Guinness World Record certificate with envelope, backing card and two information sheets presented to the National Wool Museum in 2015 as part of the Shaun The Sheep Pom Pom Parade exhibition. As part of the exhibition the National Wool Museum joined with Pyrenees Presents Inc to attempt to set a record for the most number of handmade pom pom sheep exhibited. The challenge was set prior to and during the exhibition, with and end date of October 11, 2015.Navy blue envelope with an address sticker at front centre and Guinness World Records logo on right centre. Perforated horizontal opening at back with text OFFICIALLY AMAZING at top part and Guinness website address on bottom left corner. 2 x letters of record confirmation and information from Guinness World Records, featuring their logo at top right corner. Plain white cardboard backing support for certificate. Official Guinness World Records certificate. Navy blue border, background watermark of Guinness World Records text. Official metallic stamp at bottom right corner.guinness world records, shaun the sheep, pom pom parade

Hardcover W/ Dust Jacketcuriosities and wonders, world records, walsh st library

On 20 March 1999, during the Vision Australia Foundation's Annual Easter Fair at Kooyong, Victoria, Australia, 150,000 solid chocolate eggs were hidden and found by 3000 hunters. This was entered as a world record in the Guinness Book of Records.1 scanned page mounted on white cardboardvision australia foundation, fundraising

It's all about slip-slop-slap in Greensborough for a group Guinness World Record attempt at the most people to apply suncream. Diamond Valley's annual Relay for Life raises money for the Cancer Council. News article 1 page, black text.guinness world record, greensborough, relay for life, cancer council

Samuel Johnson is riding around Australia on a unicycle in an attempt to break a world record and raise money for the Garvan Institute (breakthrough medical research) . (www.loveyoursister.org) The Ballarat Courier (18/02/2013) reported: "Actor Samuel Johnson was humbled by the turnout and support in Ballarat for his epic unicycle ride about Australia. After an emotional farewell with sister Connie, who is terminally ill with cancer, Johnson reached Ballarat on day two of his Love Your Sister Ride – an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most distance travelled on a unicycle (15,000 kilometres), raise a million dollars for breast cancer research and spread the word for early detection."A unicylist in pink shirt travels under the Ballarat Arch of Victory at the entry to the Ballarat Avenue of Honour. The unicyclist is actor Samuel Johnson.ballarat avenue of honour, ballarat arch of victory, samuel johnson, love your sister, unicycle, cycle

Local newspaper reports from October 1986 and June 1987 - Guinness Book of World Records attempt for longest letter on the subject of peace and subsequent visit to school by recipient, Prime Minister Hawke following student invitation.Photo 17/6/87: Debbie Chandler and Richard Ball present Mr Hawke with a gift to mark his visit to the school.

"Sheep to suit" -The Melbourne College of Textiles, 1984. The story of the Melbourne College of Textile's World Record of 1hr, 32 minutes, 33.52 sec on June 24, 1982, recorded by the Guinness Book of RecordsBooklet describing the 'Sheep to Suit' event for the Guiness Book of World Records.textile production fashion shearing weaving sewing, melbourne college of textiles australian wool corporation sunbeam corporation limited, carding, spinning, highlights of the national wool museum: from sheep to suit - exhibition (22/09/2001 - 02/12/2001), textile production, fashion, shearing, weaving, sewing

"Sheep to suit" -The Melbourne College of Textiles, 1984. The story of the Melbourne College of Textile's World Record of 1hr, 32 minutes, 33.52 sec on June 24, 1982, recorded by the Guinness Book of RecordsBooklet describing the 'Sheep to Suit' event for the Guiness Book of World Records.This record was broken in 1987 by "The Melbourne College of Textiles" for the Japanese programme "These Wonderful People" Time 1 hour 27 Minutes 59.32 secs. Time difference = 6 Minutes 04.13 secstextile production fashion shearing weaving sewing textile mills textile mills, melbourne college of textiles australian wool corporation sunbeam corporation limited, carding, spinning, highlights of the national wool museum: from sheep to suit - exhibition (22/09/2001 - 02/12/2001), textile production, fashion, shearing, weaving, sewing, textile mills

This is a set of 12 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron’s CPL John Ratcliffe setting a world record for an exercise routine comprising push-ups, sit-ups and double back-arches at Keswick Barracks, Adelaide in November 1986. A newspaper article of unknown origin titled “John sets world’s best time in routine” was published reporting the achievement. The article reported: “Corporal John Ratcliffe has smashed his personal best time, his greatest expectations and the 16-year-old Australian record for a push-up, sit-up and double back-arch routine. Corporal Ratcliffe, 37, set a world record by doing 1232 push-ups (clapping his chest with his hands between each one), 1936 back-arches and 440 sit-ups in one hour, 16 minutes and 29 seconds yesterday. Officials representing the Guinness Book of Records were present and passed his effort. The record was achieved by repeating a set of 14 push-ups, 22 double back-arches and 5 sit-ups, 88 times. The Australian record for the same routine was set in 1970 in the time of 1 hour 41 minutes. CPL Ratcliffe beat his personal best time by 13 minutes. “I could not do it without them” CPL Ratcliffe said of the crowd. Nearing the end of the routine when he was tiring, the crowd of more than 100 clapped and chanted encouragement. CPL Ratcliffe, who works in the Army’s surveying department, said the most important aspect of the exercise was raising money for Legacy, not getting his name in the record books.” This achievement was also reported in the Army Newspaper dated 11th Dec 1986. There are eight more photos that have not been published in the set of negatives.This is a set of 12 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron’s CPL John Ratcliffe setting a exercise routine world record at Keswick Barracks, Adelaide in November 1986. The black & white photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) to .9) - Photo, black & white, 1986. CPL John Ratcliffe during his exercise routine. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1986. CPL John Ratcliffe celebrates the new world record. L to R: Bob Rogister, Wally Chilcott. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1986. CPL John Ratcliffe celebrates the new world record. L to R: Peter Imeson, Bob Rogister, Wally Chilcott. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1986. CPL John Ratcliffe interviewed by media after setting the new world record. .1P to .12P – There are no other personnel identified. ‘CPL RATCLIFFE “WORLD RECORD”. NOV 1986’ annotated on negatives sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn

