John David Hennessey

John David Hennessey (1847 – 1935), author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

He was a Methodist and Congregational minister and did some religious journalism and general editing. He founded and edited the "Australian Christian World" from 1886 to 1891 and in 1894 the "Australian Field", a weekly agricultural paper.

As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, he published several novels including:

* "The Dis-Honourable" (1895)
* "An Australian Bush Track" (1896)
* "Wynnum" (1896)
* "A Lost Identity" (1897)
* "The Outlaw" (1913)
* "A Tail of Gold" (1914)
* "The Caves of Shend" (1915)
* "The Cords of Vanity" (1920)
* "The New Chum Farmer" (1897)

References

* "The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature", second edition, 1994, Oxford University Press.