Furphy, John (1842-1920)

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blacksmith; farming machinery manufacturer; foundry owner; inventor; Methodist lay leader; wheelwright
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FURPHY, JOHN (1842-1920), engineering blacksmith, was born on 17 June 1842 at Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, the eldest son of Samuel Furphy, farmer, and his wife Judith, née Hare. His parents had arrived from County Armagh, Ireland, in 1841 as bounty immigrants; his father was then described as an agricultural servant and his mother as a dressmaker. He was educated first by his mother and then at government schools at Kangaroo Ground and Kyneton. He was later apprenticed to a Kyneton firm of blacksmiths and implement makers, Hutcheson & Walker, who were pioneers in the local manufacture of farm machinery. In 1864 he set up as a blacksmith in Kyneton and stayed there until 1873 when he moved to the newly surveyed township of Shepparton in the Goulburn valley, where he opened the first blacksmith's and wheelwright's shop. His business expanded into ironfounding and by 1888 his establishment was the most extensive of its kind in northern Victoria. At the foundry he produced a variety of agricultural implements and specialized in modifications to suit local farming conditions. One of his patents was a grain stripper which won first prize at the Grand National Show in 1884 and had a wide sale before the manufacture of the combine harvester. At the International Exhibition in 1888-89 his entry of a grain-stripping machine, a furrow plough and iron swingletrees was among those gaining the highest possible award.

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  1. 'Furphy, John (1842 - 1920)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    John Barnes
    [1972]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 4
    pp 225-226.

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  1. Diary
    Furphy, John, 1842-1920
    [ Unpublished : 1903 ]
    At State Library of VIC
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  1. Two brothers : a bit of a yarn / by Roger Furphy
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  2. Diary
    Furphy, John, 1842-1920
    [ Unpublished : 1903 ]
    At State Library of VIC
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