[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]
[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]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 1]
[Editor: This is the first 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.] Chapter III FRI. NOV. 9. Charley’s Paddock. Binney. … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 3, part 1]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 2, part 2]
[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]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 2, part 1]
[Editor: This is the first 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.] Chapter II When I undertook the pleasant task of writing … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 2, part 1]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 3]
[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]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 2]
[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]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 1]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 1] [Editor: This is the first 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 … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [chapter 1, part 1]
Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [introduction]
[Editor: This is the introduction section 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.] Introduction Contrary to usage, these memoirs are published, … [Read more...] about Such is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) [introduction]
Sydney Harbour (New Year’s Eve, 1897) [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903 (1897)]
[Editor: Mary E. Richmond was a New Zealander who visited Australia in 1897, and wrote several poems about the places she visited, later published in her book Poems (1903).] Sydney Harbour (New Year’s Eve, 1897) The jewelled city glitters through the night, The … [Read more...] about Sydney Harbour (New Year’s Eve, 1897) [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903 (1897)]
Leura [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
[Editor: Mary E. Richmond was a New Zealander who visited Australia in 1897, and wrote several poems about the places she visited, later published in her book Poems (1903).] Leura (Blue Mountains.) Dark cleft of Leura ! how the sunlight gleams Athwart thy dim tree … [Read more...] about Leura [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
Kiama, N.S.W. [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903 (1897)]
[Editor: Mary E. Richmond was a New Zealander who visited Australia in 1897, and wrote several poems about the places she visited, later published in her book Poems (1903).] Kiama, N.S.W. Kiama on the undulating hills Beside the changeful sunlit southern seas, Thou … [Read more...] about Kiama, N.S.W. [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903 (1897)]
Katoomba [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
[Editor: Mary E. Richmond was a New Zealander who visited Australia in 1897, and wrote several poems about the places she visited, later published in her book Poems (1903).] Katoomba (A gorge in the Blue Mountains, N.S.W.) O strange Katoomba ! did the savage … [Read more...] about Katoomba [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
Chatswood, N.S.W. [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
[Editor: Mary E. Richmond was a New Zealander who visited Australia in 1897, and wrote several poems about the places she visited, later published in her book Poems (1903).] Chatswood, N.S.W. Chatswood, thy pleasant name is like a spell To drive away a cloud of city … [Read more...] about Chatswood, N.S.W. [poem by Mary E. Richmond, 1903]
The Land Where the Long Liquors Grow [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] The Land Where the Long Liquors Grow. When we’ve wrote the “They Says” with an empty ink vase, and we’ve glanced over the final “revise,” There’s a Land that we … [Read more...] about The Land Where the Long Liquors Grow [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
A Prophetic Pome [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] A Prophetic Pome. I dreamt last night was the twenty-sixth, and John Forrest had just said, “Lo ! Let my scheme arise on its two hind feet ; let my noble … [Read more...] about A Prophetic Pome [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
When Your Brains Are Out On Strike [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] When Your Brains Are Out On Strike. “I am barren of ideas,” sighed the rhymester mid the beers, As he sadly eyed his pewter in pursuit of brilliant thoughts … [Read more...] about When Your Brains Are Out On Strike [poem by Grant Hervey, 18 January 1903]
When Your Hat Blows Off [poem by Grant Hervey, 11 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] When Your Hat Blows Off. (Memo.— This poem is written in the lining of a valuable “tile” which has just been blown off and gutter-stained beyond repair ; so any … [Read more...] about When Your Hat Blows Off [poem by Grant Hervey, 11 January 1903]
Io ! [poem by Grant Hervey, 11 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] Io ! The Romans had a Feast Day — A day they called Io ! It was no solemn priest-day, No time of holy woe. It was a time of laughing — No day of psalters … [Read more...] about Io ! [poem by Grant Hervey, 11 January 1903]
When a Man’s Sewing Buttons on his Pants [poem by Grant Hervey, 4 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] When A Man’s Sewing Buttons On His Pants. (Written at 2 a.m.) ’Tis a grave and solemn moment, free from stir and wordy foment, when the lonely son of woman … [Read more...] about When a Man’s Sewing Buttons on his Pants [poem by Grant Hervey, 4 January 1903]
The Corruption of Angeldom [poem by Grant Hervey, 4 January 1903]
[Editor: A poem by Grant Hervey, published in his “Cuts and Carvings” column in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA).] The Corruption of Angeldom It was Cup-time up in heaven and the saints went flying round, Buying new straw crowns and haloes and gay plumage for that same … [Read more...] about The Corruption of Angeldom [poem by Grant Hervey, 4 January 1903]
The fruit trade and “White Australia.” [13 May 1903]
[Editor: This article is a section from the “Victorian rural notes” column by W. G. M’Kinney. Published in The Australian Town and Country Journal, 13 May 1903.] The fruit trade and “White Australia.” A Tasmanian visitor to Melbourne during the present week, who is … [Read more...] about The fruit trade and “White Australia.” [13 May 1903]