Furphy, Joseph, 1843-1912

Joseph Furphy, the writer, was born at Yering, near Yarra Glen. He is best known for Such is life (1903) published under the pen-name 'Tom Collins'.

From the description of [Manuscript booklet of poems], ca. 1905-[not after 2000]. [manuscript]. ca. 1905-[not after 2000]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271320680

Joseph Furphy is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel." He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins, and was extremely popular in Australia during the late 19th century. Furphy was born in Yering, Victoria, a rural district outside Melbourne, on 26 Sept. 1843. His father was a tenant farmer from Tanderagee, County Armagh, Ireland, who emigrated to Australia in 1840. Furphy is best known for his book Such is Life which he completed in 1897, submitted to the weekly Bulletin whose editor, A.G. Stephens, suggested he excise large sections; the Bulletiin published the reduced text in 1903. One of the two deleted sections, Chapter V, after suitable revisions by Furphy, was published first as a serial in the Barrier Truth, Broken Hill, in 1905-06, and as the renamed Rigby's Romance it was first published as a book in an abridged form in 1921, and complete in 1946. In 1905 Furphy moved to Western Australia, where two of his sons had established a business. He died at Claremont, a suburb of Perth, on 13 Sept. 1912.

From the description of Such is life manuscript fragments, circa 1897. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 162135892

Best known for his novel, Such is life (1903), Furphy wrote articles, novels and poems, sometimes under the pseudonym Tom Collins.

From the description of Letter : Auckland, to Joseph Furphy [manuscript]. 1905. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225784221

Under the pseudonym of Tom Collins, was the author of Such is Life, and contributor of articles to the Sydney Bulletin.

From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225757152

Joseph Furphy is best known for Such is life (1903).

From the description of [Manuscript booklet of poems] [manuscript]. ca. 1905. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223040469

Joseph Furphy and Kate Baker were witnesses at the 1891 wedding of Harry Baker and Clara Jesse in Williamstown.

From the description of Letter : Shepparton, to Harry Baker [manuscript]. 1903 August 13. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224040310