Author:Charles Henry Chomley

Charles Henry Chomley
(1868–1942)

Charles Henry Chomley

Works

Fiction

Novels

• The Wisdom of Esau (1901) (with Outhwaite, R. L. (Robert Leonard), 1869-1930) New York: Cassell & Co.
• The Long Lost Galleon (1905)
• Mark Meredith: A Tale of Socialism (1905) Melbourne: Edgerton & Moore[1]

Short story collections

• Tales of Old Times: Early Australian Incident and Adventure (1903) Melbourne: Pater
  • The Wreck of the London, pp. 5-22
  • The Nelson Gold Robbery, pp. 23-34.
  • The Myall Creek Massacre, pp. 35-54
  • The Diamond Creek Bushrangers, pp. 55-72
  • Black Thursday, pp. 73-84
  • From the Letters of Victorian Pioneers, pp. 85-104
  • Very Early Victoria', pp. 105-126
  • A Successful Revolution, pp. 126-145
  • The Founding of Sydney, pp. 146-160

• The Jackeroo: A Comedy in One Act (1921)

Children’s

• The Flight of the Black Swan: A Tale of Piracy and Adventure (1903) London: George Rutledge & Sons

Biography

• The True Story of the Kelly Gang of Bushrangers (1900), Melbourne: Fraser & Jenkinson, 1920 (Earlier ed. 1907) [2]

Law and society

• Protection in Canada and Australasia (1904) London: P.S. King & Son [3]
• Australian pros and cons: a guide to the principal questions of the day, giving the best arguments on both sides, (1905) Melbourne: Fraser & Jenkinson
• Law for laymen: an Australian book of legal advice and information, clear, concise and practical (1907) Melbourne: Fraser & Jenkinson
• The essential reform: land value taxation in theory & practice (with R.L. Outhwaite), (1909) London: Sidgwick & Jackson

Journal articles

• Various articles in the Arena and British Australasian

Works about Chomley

• de Serville, P. H., 'Chomley, Charles Henry (1868 - 1942)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 642-643. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070653b.htm.

Other documents

• University of Queensland archive