1. Joseph Furphy mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life, regarded as an Australian classic.
10 Facts About Joseph Furphy
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The only books available were the Bible and Shakespeare and at seven years of age Joseph Furphy was already learning passages of each by heart; he never forgot them.
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In 1852 they moved again, to Kyneton where Samuel Joseph Furphy began business as a hay and corn merchant.
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In 1864 Joseph Furphy bought a threshing outfit and travelled the Daylesford and surrounding districts.
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Joseph Furphy became prosperous as the years went by, but the drought came and he had heavy losses.
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Joseph Furphy died in Claremont on 13 September 1912 and is buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.
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Joseph Furphy sent a story 'The Mythical Sundowner' to The Bulletin under the name 'Warrigal Jack' and it was accepted for publication.
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Joseph Furphy suggested cuts including the replacement of two entire chapters.
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Joseph Furphy expanded and remodelled the chapter to form Rigby's Romance, which was serialised in The Barrier Truth from 27 October 1905 to 20 July 1906.
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The home which Joseph Furphy built in Swanbourne is the headquarters of the West Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.