Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914)
Original by her husband Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1874
Photo copyright © KLW NFC Group KLW NFC Imprint ARR
The Generations
Below is a brief summary of generational levels of the immediate families of photographer Thomas J. Nevin and his wife Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day.
(a) GENERATION ONE: Dickson, Nevin, Pocock, Day and Goldsmith
Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson (1810-1875) and John Nevin snr (1808-1887) had four children, all born near Belfast, Ireland between 1842 and 1852, prior to arrival as free settlers at Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in July 1852. Mary Ann Dickson was the sister of rose grower Alexander Dickson, established at Newtonards, Ireland. John Nevin snr was a former soldier ( Royal Scots First Regiment), a journalist, poet and gardener.
Children of Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson and John Nevin snr
1. Thomas James (Thos) Nevin (1842-1923) m. Elizabeth Rachel Day (1847-1914)
2. Mary Ann Nevin (1844-1878) m. John Carr
3. Rebecca Jane Nevin (1847-1865)
4. William John (Jack) Nevin (1852-1891)
Children of Rachel Day nee Pocock (ca. 1812-1857) and Captain James Day (1806-1882). Rachel Day nee Pocock died of “consumption” at Hobart in 1857, and Captain James Day died in 1882 at the home of his younger daughter Mary Sophia Axup, Battery Point, Hobart. Photographer Thomas James Nevin married Elizabeth Rachel Day on 11th July, 1871 at Kangaroo Valley, Hobart.
1.Elizabeth Rachel (Lizza) Day (1847-1914) m. Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)
2. Mary Sophia Day (1853-1942) m. Hector Charles James Horatio Axup (1843-1927)
Children of Elizabeth Goldsmith nee Day (1802-1875), sister of Captain James Day, and Captain Edward Goldsmith (1804-1869). These were the Goldsmith cousins of the Day sisters, Elizabeth Rachel Day and Mary Sophia Day. Richard died in Hobart, 24 yrs old, in 1854 and Edward jnr died in Rochester (UK) in 1883.
1. Richard Sydney Goldsmith (1830-1854)
2. Edward Goldsmith jnr (1836-1883) m. Sarah Jane Rivers (1835-1926)
(a.1) GENERATION ONE extended: John Nevin’s second marriage: Genge and Chandler families
Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson (1810-1875), first wife of John Nevin snr (1808-1887) died in 1875. He married his second wife, widow Martha Genge (1833-1925) (formerly Salter), in 1879. There were no children born to Martha Genge and John Nevin, although they acted as step-grandparents to Minnie Carr (1878-1898) daughter of John Nevin’s daughter Mary Ann Carr nee Nevin (1844-1878) who died in Victoria within weeks of giving birth.
Mary Chandler nee Genge (1835-1923), sister of Martha Nevin nee Genge was the second wife of shoe maker William Chandler. Of the three children born in this marriage, the youngest, James Chandler (1877-1945), who would become a professional photographer, was Thomas J. Nevin’s successor to the vocation of photography within the extended family network.
(b) GENERATION TWO: Day, Nevin, and Axup
Mary Sophia Axup nee Day (1853-1942) and Hector Charles James Horatio Axup (1843-1927) had five children between 1878 and 1891.
Children of Mary Sophia Axup nee Day and Hector C. Axup
NB: These dates may not be totally accurate.
1. Rachel Frances Eva Axup (1878-1978) m. P. Baldwin
2. Sidney James Vernon Axup (1882-1975) m. Emily Tyson
3. Edward Harold Leslie Axup (1885-1964) m.
4. Patience Ella Mary Axup (1889-1913)
5. Olive Lilian Ethel Axup (1891- ? ) m. Charles Wilshire, 10 May 1920
Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914) and Thomas James Nevin (1842-1923) had seven children, six surviving to adulthood. Three sons – Sydney, William and George – were born at the Hobart Town Hall during their father’s residency as Office and Hall Keeper. Sydney died four months after birth.
