on the other half for usually 7 years. By the end of the period, to obtain title to the land, settlers would have had to pay the balance of the purchase price and make certain improvements. In fiction Steele Rudd (Arthur Davis) wrote a series of comic novels on rural life, starting with On Our Selection (1899), about Dad, Mother and Dave Rudd of Snake Gully. The Rudds had four (or six) acres in Darling Downs, Queensland. The novels were made into films and a radio series. Peter Carey's book True History of the Kelly Gang (2000), roughly based on the story of Ned Kelly, has its beginning in rural Victoria. The Duffy Land Act of 1862 is mentioned. References Australian culture History of agriculture in Australia Economic history of Australia History of Australia (1851–1900) Crown land in Australia Settlement schemes in Australia