author
Steele Rudd
1868–1935
Best known for the classic collection On Our Selection, this Australian writer turned hard rural experience into warm, sharply observed stories about bush family life. His Dad and Dave tales became a lasting part of Australia’s literary tradition.
2 Audiobooks
On Our Selection
by Steele Rudd
The Dashwoods : a sequel to "On an Australian farm"
by Steele Rudd
About the author
Born Arthur Hoey Davis in Queensland in 1868, he wrote under the pen name Steele Rudd. Before finding his audience, he worked in a range of rural and city jobs, experiences that fed directly into his stories about selectors, family struggle, and everyday humor.
His best-known book, On Our Selection, introduced readers to the Rudd family and especially the memorable figures of Dad and Dave. The stories were widely read and helped shape popular ideas of pioneer life in Australia, mixing comedy with a clear-eyed sense of hardship.
Rudd continued to write novels, stories, and plays, but his reputation rests most strongly on the lively bush sketches that made him famous. He died in 1935, and his work remains an important early voice in Australian literature.