Aidan de Brune (17 July 1874 – 15 February 1946), journalist, author, pedestrian, was the first person in recorded history to walk around the perimeter of Australia, unaccompanied and unassisted.

[1] De Brune left Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 November 1920[1] and walked to Sydney by way of Kalgoorlie, along the Trans-Australian Railway, and then via Adelaide and Melbourne, a distance of approximately 2,800 miles (4,500 km).

A newspaper article written by Beckett appeared when de Brune was in Penong, South Australia, about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from finishing his walk.

Beckett concluded the article: "Aiden de Brune has not finished his walk but should he never move another yard further, he will have put up a record that few, if any, will ever attempt to equal.

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.