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Cover: https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... estead.jpgThis 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)
Text source: (please only read from this text!)
Prooflistener: Newgatenovelist
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[Section number] of Green Grey Homestead by Steele Rudd. This Legamus recording may be distributed and adapted freely for any purpose.
(if you wish: Read by Anna Simon**)
[Chapter title]
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End of [Section number]
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"End of Green Grey Homestead by Steele Rudd. For more information or to volunteer, please visit Legamus.eu"
**Please add your name at the beginning or the end, not in both places.
About recording:
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Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
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Save files as:
128 kbps MP3
greengreyhomestead_##_rudd.mp3
(all lower-case) where ## is your section number.
(shorten the first part of the filename if too long!)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use - if you are unsure about ID3 tags, please ask). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Steele Rudd
Album: Green Grey Homestead
Genre: Speech
Track Number: Section Number (if sections are numbered from 1, section +1, if sections are numbered from 0)
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Wiki author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steele_Rudd
Wiki translator:
Wiki book:
published: 1934 / [language: English]
category: fiction / Tags: Australia, homestead, selection
username: lezer, Anna Simon / http://annasimon.nl
Section: 20 / preface: [**PREFACE**] / License: CC0
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