Who is Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy (Irish: Seosamh Ó Foirbhithe; 26 September 1843 – 13 September 1912) was an Australian author and poet who is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic.

Personal life

Furphy was born at Yering Station in Yering, Victoria. His father, Samuel Furphy, was originally a tenant farmer from Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland, who emigrated to Australia in c. 1840-1841. Samuel Furphy was head gardener on the station. There was no school in the district and at first Joseph was educated by his mother. The only books available were the Bible and Shakespeare and at seven years of age Furphy was already learning ...
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Joseph Furphy Poems

• The Bullfrog Bell
  Now the truce of night brings respite to the sordid care of day,
  And in listlessness I pace the river side,
  Where the solitude is wounded by no lighted window's ray;
  But illicit fancy will not be denied ...
• Finis. Time.
  O Time! Time! Time!
  Thou wondrous mystery!
  Within whose rune and rhyme
  Lies all Man's history ...
• A Christmas Greeting To K.b.
  While changing Seasons run their course,
  Controlled and guided from above,
  It is thy part to re-enforce
  The broadening stream of Light and Love....
• Birthday Lines For K.b.
  Life is a Poem, short or long,
  A dismal Dirge, or jovial Song,
  A Psalm of faith, or Lay of Pride,
  One stanza by each year supplied. ...
• Autograph Verses
  'Prove what Life can give of gladness;
  Seek for aught that merits trust â??
  All thy mirth will turn to sadness,
  All thy bliss to cold disgust. ...

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Comments about Joseph Furphy

• Jcucase: a/prof roger osborne has been shortlisted for the 2022 auhe prize for literary scholarship. in the life of such is life: a cultural history of an australian classic, he offers a critical biography of the novel by joseph furphy. download now
• Awardfurphy: professor john barnes had a passion for writing and literature including the life and works of joseph furphy. he chaired our judging panel for the furphy literary award and we will miss his wisdom, insight and friendship. vale.
• Unaustraliana: warrigal jack (a.k.a. joseph furphy) in the bulletin, 5 october 1889: "back, back in dim epochs which have left but scanty relics, the pre-historic sundowner performed his diurnal journey from one lacustrine dwelling to another..."
• Callmesauceface: 3 of 5 stars to such is life by joseph furphy
• Bgowritersfest: this brilliant initiative in honour of joseph furphy, shepparton, and the astonishing "such is life"

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