Children of Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day and Thomas J. Nevin:
1. Mary Florence Elizabeth (May) Nevin (1872-1955)
2. Thomas James (Sonny) Nevin (1874-1948) m. Gertrude Tennyson Bates (1883-1958)
3. Sydney John Nevin (1876-1877)
4. William John Nevin (1878-1927)
5. George Ernest Nevin (1880-1957)
6. Mary Ann (Minnie) Nevin (1884-1974) m. James Henry Alfred Drew (1878-1963)
7. Albert Edward Nevin (1888-1955) m. Emily Maud Davis (1891-1971)
Posts about Women in 19th century Tasmania
This list (below) was generated from the TOC Table of Contents complete archive's category label "About Women" November2023 (113 posts):
First Mate James DAY on the "Panama" to California 1850-1852 2023-11-12 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Newspapers, Ships and Captains
Prisoner Charles J. GARFORTH said he would make Superintendent Adolarious H. BOYD pay dearly, 1875 2023-10-20 19th century prison photography, About women, Police Records, The Port Arthur Convicts Commission
"HOPE": John Nevin's poem on slavery 1863 and the U.S. Proclamation of Emancipation 2023-05-31 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Newspapers, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith and the saltmarsh known as Lady's Tippett, 1870 2023-05-04 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendant families, Legal fraternity, Videos
Preview of new research 2023 2023-01-17 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendant families, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Indigenous elder Truganini and poet Ann Kearney, 1875 2022-07-11 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Archives Office Tasmania, Exhibitions and Publications, Legal fraternity, Stereographs
Lost originals: the Nevin, Genge and Chandler family photographs 2021-11-28 About women, Biographica, Descendant families, Family portraits, Negative prints, Private Collections
NEVIN & SMITH, 1868: the client with white fingernails 2021-10-21 19th century photographers, About women, Diseases, Private Collections, Trademarks and stamps
Captains, emigrants and convicts: the summer of 1842-1843 in Hobart, VDL 2021-10-10 19th century photographers, About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Best of friends: Emma PITT and Liz O'MEAGHER 1866 2021-09-24 19th century photographers, About women, Group Portraits, Land grants, National Library of New Zealand
Lost and found: one day in 1866 and the scientific racism which followed 2021-08-30 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Descendant families, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Private Collections
Captain Goldsmith's "private friend" Edward Macdowell 1840s 2021-06-14 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Supreme Court Convictions
George and Matilda Cherry at Thomas Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2021-04-06 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Reproductions of Charles A. Woolley's portrait of Tasmanian Aborigines 1860s-1915 2021-03-21 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections
Captain Hector Axup and the French lady of Green Island, 1888 2021-03-04 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Biotica, Captain Hector Axup, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains
The case against Henry Stock (var. Stocks) 1884 for the murder of his wife and her child 2021-02-20 19th century prison photography, About women, Clothing, Hobart Gaol, Newspapers, Supreme Court Convictions
Clients posing with Thomas J. Nevin's big box stereoscopic viewer 2021-02-17 About women, Clothing, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps, Videos
Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY: a "queer-looking man" 1842-1891 2021-02-09 19th century prison photography, About women, Attribution Issues, Hobart Gaol, Supreme Court Convictions, TMAG
Thomas J. Nevin at his finest: Camille Del Sarte and family 1860s-1870s 2020-12-21 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, Music, Private Collections
John Nevin at inquest for James Thornton 1889 2020-10-10 About women, Biographica, Hobart Gaol, Hotels, Supreme Court Convictions, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Alfred Bock and the Bayles sisters 2020-09-30 19th century photographers, About women, Clothing, Private Collections
Elizabeth Allport nee Ritchie at Thomas J. Nevin's studio 1876 2020-09-08 About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Stereo graphs
Alfred Hope and his landau with Albert Nevin on horseback early 1900s 2020-08-24 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Newspapers
Elizabeth Rachel Day's album opener 1860s 2020-08-10 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Sarah Crouch at Thomas J. Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2020-07-31 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica
James McEvoy's fine fabrics ex Captain Goldsmith's "Parrock Hall" Sydney 1845 2020-07-23 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Clothing, KLW NFC photography, Ships and Captains
T. J. Nevin's 1870s mugshots the inspiration for 21st century artworks 2020-05-12 19th century prison photography, About women, Attribution Issues, Exhibitions and Publications, National Library of Australia, Private Collections
Youngest daughter Minnie Nevin m. James Drew (1884-1974) 2020-01-03 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections
Rosanna Domeney nee Tilley at Thomas Nevin's studio 1870s 2019-11-07 About women, Biographica, Hotels, Land grants, Ships and Captains
Thomas Nevin and Alfred Barrett Biggs 1872-1876 2019-09-11 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Hotels, Stereographs
Exhibition 2019: T. J. NEVIN's mugshot of prisoner James BLANCHFIELD 1875 2019-07-29 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Hobart Gaol, Misattribution, Police Records, Soldiers, Supreme Court Convictions
Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING 1870 - 1876 2019-06-26 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Misattribution, Police Records, Supreme Court Convictions
Prisoner William SAYER or SAWYER 1875 2019-06-21 19th century prison photography, About women, Supreme Court Convictions
Thomas Nevin, Sam Clifford and the Flying Squadron at Hobart, January 1870 2019-06-20 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains, Soldiers, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Joseph Somes, Captain Edward Goldsmith and the "Angelina" 1844-46 2019-04-24 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, National Archives UK, National Library of New Zealand, Ships and Captains
A distinguished forelock: Henry Dresser Atkinson on board the "City of Hobart" 1872 2019-03-11 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Biotica, Group Portraits, Private Collections, Stereographs
Captain Edward Goldsmith and wife Elizabeth's land deals in VDL 2018-12-09 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Land grants, Ships and Captains
