De Brune was born Herbert Charles Cull in [[London]],[[England]] and started his professional life as a [[printer (publishing)|printer]]. He married Ethel Elizabeth Crofts in 1907 and a son, Lionel, was born in 1909.<ref name="tat" /> |
De Brune was born Herbert Charles Cull in [[London]],[[England]] and started his professional life as a [[printer (publishing)|printer]]. He married Ethel Elizabeth Crofts in 1907 and a son, Lionel, was born in 1909.<ref name="tat" /> |
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In September 1921 he began a walk around the perimeter of Australia, from Sydney to Sydney, anticlockwise. De Brune described his goal to be "to leave Sydney on foot, to walk ten thousand miles (more or less) around Australia, calling at all the ports en route on the four coasts, and to return to Sydney."<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207313599 A Stroll Around Australia], ''The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate'', 8 June 1923. Accessed 8 November 2018.</ref> He proposed taking twelve months to complete the walk. However, in the event, he took two and a half years, arriving back in Sydney on 4 March 1924. |
In September 1921 he began a walk around the perimeter of Australia, from Sydney to Sydney, anticlockwise. De Brune described his goal to be "to leave Sydney on foot, to walk ten thousand miles (more or less) around Australia, calling at all the ports en route on the four coasts, and to return to Sydney."<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207313599 A Stroll Around Australia], ''The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate'', 8 June 1923. Accessed 8 November 2018.</ref> He proposed taking twelve months to complete the walk. However, in the event, he took two and a half years, arriving back in Sydney on 4 March 1924. |
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De Brune kept a diary during his walk, in which he made daily entries detailing the distance walked each day and the total distance to-date. He also invited people he met along the way to certify his presence at the location he was at and to make comments. After he finished his walk he donated the diary<ref>"Aidan Charles Francis De Brune trek round Australia, 20 September 1921 |
De Brune kept a diary during his walk, in which he made daily entries detailing the distance walked each day and the total distance to-date. He also invited people he met along the way to certify his presence at the location he was at and to make comments. After he finished his walk he donated the diary<ref>"Aidan Charles Francis De Brune trek round Australia, 20 September 1921 – 1 September 1924." [[State Library of New South Wales]], Call No. B 692.</ref> and a typescript of the contents of the diary<ref>"Record diary of a walk around Australia." [https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections State Library of New South Wales], Dewey: 980.1/D</ref> to the [https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections State Library of New South Wales]. |
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After his walk, Aidan de Brune settled in Sydney and began writing serialised mystery stories for newspapers. |
After his walk, Aidan de Brune settled in Sydney and began writing serialised mystery stories for newspapers. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* Ebooks by [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#debrune Aidan de Brune] at [http://gutenberg.net.au Project Gutenberg Australia]. |
* Ebooks by [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#debrune Aidan de Brune] at [http://gutenberg.net.au/ Project Gutenberg Australia]. |
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Revision as of 09:12, 12 November 2018
Aidan de Brune (17 July 1874 – 15 February 1946), journalist, author, pedestrian was the first person to walk around the perimeter of Australia, unaccompanied and unassisted.[1]
De Brune was born Herbert Charles Cull in London,England and started his professional life as a printer. He married Ethel Elizabeth Crofts in 1907 and a son, Lionel, was born in 1909.[1]
In 1910 Cull went to Australia and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 May 1910. His wife and child followed him and arrived in Albany, Western Australia on 26 November 1910.[1]
In 1912 Cull's wife and son returned to England. Cull remained in Australia for the rest of his life. In early 1920 he was working for the Bunbury Herald newspaper and wrote two serial stories: The Pursuits of Mr Peter Pell and The Mystery of the Nine Stars. The latter story was unfinished when, in November 1920, Cull left the newspaper and began to walk from Fremantle to Sydney, following the Trans-Australian Railway. When he reached Sydney, in early 1921, Cull was calling himself Aidan de Brune.[1]
In September 1921 he began a walk around the perimeter of Australia, from Sydney to Sydney, anticlockwise. De Brune described his goal to be "to leave Sydney on foot, to walk ten thousand miles (more or less) around Australia, calling at all the ports en route on the four coasts, and to return to Sydney."[2] He proposed taking twelve months to complete the walk. However, in the event, he took two and a half years, arriving back in Sydney on 4 March 1924.
De Brune kept a diary during his walk, in which he made daily entries detailing the distance walked each day and the total distance to-date. He also invited people he met along the way to certify his presence at the location he was at and to make comments. After he finished his walk he donated the diary[3] and a typescript of the contents of the diary[4] to the State Library of New South Wales.
After his walk, Aidan de Brune settled in Sydney and began writing serialised mystery stories for newspapers.
Herbert Charles Cull died on 15 February 1946. His death was registered as that of Aidan de Brune. He was buried in Botany Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c d The Amateur Tramp: a Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around Australia by Colin Choat, pp. 15-28. ISBN 978-0-646-98937-2. Accessed 8 November 2019.
- ^ A Stroll Around Australia, The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate, 8 June 1923. Accessed 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Aidan Charles Francis De Brune trek round Australia, 20 September 1921 – 1 September 1924." State Library of New South Wales, Call No. B 692.
- ^ "Record diary of a walk around Australia." State Library of New South Wales, Dewey: 980.1/D
External links
- Ebooks by Aidan de Brune at Project Gutenberg Australia.
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