(first published 1934)
Steele Rudd (1868-1935)
Language: English
This book describes the experiences of Dick Gall, a young Australian countryman, from the time of his first application for ‘a homestead selection’ to that of the birth of his ‘son an’ heir’ on the green-grey homestead. It also includes memories of his younger years, when he chased scrub cattle, hunted wild pigs on wild horses and played on the polo field. Steele Rudd knew what he was writing about, having grown up on a homestead selection at Emu Creek himself, and worked as a stockrider (or cowboy) as a teenager.
The book is written in a very lively style, and remarkably, in the second person singular – “you” will literally be Dick Gall himself. The opening sentence: “You’ll be single when the idea of taking up a homestead first gets you.” Or later: “You’ll be three years on the little grey homestead, working hard and becoming well-known and respected; you’ll receive kindly handturns from one and another, and be known to them all as Dick Gall.” (Summary by Anna Simon)
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Total running time: 5:05:20 – Read in English by Anna Simon
01 – Chapter 1 – 18:07 min [download all sections]
02 – Chapter 2 – 07:58 min
03 – Chapter 3 – 10:59 min
04 – Chapter 4 – 16:30 min
05 – Chapter 5 – 18:56 min
06 – Chapter 6 – 12:38 min
07 – Chapter 7 – 12:24 min
08 – Chapter 8 – 12:38 min
09 – Chapter 9 – 05:39 min
10 – Chapter 10 – 14:43 min
11 – Chapter 11 – 20:09 min
12 – Chapter 12 – 26:49 min
13 – Chapter 13 – 11:59 min
14 – Chapter 14 – 13:09 min
15 – Chapter 15 – 21:19 min
16 – Chapter 16 – 19:31 min
17 – Chapter 17 – 11:15 min
18 – Chapter 18 – 20:10 min
19 – Chapter 19 – 17:49 min
20 – Chapter 20 – 12:38 min
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Catalogued 16. February 2019