Such Is Life

This collection features fictional observations by a narrator traveling through rural southern New South Wales and Victoria in the 1880s, capturing the lives and accents of various Australian countryside dwellers such as bullock drivers, squatters, and itinerant travelers. Through these stories, it offers a glimpse into the hardships and experiences of rural Australians in the late nineteenth century, along with the narrator's personal philosophy of life. Originally written in 1897 and published posthumously in 1946, the work provides a rich portrayal of the era's rural cultural landscape.