WEARY RECORD-BREAKER.—M. Walker, aged 27, of Newcastle, is helped by officials after riding 642 miles from Brisbane to Sydney in 45 hours 37 minutes. Walker, who said his biggest obstacles had been the cold and exhaustion, bettered by 1 hour 33 minutes the record set in 1936 by Hubert Opperman, now Sir Hubert Opperman, Australian High Commissioner to Malta.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32958, 3 July 1972, Page 15
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59WEARY RECORD-BREAKER.—M. Walker, aged 27, of Newcastle, is helped by officials after riding 642 miles from Brisbane to Sydney in 45 hours 37 minutes. Walker, who said his biggest obstacles had been the cold and exhaustion, bettered by 1 hour 33 minutes the record set in 1936 by Hubert Opperman, now Sir Hubert Opperman, Australian High Commissioner to Malta. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32958, 3 July 1972, Page 15
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