1903 Joseph Furphy Such is Life 101
He was buried in the station cemetery, between Val English, late station storekeeper, who had poisoned himself, and Jack Drummond, shearer, who had died - presumably of heart failure - after breaking the record of the district. Such is life.

1959 Mary Durack Kings in Grass Castles 338
Since it had fallen to Father's lot to undertake these rather tedious droving trips he saw no reason why they should not occasionally break a day's travelling record or follow an unconventional procedure. Not so Tom Hayes for whom there was only one way of handling cattle and that was as they had handled them 'on the overland'.

1970 Suzy Jarrat Permissive Australia 94
Amateurs train like fanatics for the glory of breaking records - records that are broken by someone else a fortnight later. The only people who profit from record breaking are sports writers, who make money, and petty officials, who get knighthoods. The amateur sportsman gets a few tarnished cups and a hernia. And the professionals don't fare much better. Old champions seem sad really. Cheered and feted once, and now forgotten. The permissive sports fan discards the champion who becomes a has-been, an eclipsed name in the record book.

1980 Clive James Unreliable Memoirs 60
Every second train was a through, meaning it did not stop at Carlton and Allawah but attempted to break the world land speed record on an uninterrupted run from Kogarah to Hurstville or vice versa. At either end it was considered de rigueur to alight as early as possible. Anyone waiting for the train to stop was considered a cissy.

1980 Ross M. Martin Trade Unions in Australia 28
ACTU remained, as it had been throughout the 1970s, much the same as at the start of the decade. There were, of course, fluctuations in fortune. Thus the extreme left's remarkable record in preserving a united front at congress, despite its organizational splintering outside, was broken at the 1973 congress when the SPA's president was opposed by a vice-president of the CPA(M-L) in the election of an industry group representative to the interstate executive; and both contested the same position at the next two congresses.

1989 True Singapore Ghost Stories vol 1 126
I heard it right in front of me, except there was clearly no one there behind that bush. Just at that very moment, dogs started howling loudly. My body froze, my spine tingled. I nearly pissed in my pants.
I ran.
I must have broken the record for that distance. When I reached the tent, my friend was there and he was very concerned.

1990 I Hanson, in Herald (Melb.) 26
"When Salnikov first broke the world record and the 15 minute barrier, I said this would stand a long, long time," said Cliff. "I didn't believe it was possible for anyone to swim that fast. "Then the son has come out and broken it.

1992 Herald Sun (Melb.) 70
SIR Sagamore this Sunday will give Colin Hayes the chance to achieve something as an owner that he could never do as a trainer. The former record breaking trainer owns Sir Sagamore, the likely favorite for the $152,000 Grand National Steeple (5000m).