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Dedication: To my wife and children, in memory of my Dad, to my mother and my own brother Dave.
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Epigraph: 'I never designed in it to give any man any secret Wound by my concealment, but spoke........, had it been pretented to by Mr. Steele.' - Richard Steele, Conclusion to The Tatler, No. 271, 2 January 1710-11.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Person, Persona and Product: Henry Kendall and 'Steele Rudd'
1996
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 3 1996; (p. 289-292) -
[Review] In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad & Dave Stories
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 88-90)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography'Nearly everyone born in Australia before 1950 probably remembers the Dad 'n' Dave radio serial; some of us have read, or heard read, the stories from On Our Selection on which the serial was (very loosely) based; and all of the rest of you have heard a 'Dad 'n' Dave' (or, more commonly in my experience, a 'Dave'n' Mabel') joke. If you haven't, there's a good one on the last page of this book. Oh all right, here it is. But read the book, OK?
Dad and Dave were watching a dingo licking its genitals.
'You know, Dad,' said Dave, 'I hate to admit it, but all my life I've wanted to do that.'
'Go ahead,' Dad replied. 'But I'd pat him first. He looks vicious.' (p.186)' (Introduction) -
Local Lad Makes Good
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , November no. 3 1996; (p. 107-110)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
Looking for the Real Steele Rudd
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 169-170)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
A Steele Rudd Biography
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Margin , April no. 38 1996; (p. 30-31)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography
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[Review] In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad & Dave Stories
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 88-90)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography'Nearly everyone born in Australia before 1950 probably remembers the Dad 'n' Dave radio serial; some of us have read, or heard read, the stories from On Our Selection on which the serial was (very loosely) based; and all of the rest of you have heard a 'Dad 'n' Dave' (or, more commonly in my experience, a 'Dave'n' Mabel') joke. If you haven't, there's a good one on the last page of this book. Oh all right, here it is. But read the book, OK?
Dad and Dave were watching a dingo licking its genitals.
'You know, Dad,' said Dave, 'I hate to admit it, but all my life I've wanted to do that.'
'Go ahead,' Dad replied. 'But I'd pat him first. He looks vicious.' (p.186)' (Introduction) -
Biographical Blokiness
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , [vol.7 no.6], December-January (1995-1996) 1995; (p. 84-86)
— Review of No Casual Traveller : Hartley Grattan and Australia-US Connections 1995 single work criticism biography ; The Push : an impressionist memoir 1995 single work novel ; Pioneer Players : The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson 1995 single work biography ; In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
Literary Heroes
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 September 1995; (p. 9)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
Everybody's Property
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 1995; (p. rev 9)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
Behind the Myth
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 October 1995; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories 1995 single work biography -
Person, Persona and Product: Henry Kendall and 'Steele Rudd'
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 3 1996; (p. 289-292) -
ASAL Literary Awards 1996
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 37 1996; (p. 8-10)
Awards
- The Bulletin 1880 periodical (6777 issues)
- Steele Rudd's Magazine 1903 periodical (42 issues)
- Darling Downs, Queensland,