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| Edward Geoghegan |
| Family
Name: |
Geoghegan |
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| Given
Names: |
Edward |
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| DOB |
1813
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DOD |
11 January 1869 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland
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Place
of Death: |
Singleton, NSW |
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Convict
Playwright |
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| Spouse:
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Malvina White m.1832 approx. |
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| Voyages:
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"Middlesex" from Dublin arr. Sydney 25 January 1840
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| Came
out as: |
Convict |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1840
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1840 (shipping record)
Mount Campbell (? near Heathcote) Vic 1852 (Lynch PhD thesis)
Singleton, NSW 1865 approx. onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Dispenser, Cockatoo Island penal establishment (Lynch PhD thesis)
Town Clerk, Singleton, NSW 1866-1869 (obituary) |
| Publications:
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His plays include Ravenswood (1843) Last Days of Pompeii (1844) The Hibernian Father (1844) and The Currency Lass (1844)
His last play was A Trip to Geelong (1861) |
| Notes:
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Possibly a medical student in 1839
Sentenced in Dublin in 1839 to transportation for 7 years for obtaining paper under false pretences (National Archives of Ireland)
Ticket of leave 1846 (Teaching Audt Lit website)
He became one of the most prolific playwrights in colonial New South Wales (Pelosi) |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in October 2011 with information from Janette Pelosi |
| References: |
Convict Records: Archives Office of NSW
National Archives of Ireland. Ireland-Australia transportation database [Edward Geoghegan aged 26 sentenced Dublin June 1839]
Lynch G. Apocryphal Irish texts revived in Australian historical fiction as collective memory. PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide, 2009
Lynch G. Apocryphal and literary influences on Galway diasporic history. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010
Lynch G, Pelosi J. Lost & found: reinstating playwright Edward Geoghegan (1813-1869). In: Ahlqvist A, O’Neill P. Language and
power in the Celtic world. Sydney, 2011:181-203
Pelosi J. Edward Geoghegan. Australian Variety Theatre Archive website
Edward Geoghegan. Oxford companion to Australian literature. Melbourne, 1994 [born Dublin, medical student when convicted, transported to Sydney 1840, later at Melbourne, lists his plays]
Death of Dr. Geoghegan. Maitland Mercury 14 January 1869 [died Singleton, Town Clerk nearly 3 years, had several medical degrees from Paris, dramatic author of no mean order] |
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