Furphy, Joseph Writer and author, under the pseudonym Tom Collins, of the classic Australian novel 'Such is Life', first published in 1903. Milestone Born Yering, VIC 06 Sep 1843 {"name":"Born","target":"","target_text":"Yering, VIC","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>06 Sep 1843<\/span>"},"date_start":"1843-09-06","date_end":"1843-09-06"} Died Claremont, WA 13 Sep 1912 {"name":"Died","target":"","target_text":"Claremont, WA","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>13 Sep 1912<\/span>"},"date_start":"1912-09-13","date_end":"1912-09-13"} Occupation Writer {"name":"Writer","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Visitor {"name":"Visitor","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}