John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey,[1] journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875.[2] He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey retired from journalism when he was about seventy years old, however he continued his literary work until shortly before his death, which occurred after a brief illness. He was buried at the Dromana Cemetery.
As well as short stories in magazines in Australia and England, Hennessey published several novels. One, The Outlaw, was awarded second prize of £400 in a £1,000 novel competition.[3] Hennessey kept a diary on his voyage from England to Australia on the ship Lammermuir and it is now held in the State Library of Queensland.[2]
^ abc"REV. DAVID HENNESSEY". Northern Star. Vol. 60. New South Wales, Australia. 17 August 1935. p. 5. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, second edition, 1994, Oxford University Press.
Australian Literature a Bibliography to 1938 Extended to 1950 (Angus and Robertson, 1956), page 228, by Miller and Macartney.
