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[title page] [The Eureka Stockade, by Raffaello Carboni, 1855]

30 January 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the title page from The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni. A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] Sit nomen Domini benedictum The Eureka Stockade: The Consequence of Some Pirates … [Read more...] about [title page] [The Eureka Stockade, by Raffaello Carboni, 1855]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 7, part 2]

15 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Seven of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] Satan approached, carrying his negatively gifted rider, at … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 7, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 6, part 3]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the third part of Chapter Six of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] The cranky boundary rider’s little weatherboard hut, standing … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 6, part 3]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 6, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Six of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] The half-caste had cantered up to the horse-paddock gate, … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 6, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 5, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Five of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] “Same thought struck several of us, but it did n’t strike … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 5, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 4, part 3]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the third part of Chapter Four of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] I helped Tommy out of his embarrassment by an occasional … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 4, part 3]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 4, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Four of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] I never dealt better since I was a man. No one has dealt … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 4, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 3]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the third part of Chapter Three of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] Approaching the house, I judged by the style of window … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 3]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Three of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] The longer I smoked, the more charmed I was with the … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 2, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter Two of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] I had a letter from him a month afterward, but as the … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 2, part 2]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 3]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the third part of Chapter One of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] Then I disposed my possum rug and saddle, took off my boots, … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 3]

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Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 2]

14 September 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is the second part of Chapter One of the novel Such is Life by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy). A glossary has been provided to explain various words and phrases that may be unfamiliar to modern readers.] A constrained silence fell on the grown-up children, till … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 2]

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