Steele Rudd

Born Arthur Hoey Davis in 1868, he became famous under the name Steele Rudd. He grew up in Queensland, and his writing drew strongly on life in the Australian bush, especially the struggles, comedy, and resilience of small farming families.

His best-known work is On Our Selection, a collection of stories centered on Dad and Dave, characters who became deeply embedded in Australian popular culture. The book's success led to many later stories, stage adaptations, and films, and helped make him one of the most widely read Australian humorists of his time.

Steele Rudd died in 1935. He is still remembered as an important figure in Australian literature, especially for the lively, affectionate way he captured everyday rural life and turned it into stories that lasted well beyond his own era.