This is a set of 12 photographs of Army teams from the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo and the Army School of Transport, Puckapunyal attempting a world record playing indoor cricket, at Seymour Victoria from the 31st of January to the 5th of February 1986. The following article appeared on the back page of the ARMY Newspaper on Thursday 6th of March 1986. 'INDOOR CRICKET RECORD SMASHED. ARMY TEAMS from Puckapunyal and Bendigo recently played indoor cricket for 124 hours to set a new world record. The two eight-man teams, from Army School of Transport and Army Survey Regiment, broke the 120 hour record set by Corrimal High School, NSW earlier this year. Organiser of the event, Capt Marty Alsford of AST told ARMY the teams had played 107 games, scoring 15,000 runs in their chase for the record. "The rules allowed a five-minute rest break every hour which could be accrued, so we played for 64 hours straight then had a five hour sleep. "When everybody got up and went straight back into the game with no grumbling, I knew we had the record," Capt Alsford said. The event was held at the Seymour Indoor Cricket Centre, an iron-roofed building with no air-conditioning, and all players had to battle the effect of the stifling heat in addition to fatigue. One player dropped out through exhaustion, but this did not prejudice the record attempt as the rules permitted each team to lose a player who cannot return to the game nor be replaced. The Army teams' effort are now awaiting recognition by the Guinness Book of Records. During the marathon event, the soldiers raised money for Legacy, through sponsorships and a raffle. At the time ARMY went to press, the final figure was not available.’ Army Survey Regiment Routine Orders Part 1 Issue No 16/86 Notices on Page 7 stated: ‘World Record Indoor Cricket. 1. Congratulations to the following members for their successful attempt on the Guinness Book of Records, Record for continuous playing of indoor cricket: John Whaling, Peter Ball, Brenton McDonald, Per Andersen, John Anderson, Brian Fauth, Brett McAllister and Daryl South. 2. Our team, playing a team from Army School of Transport at Seymour played continuous Indoor Cricket for 124 hours, beating the existing record by 4 hours. During that time the two teams amassed a total in excess of 16,000 runs. 3. Congratulations also to Peter Ball for picking up the Trophy for the most outstanding player during the record attempt.’This is a set of 12 photographs of Army teams from Bendigo and Puckapunyal attempting a world record playing indoor cricket, at Seymour Victoria in February 1986. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The colour photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1986, L to R: John ‘Junior’ Whaling, Marty Alsford. Background L to R: Peter Ball, unidentified, John ‘Flash’ Anderson. .2) - Photo, colour, 1986, L to R: John ‘Junior’ Whaling, unidentified, Peter Ball. .3) to .7) - Photo, colour, 1986, unidentified participants. .8) - Photo, colour, 1986, L to R: unidentified, Peter Ball, Brett McAllister, John ‘Junior’ Whaling. .9) - Photo, colour, 1986, L to R: unidentified, John ‘Flash’ Anderson, Brian Fauth, unidentified, Peter Ball, unidentified (x2). .10) - Photo, colour, 1986, Army School of Transport (red & white uniform) - back row L to R: unidentified (x4), front row L to R: unidentified (x3), Marty Alsford. Army Survey Regiment (dark green uniform) - back row L to R: Brett McAllister, John ‘Flash’ Anderson, Brian Fauth, Per Andersen, front row L to R: John ‘Junior’ Whaling, Daryl South, Brenton McDonald, Peter Ball. .11) & .12) - Photo, colour, 1986, Army Survey Regiment (dark green uniform) - back row L to R: Peter Ball, Per Andersen, Brett McAllister, Brian Fauth, front row L to R: Brenton McDonald, John ‘Flash’ Anderson, Daryl South, John ‘Junior’ Whaling..1P to .12P –No personnel are identified. ‘Attempt at World Record for Indoor Cricket 31 Jan - 5 Feb 1986’ annotated on cover sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna

index, ill, maps, p.248.non-fiction"Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community, often experienced in the most trying of conditions. Fitch gives an account of laying track and the remarkable breed of men who do so, of advances in line-building techniques, of derailments and floods and washaways, of wrangles over attempts to implement standard gauge, of the politics of railways. In 2002 when 92 Fitch earned recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records when his thesis on South Australian railways made him the World's oldest recipient of a PhD."--Jacket.fitch, r. j. (ronald john), 1910-, railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography