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B583 Bicycle, 'The Dux', metal / leather, made by the Dux Cycle Company, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1899, used by Donald Mackay, Australia, 1900. Click to enlarge.
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'The Dux' bicycle ridden around Australia by Donald Mackay

In 1900 Donald Mackay, became the third person to cycle around the Australian continent after Arthur Richardson and Alex White. Mackay set a new 'Around Australia Cycling Record' of 240 days 7 hours and 30 minutes. He pedalled this Dux bicycle, 11 000 miles (17 700 km) through scarcely known areas north through Queensland, across the Northern Territory, down the west coast of the continent, across the Nullarbor Plain, then up the eastern coast. Mackay broke Richardson's record by three days.

Summary

Object No.

B583

Object Statement

Bicycle, 'The Dux', metal / leather, made by the Dux Cycle Company, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1899, used by Donald Mackay, Australia, 1900

Physical Description

Bicycle, 'The Dux', metal / leather, made by the Dux Cycle Company, Melbourne, Victoria, 1899, ridden around Australia by Donald Mackay, 1900

The bicycle is made of up of a tubular metal frame, a rear wheel chain drive and an adjustable leather seat on springs. The spokes are tangential and there are no longer any tyres on the wheels. The iron pedals have toe clips attached and a there is a lamp bracket at the front. The bike is painted black.

Marks

On a plaque on the front end of the handlebars:
'THE DUX / PRESENTED TO AND RIDDEN BY DONALD MACKAY / HIS RECORD RIDE AROUND AUSTRALIA / 11,000 MILES IN 240 DAYS 7 HOURS / DUX CO. 300 LITTLE COLLINS STREET / MELBOURNE'

Short URL

https://ma.as/214208

Dimensions

Height

980 mm

Width

400 mm

Depth

1730 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Mackay, 1932

Acquisition Date

14 April 1932

Cite this Object

Harvard

'The Dux' bicycle ridden around Australia by Donald Mackay 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 27 March 2023, <https://ma.as/214208>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/214208 |title='The Dux' bicycle ridden around Australia by Donald Mackay |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=27 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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