Edward Geoghegan

Edward Geoghegan (1813 – 11 January 1869) was an Irish-Australian writer and town clerk. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a medical student when transported as a convict to Australia in 1840. He wrote a number of plays, including The Hibernian Father the first Australian written play professionally performed in Sydney.

Geoghegan died in 1869.

Plays

 * The Hibernian Father (1844)
 * The Currency Lass (1844)
 * True Love, or an Interlude Interrupted (1845)
 * Ravenswood (1843)
 * The Last Days of Pompeii (1844)
 * The Royal Masquer (1845)
 * Captain Kyd (1845)
 * Lafitte the Pirate (1845)