girl called Lily. Davis had a profound respect for the pioneering Australian woman, and he was particularly incensed by the use of 'Mum' when referring to Mrs Rudd. "'It is 'Mother', 'Mother', Mother!' he would shout, flushed in the face." Examples of popular 'Dad and Dave' jokes that did not originate from Rudd: Dad: Where's Dave gone, Mum? Mum: Dave's out Condobolin, Dad. Dad: Out Condobolin? Cripes, I didn't think Dave had any time for the womenfolk! Dave: Hey Dad! Them telephone blokes are silly coots! One of them just rung up to say it's a long distance from Sydney! The humour of Rudd's Selection stories arises from character and situation, and never involves wisecracks like these. A replica of Rudd's shingle hut can still be seen at the town of Nobby, Queensland. There is a statue of Steele Rudd at the Speakers' Corner in King George Square in Brisbane. There is also a residential college named "Steele Rudd" at the University of Southern Queensland campus. There are copper statues of Dad, Dave, Mum and Mabel at Gundagai. Bibliography Novels In Australia (1908) Duncan McClure : Being Part II of 'The Poor Parson' (1909) The Book of Dan (1911) The Old Homestead (1913) Memoirs of Corporal Keeley (1918) We Kaytons (1919) On Emu Creek (1922) Me an' th' Son (1924) The Miserable Clerk (1924) The Romance of Runnibede (1927) Green Grey Homestead (1934) Short story collections On Our Selection (1899) (sold over 250,000 copies) Our New Selection (1903) Sandy's Selection (1904) Back at Our Selection (1906) The Poor Parson (1907) Dad in Politics and Other Stories (1908) For Life and Other Stories (1908) Stocking Our Selection (1909) From Selection to City (1909) On an Australian Farm (1910) The Dashwoods (1911) Grandpa's Selection (1916) The Rudd Family (1926) illustrated by Percy Lindsay Quotation In his 1908 book, Dad in Politics, Davis satirises political life in the opening sentence: This quotation is often used to illustrate the cynicism of Australians towards the political class. FitzHenry notes that Davis's satirical depiction of individual members of the Queensland Parliament was so close to reality that he was almost called to the Bar of the House of Parliament for breach of parliamentary privilege. Dramatisation 1912 Our Selection was performed as adapted by actor Bert Bailey ( 1868–1935) A play titled The Execution of Steele Rudd by Australian playwright Harry Reade was first staged in 1981