10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURPHY»
Discover the use of
furphy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
furphy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Joseph
Furphy: The Legend of a Man and His Book
From the author of "Such is Life", this book challenges us with death deceit, the vagaries of marriage and the embarassing brutality of pioneering encounters with Aborigines. With an introduction, envoi and notes by Frances Devlin Glass.
Miles Franklin, Kate Baker,
1944
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Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land
Did you know that the saying 'It's a Furphy! — meaning a rumour or a false story
— came from a water tank? In 1873 John Furphy moved his general
blacksmithing business from Kyneton in hopes of a better business future
elsewhere.
3
Furphy: The Water Cart and the Word
This book challenges some widely held misconceptions about the origin of the word and gives a full and authentic account of the history of the making and marketing of the Furphy. Furphy water carts were made for over 90 years.
John Barnes, Andrew Furphy,
2005
4
The order of things: a life of Joseph
Furphy
This book tells the life story of Joseph Furphy, author of the Australian classic, Such is Life.
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The Poems of Joseph
Furphy
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Joseph Furphy, Kate Baker,
2010
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Encyclopedia of the Novel
The novel received mainly warm reviews in Australia and in the United Kingdom,
but the intricacy of its plotting and ideas was apparent to only one reviewer,
Joseph Furphy himself writing anonymously in the Sydney Bulletin. It was not
until ...
7
The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J
John Arnold, John A. Hay, Sally Batten. FURPHY, JOSEPH FURPHY, JOSEPH (
m) b. 26 September 1843 Yering, Vic; d. 13 September 1912 Claremont, WA.
Name/s published under: Joseph Furphy; Tom Collins; Warrigal Jack. Fiction
Such is ...
John Arnold, John A. Hay, Sally Batten,
2001
8
Haughton FORREST (1826-1925): Biography, Catalogue and ...
Under Sail and Steam (Leonard Joel) Sailing, Coastal 39 cm (height) x 72 cm (
width) (Furphy) Landmarks Unsigned Oil on canvas Sold by Leonard Joel,
Melbourne, 07/11/1973, Lot No. 557, A$1,050H, A$1,o5oP Breaking Light Over a
Heavy ...
Geoffrey M. Ayling, Ian (Malik) Smith, The Forrest Project
Back in the eighteen hundreds, there was I understand A clever chap, called “
Furphy”, who lived upon our land, There was a lot of farmers too, and “Furphy”
heard 'em shoutin' We need somehin' for our water, to move it round about in.
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Real Relations: The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian ...
hile Ada Cambridge was travelling back and forth from Beechworth to enjoy the
1888 Centennial Exhibition, 150 kilometres away in Shepparton Joseph Furphy
faced difficulties with his wife and family over his friendship with the
schoolteacher ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURPHY»
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furphy is used in the context of the following news items.
Council mergers not main concern
This is put as evidence but it's a furphy," Associate Professor Ryan said. Advertisement. "Where people do report concern, it is generally about ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Governance Institute plan on company directors out of touch
They claimed the sell-off raised data security issues — a furphy, as the government has made it clear the database will remain in public ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
Legalising sex work in SA
Back in Adelaide, Lensink described the idea that decriminalisation would encourage the trafficking of women as a “furphy” and said that ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
Rider told 'furphies': Court
... to a police investigation which followed the incident was unacceptable. “He told police a furphy,” Sergeant Westman said. See your ad here. «Armidale Express, Jul 15»
Greenest EV Charging Solution On Market Just Released
The idea that a grid needs baseload generators is a furphy. South Australia has clearly demonstrated that it's not necessary. Once we kill the ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
BCG Future Farmers Expo | Photos, video
Lion Craft's Mathew Burns showcases Furphy beer at the Birchip Cropping Group expo on Wednesday. Pictures: SAMANTHA CAMARRI. «Bendigo Advertiser, Jul 15»
Media reform could be back on Government agenda
The Internet has been cited as a diverse news source: that is furphy. The Internet is good at multitudinous reporting of the same, existing news ... «Radioinfo, Jul 15»
IBAC probe: Nine men charged over alleged Public Transport …
Michael De La Torre, Graham Davis, Andrew Hayes, Darrel Salter, Todd Huggard and Samuel Furphy are also charged with corruption ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
Out of the Woods
The furphy of high-value agriculture, we believe, is just a backdoor way of having mass clearing for cattle. CAITLYN GRIBBIN: Even if people ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
Adversity brings out the best in our industries
So, any suggestion that a business has to have strong growth to be profitable is misguided or a furphy. Almost one in five of the surveyed ... «The Australian, Jul 15»