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Name	Joseph Furphy
Alternative Names	Tom Collins
Born	26 September, 1843 Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 September, 1912 (aged 68) Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Churches of Christ Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Furphy, John (brother) Baker, Catherine (friend) Franklin, Miles (friend) Thomson, Andrew Kilpatrick (author) Stone, Walter William (related entry)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farmer (1867-1873) Victoria, Australia selector (1867-1867) Victoria, Australia bullocky (1873-1886) Victoria, Australia carrier (1873-1884) Victoria, Australia temperance advocate (1873-1912) Victoria, Australia novelist (1893-1904) Victoria, Australia poet (1893-1904) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1893-1904) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate