Thanks to Tim Erickson for this excellant article.

I love the mention of the Races in Darwin.  It must have been torture!

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From The Advertiser – 14 September , 1908

From The Advertiser – 4th September, 1903

24hr Walking Match – 1903

26hr Walking Race in WA – 1908

Leslie Wilson – 25 000 mile walk – 1909

Australian 50 mile Walk – 1910

Australian 50 mile Walk – 1911

Melbourne to Darwin Walk -  1923

Around Australia walk – 1924

1926 – NSW 50 mile racewalk

1927 – Aust 50 mile record

50 mile Dance in 1928 – Geelong to Melbourne.

George Bould walking around Australia – 1928

1931 – 24hr world record relay run

Adelaide to Melbourne – 1931

1932 – Victorian 50km

54 mile run – Tasmania – 1937

Percy Cerutty – 60 mile record – 1946

From The Advertiser – June 1910

From The Advertiser, 11 September, 1911

This is a report from Ulrich Kamm about his Centurion attempt in England in 1989.  A Centurion is anyone who walks 100 mile in a recognised 24hr race.

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Thanks to Tim Erickson for providing this fantastic document.

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Jim   Gleeson