Draft:Michael Patrick O'Dea

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Declined by Losipov 11 months ago. Last edited by Liz 5 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Michael Patrick "Pat" O'Dea (1876–1965) was an Irish-Australian competitive cyclist, prospector and mine-manager known for his record-breaking trans-continental overland bicycle ride from Cue, Western Australia to Toora, Victoria in 1898, a distance of 3320 miles in 23 days.^[1]^[2] In later years he was the manager of the Renison Bell Tin Mine on the Melba Flats, Tasmania.^[3]

References

^ Fitzpatrick, Jim (1980). The bicycle and the bush : man and machine in rural Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-554231-8. OCLC 8389066.
^ "My Ride from Perth to Melbourne". Murchison Advocate. 1898-12-03. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
^ Pink, Kerry (1996). Renison : the slumbering giant. Patsy Crawford. Zeehan, Tasmania: Renison Ltd. ISBN 978-0-646-28356-2. OCLC 221926767.

[1] Fitzpatrick, Jim (1980). The bicycle and the bush : man and machine in rural Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-554231-8. OCLC 8389066.

[2] "My Ride from Perth to Melbourne". Murchison Advocate. 1898-12-03. Retrieved 2023-03-22.

[3] Pink, Kerry (1996). Renison : the slumbering giant. Patsy Crawford. Zeehan, Tasmania: Renison Ltd. ISBN 978-0-646-28356-2. OCLC 221926767.

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