Aidan de Brune

09-2021
Aidan de Brune (England, 1874-Australia, 1946) was a walker and the first one to walk around Australia.
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 his son, Lionel, was born in 1909.
In 1910, de Brune went to Australia, arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 May 1910. His wife and child followed him and arrived in Albany, Western Australia on 26 November 1910.
In 1912, de Brune's wife and son returned to England. He remained in Australia for the rest of his life.
Since 1920 to 1921, he walked across Australia (Fremantle-Sydney) in 90 days. He broke the Across Australia World Record, Across South Australia-New South Wales World Record, Across South Australia-Victoria World Record, Across Victoria-New South Wales World Record, Across Western Australia-South Australia World Record, Across Western Australia-Victoria World Record, Across Western Australia-New South Wales World Record, etc.
Since 1921 to 1924, he walked 16.190 km around Australia (Sydney-Sydney) in 897 days. He broke the Around Australia World Record.
Aidan de Brune was also a journalist and author. In the 1920s and 1930s a number of his novels appeared in Australian newspapers as serials, and he also appears to have written serials specifically for publication in newspapers.
Novels: The Mystery of the Nine Stars (1920), Dr. Night (1926) (Dr. Night-No. 1), The Carson Loan Mystery (1926), The Dagger and Cord (The Lonely Lady) (1927), The Phantom Launch (1927), The Shadow Crook (1928), The Little Grey Woman (1929), The League of Five (1930), The Unlawful Adventure (1930), The Green Pearl (1930) (Dr. Night-No. 2), Whispering Death (1931) (Dr. Night-No. 3), Douchard's Island (1931), Find This Man (1931), The Grays Manor Mystery (1931), The Murders at Madlands (1931), The Three Snails (1932), The Framing of Inspector Denvers (1933), The Flirting Fool (1933), The Kahm Syndicate (1934), The Fortune Telling House (1935), Saul and the Spinster (1935), etc.
Non Fiction: A Stroll Around Australia (1923), Where the Lost Legions Go: Mysteries That Will Never Be Solved (1923), Record Diary of a Walk Around Australia (1924), Ten Australian Authors (1933), Fifty Years of Progress in Australia 1878-1928 (1929).
Aidan de Brune died in Sydney on 15 February 1946. He was buried in Botany Cemetery.