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1On Our Selection

By Steele Rudd

The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wilderness in spite of fire, famine, snakebite, and a loony hired hand. - Summary by Son of the Exiles

2Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)

By Steele Rudd

Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection"<br> "The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eight years he had been thinking of that trip, but something or other always came to prevent his going. According to Dad himself, the farm would suffer if he went away for a month; there would be no one to look after it, no one to manage. According to us there would be no one to look on while the cows were being milked; no one to stand in the paddock all day while the hay was being raked and carted and stacked; no one to fuss round and be a nuisance to Dave while he sold a draft of fats to a butcher, or drove a profitable deal with the pig-buyers; no one to yell boisterously for the whereabouts of any of us when we chanced to be concealed from view for a moment or two by a dray, or a hay-stack, or something; no one to annoy the men who worked hardest, and to incite them to strike and seek employment elsewhere; no one to molest Regan’s bull when it came round our way; no one to take the gun down when little Billy Bearup came to see Sarah; no one to sool the dogs on to travelling stock and challenge the big dusty drovers to get down and be obliterated; and no one to aggravate Dave and Joe to blasphemy and rebellion. Yes; we would miss Dad when he went away. Still, we encouraged him to go. We were not selfish. We said it would be a pleasant change to him. We said nothing of the pleasure it would be to ourselves. We thought only of Dad. Some families never think of their father at all. We never forgot Dad for a day. He was never out of our minds." - Summary by Steele Rudd

This is a self-contained story-arc over eight chapters from the pages of Steele Rudd's book "Back At Our Selection". The Synopsis: After being a shy bachelor for a number of years, Dave (Dad Rudd's second eldest son) has finally got married. To a "Girl from Town" named "Lily White". When she first arrives at "Ruddville", she and Dave's sister Sarah get on wonderfully. But after some months, friction between the two young woman sets in, and Dave and Lily seek to have a separate house of their own on the extensive Rudd property. But Dad, though now a prosperous farmer, started out with his wife and children in a two-room settler's slab-hut, and has a notion ... exacerbated by tightfistedness ... that all young folk should start out their married life like that and work their way up. So he finds, demolishes, carts, and re-erects a forty-year-old abandoned shack for his son and daughter-in-law. They acquiesce to accepting it, and in time even become rather contented there. But soon, Dave's mother-in-law arrives for a visit, and cranky old Dad Rudd finally meets his nemesis. - Summary by Son of the Exiles <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Dad Rudd, Australian farmer - Patriarch of the Rudd clan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Mother Rudd, wife of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11790">TJ Burns</a><br> Dave Rudd, son of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Sarah Rudd, daughter of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11772">Linda Olsen Fitak</a><br> Lily White, newly married to Dave: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11084">Devorah Allen</a><br> Lily’s Mother - Dave's mother-in-law: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Joe Rudd, son of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11535">Nemo</a><br> Bill Rudd, son of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12500">Foon</a><br> Barty Rudd, son of Dad Rudd: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12916">Peter Musgrove</a><br> Jimmy Regan - Neighbour to the Rudds: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Young Regan - Neighbour to the Rudds: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10176">Zoe Trang</a><br> Willie Wiley - Orphan boy adopted by one of Dad's neighbours: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12500">Foon</a><br> Mary Murphy - Daughter of one of Dad's neighbours: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br> The Parson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Mrs Walker: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br> Building Contractor: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br> <BR>This project was finished during the March Challenge with the precious help of the following six volunteer editors (thank you all) :<BR> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12506">Bhavya</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13072">Campbell Schelp</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7079">Chuck Williamson</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12074">JayS</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/5796">linny</a><br> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8051">Maria Kasper</a>

4Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 1 of 22, covering from 5867 to 480 BC. - Summary from Title Page

5Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 9 of 22, covering from 1517-1556 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

6Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 2 of 22, covering from 450 BC to 12 AD. - Summary by Title Page

7Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 3 of 22, covering from 13 to 395 AD. - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

8Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 4 of 22, covering from 410-827 AD. - Summary by Title Page

9Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 7 of 22, covering from 1300-1438 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

10Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 5 of 22, covering from 843-1161 AD. - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

11Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 6 of 22, covering from 1162-1300 AD. - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

12Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 14 of 22, covering from 1775-1799 AD. - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

13Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 8 of 22, covering from 1438-1513 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

14Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 16 of 22, covering from 1816-1841 AD. (Summary Adapted from the Title Page)

16Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 11 of 22, covering from 1609-1660 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

17Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 13 of 22, covering from 1716-1775 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

18Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12

By Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 12 of 22, covering from 1661-1710 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 17 of 22, covering from 1846-1861 AD. (Summary Adapted from the Title Page)

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 15 of 22, covering from 1800-1815 AD.