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Works of Joseph Furphy (“Tom Collins”)

16 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This list contains various works by Joseph Furphy (1843-1912), who usually wrote as “Tom Collins”; for biographical information, click here.]

Books by Joseph Furphy:
1903: Such is Life, Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Company [by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy)]
1916: The Poems of Joseph Furphy, Melbourne: Lothian (edited by K.B. [Kate Baker])
1921: Rigby’s Romance, Melbourne: C. J. DeGaris Publishing House (abridged version)
1946: Rigby’s Romance, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
1948: The Buln-Buln and the Brolga, Sydney: Angus & Robertson
1996: A Boy of the Old Brigade, Kangaroo Ground (Vic.): Tarcoola Press

Selected short stories by Joseph Furphy:
A vignette of Port Phillip [by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), September 1906]
The discovery of Christmas Reef [part 1 of 3; by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), 25 January 1908]
The discovery of Christmas Reef [part 2 of 3; by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), 1 February 1908]
The discovery of Christmas Reef [part 3 of 3; by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), 8 February 1908]

Letters to the editor by Joseph Furphy:
“The Mythical Sundowner” [by Warrigal Jack (Joseph Furphy), 5 October 1889]
A letter from Warrigal Jack (Joseph Furphy), written in response to an article published in The Bulletin on 14 September 1889.
See also: 1) The Mythical Sundowner [The Bulletin, 14 September 1889]
The article (author unknown) which was the subject of Joseph Furphy’s letter, published in The Bulletin.
2) [In reply to remarks of “Warrigal Jack” on “The Mythical Sundowner”] [by The Big Irishman, 19 October 1889]
A letter written in response to Joseph Furphy’s letter.

Black Australia [by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), 30 October 1902]
A letter from Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), written in response to an article published in The Bulletin on 16 August 1889.
See also: Something Aboriginal [by Archibald Meston, 16 August 1902]
The article, by Archibald Meston, which was the subject of Joseph Furphy’s letter, published in The Bulletin.

“The Burns Myth” [by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), 22 August 1896]
A letter from Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), written in response to letters published in The Bulletin on 1 August 1896 and 15 August 1896.
See also: 1) The Burns Myth [The Bulletin, 1 August 1896]
A letter to The Bulletin, which was the subject of Joseph Furphy’s letter.
2) “The Burns Myth” [The Bulletin, 15 August 1896]
A second letter to The Bulletin, which was the subject of Joseph Furphy’s letter.

Poetry by Joseph Furphy:
[Arranged alphabetically.]
“Are You the Cove?”
Autograph Verses
Birthday Lines to K. B.
“Brahm”
Breaking the News
“The Bullfrog Bell”
A Christmas Greeting to K. B.
A Christmas Hymn
The Death of President Lincoln
Elegy on Lincoln
The Fly in the Ointment
“Glory to God; To Men Good Will!”
“The Gumsucker’s Dirge”
Impromptu Lines
In Memoriam
Lines for Lizer-Jane’s Album
A Psalm of Counsel
A Psalm of Fortitude
A Psalm of Patience
A Psalm of Resignation
A Psalm of Subjection
“The Schoolhouse on the Plain”
A S.S.T.’s Lament
Time
Virtues that Pay
What the Heart of the Poet Said to the “Bulletin”

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