
On Our Selection is a classic Australian novel written by Steele Rudd, the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis. The book is a collection of humorous short stories that tell the story of the Rudd family, who are struggling to make a living on a small farm in rural Queensland in the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...









This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...



On Our Selection is a classic Australian novel written by Steele Rudd (real name: Arthur Hoey Davis) in 1899. The book is a collection of humorous stories about the life of a struggling Australian farming family, the Rudds, in the late 19th century. The main character, Dad Rudd,...


It's twenty years ago now since we settled on the Creek. Twenty years I remember well the day we came from Stanthorpe, on Jerome's dray-eight of us, and all the things-beds, tubs, a bucket, the two cedar chairs with the pine bottoms and backs that Dad put in them, some pint-pots...



On Our Selection is a classic Australian novel written by Steele Rudd, originally published in 1899. The book tells the story of a struggling Australian family, the Rudds, who live on a small selection in the bush. The father, Dad Rudd, is a hardworking farmer who is constantly...

On Our Selection is a classic Australian novel written by Steele Rudd, first published in 1899. The book is a collection of humorous sketches and stories that depict the struggles and triumphs of a pioneering family in rural Queensland during the late 19th century. The central...

Arthur Hoey Davis (1868-1935) who also wrote under the pseudonym Steele Rudd, was an Australian author. Towards the end of 1895 he sent a sketch to The Bulletin which afterwards became the first chapter of On Our Selection when it was published in 1899. Encouraged by J. F. Archibald,...

"On Our Selection" from Steele Rudd. Australian author, pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis (1868-1935).