Greenmount (including East Greenmount and Emu Creek)
Quiet township in the Darling Downs.
Located 156 km southwest of Brisbane and 28 km south of Toowoomba, Greenmount's major claim to fame is that, during his formative years, it was the home of 'Steele Rudd', the famous author of On Our Selection and the creator of the immortal characters Dad and Dave.

Like so much of the Darling Downs, Greenmount (it was originally known as Emu Creek) was settled in the 1840s by large landholders who underutilized the rich soils of the area by grazing sheep. It was subject to the 1868 Land Act which resulted in a more intensive land usage with the large leased sheep and cattle runs being sold off as 260-2000 hectare lots.

From 1890-1920 the area became a major producer of dairy products and around 1893 it became the first town on the Darling Downs to establish its own cheese factory.

The tiny hamlet's only claim to fame today is the fact that Arthur Hoey Davis ('Steele Rudd') lived at Emu Creek for 12 years. He was born in Drayton in 1868 and was largely self educated having left school at the age of 12. He worked as a farmhand for five years before leaving the area and moving to Brisbane where he got a job as a clerk. During this time he started writing humorous sketches about rowing for the Brisbane Chronicle. He initially signed his pieces Steele Rudder (a combination of the English essayist Richard Steele and the steering mechanism of a boat) but he later contracted this to Steele Rudd. By 1895 he was writing for the Bulletin and over the next four years he became such a regular and popular contributor that in 1899 a collection of his pieces titled On Our Selection was published. In this collection he created the memorable characters of Dad and Dave.

Things to see:  

Steele Rudd's Shingle Hut
The 'selection' where the Rudd family settled was at Emu Creek (now East Greenmount) and a replica of the old shingle hut where Arthur Davis lived is located on the site of the long departed original dwelling. It is located about 3 km east of the New England Highway and just south of East Greenmount.

	Hotels
	Greenmount Railway Hotel Pilton St Greenmount QLD 4225 Telephone: (07) 4697 1176
	Wheatsheaf Hotel 2 New England Hwy Greenmount QLD 4225 Telephone: (07) 4697 1166