A Furphy

Apparently an indispensible part of early Outback life was the Furphy metal water tank. These tanks were also used in Gallipoli to bring water to Australian troops. With the watermen came news and stories, sometimes not entirely true - tall stories. Hence the word "furphy" was coined. The tank makers were apparently keen on propaganda. Hence the stork motif and the exhortion to produce and populate or perish. There was also a warning about the evils of alcohol. To save space this propaganda was written in Pitman's shorthand.