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A biography of the author of the Dad and Dave stories. Steele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis, and looking for Steele Rudd leads the search party down a rabbit-hole of facades and cultural stereotypes in an attempt to discover the real author behind the iconic Australian imagery.   

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  • Dedication: To my wife and children, in memory of my Dad, to my mother and my own brother Dave.
  • 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.

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Person, Persona and Product: Henry Kendall and 'Steele Rudd' Ken A. Stewart , 1996 single work 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 Patrick Buckridge , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 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 Robert Dixon , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
Looking for the Real Steele Rudd Murray S. Martin , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
[Review] In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad & Dave Stories Patrick Buckridge , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 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 Humphrey McQueen , 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 Laurie Hergenhan , 1995 single work criticism biography ; The Push : an impressionist memoir Judy Ogilvie , 1995 single work novel ; Pioneer Players : The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson Peter Fitzpatrick , 1995 single work biography ; In Search of Steele Rudd : Author of the Classic Dad and Dave Stories Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
Literary Heroes Andy Walker , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
Everybody's Property Clement Semmler , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
Behind the Myth Rosemary Sorensen , 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 Richard Fotheringham , 1995 single work biography
Person, Persona and Product: Henry Kendall and 'Steele Rudd' Ken A. Stewart , 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)
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