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Arthur Hoey Davis was born on 14 November 1868 at Drayton, Queensland. He was the son of Thomas Davis (1828-1904), a blackshmith who was sent to Australia in 1847 for a conviction of petty theft and Mary Green (1835-1893). While working at a sheriff's office he began writing a column on rowing in a weekly paper and this is where his pen name of Steele Rudd began. What was to become the first chapter in *On our selection* was published as an article 'Starting the selection', in the _Bulletin_ on 14 December 1895. This article was based on his father's experiences. Davis became a regular and popular contributor. _On Our Selection_, was published in 1899. This was followed four years later by _Our New Selection_, the second of ten volumes that deal with the Rudd family. He died on 11 October 1935.
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Includes hand written notes probably by Richard Fotheringham, and letter from National Library of Australia.
Most recent of the 3 existing versions.
From the Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts.
Original in National Library of Australia.