Edward Reeve (1822 – May 1889) was a journalist and public servant in New South Wales, remembered as an art connoisseur and playwright.
Around 1860, while holding that post, he was appointed Curator of the Nicholson Museum of Antiquities at the Sydney University, and was energetic and assiduous in documenting the collection.
He published its first catalogue, for which he was widely commended, and wrote on the early history of the university, with descriptions of the stained glass windows.
[3] He was the author of an historical drama Raymond, the Lord of Milan, based on Milanese History in the 13th century, which was published by Hawksley and Cunninghame in 1851 and produced in Sydney, starring H. N. Warner, Mrs Charles Poole, and Mr. Burford.
He was author of a Gazetteer of Central Polynesia, published first in the Herald, 14 May 1857[4] – 7 August 1857[5] then in booklet form, for which he received a vote of thanks from His Hawaiian Majesty Kamehameha V on 13 September 1858.