Bleak Expectations: Captain Goldsmith's will in Chancery 1871-1922 2018-06-21 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Hotels, National Archives UK
John Nevin snr and family 1851-1854: shipping documents 2018-04-30 About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the conundrums of the Ethiopian Serenaders 1851 2018-02-12 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Exhibitions and Publications, Library of Congress
The Will of Richard Goldsmith snr (1769-1839) 2018-01-31 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Hotels, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains
Treasures passed down from Captain Edward Goldsmith and Captain James Day 2017-11-14 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections
Portraits and landscapes from T. J. Nevin's cohort 2017-09-14 19th century photographers, About women, Private Collections, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps
Amy Bock's bid for marriage equality in 1909 in New Zealand 2017-09-06 19th century photographers, About women, Clothing, Hotels, National Library of New Zealand, Newspapers, Police Records
One session, two poses at the City Photographic Establishment 2017-08-15 19th century photographers, About women, Private Collections, TMAG
Marriage breakdown: Elizabeth Amos v Alfred Threlkeld Mayson 1879-1882 2017-03-10 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps
Tom Nevin and father-in-law bandmaster Walter Tennyson Bates 2017-02-15 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Descendants and In-Laws, Newspapers, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Captain Goldsmith & death at sea of Antarctic circumnavigator Captain John Biscoe 1843 2016-05-27 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Videos
The desecration of Minnie Carr's grave 1898 2016-05-20 About women, Biographica, National Gallery of Victoria, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Woman with pink ribbons by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2016-05-20 About women, Clothing, National Gallery of Victoria, Negative prints, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
Captain Edward Goldsmith, the diarist Annie Baxter and a burial at sea 1848 2016-05-12 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Videos
Captain & Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith: Rattler's maiden voyage 1846 2016-04-21 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, National Library of New Zealand, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Captain Goldsmith, the Parrock Hall and playwright David Burn, Sydney 1844 2016-04-08 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Ships and Captains
Captain Edward Goldsmith's grave at Chalk Church, Kent UK 2016-04-05 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Thomas Nevin and Frederick Stops, right-hand man to the A-G 2015-09-26 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, QVMAG, TMAG
With Jean Porthouse GRAVES 1870s West Hobart 2015-09-03 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Newspapers, Private Collections, Stereographs, TMAG
Elizabeth Bayley at Runnymede, New Town 1874-1875 2015-08-15 About women, Biographica, Ships and Captains, TMAG
Elwick House and Elwick Bay 2015-07-15 19th century photographers, About women, KLW NFC photography, Stereographs, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
Calling the shots in colour 1864-1879 2015-04-20 19th century photographers, 19th century prison photography, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Attribution Issues, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, National Gallery of Australia
Portraits of older women by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2015-01-31 About women, Clothing, Private Collections, State Library Victoria, TMAG
Thomas Nevin's women clients and their dresses 1870s 2015-01-26 About women, Clothing, KLW NFC photography, Private Collections, TMAG
Our Fourteenth Anniversary 2005-2019 2015-01-17 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The firm of Nevin & Smith stamps and label 1867-1868 2015-01-11 19th century photographers, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Stereographs, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
The concertina player 1860s 2014-12-28 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Stereographs, TMAG, Videos
Thomas Nevin, informant for surveyor John Hurst 1868 2014-10-26 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Kangaroo Valley Hobart
A few drinks on Christmas Eve 1885 at New Town 2014-10-23 About women, Biographica, Hotels, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Police Records, Supreme Court men
Thomas J. Nevin at the New Town studio to 1888 2014-10-18 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Captain Goldsmith dines with the Franklins at Govt House 2014-08-11 About women, Biotica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, KLW NFC photography, Ships and Captains
Prisoner Henry SINGLETON aka Harry the Tinker who pinches books 2014-04-20 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, National Library of Australia, Newspapers, Police Records, QVMAG
Miss Nevin and Morton Allport 2014-04-16 About women, Biographica, Biotica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Carnal knowledge of children: convictions 1860s-1880s 2014-04-15 19th century prison photography, About women, Police Records, QVMAG, Supreme Court Convictions
"Lines on the much lamented death of Rebecca Jane Nevin" by John Nevin 1866 2013-07-18 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, University of Melbourne
Cousins Edward and Elizabeth baptised at St Mary's Rotherhithe 2013-05-17 About women, Biographica, Biotica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Videos
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the wreck of the James 1830 2013-04-25 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains
One of the last portraits by Alfred Bock in Hobart 1865 2013-04-19 About women, Biographica, Newspapers, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Mary Sophia Axup chair of the WPL 1913 2013-03-10 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the McGregor family 2013-03-06 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Newspapers, Ships and Captains, Stereographs
John Nevin snr and the Genge family 2012-10-19 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas Nevin's stereos of sister Mary Ann at New Town rivulet 2012-06-08 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
A highly coloured portrait 2012-06-01 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The Photographer's wife at the studio 2010-08-03 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Husbands and Wives NPG Exhibition 2010 2010-05-12 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Videos
The Nevin farm burglariously entered 1881 2010-02-18 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Police Records, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
John Nevin: "My Cottage in the Wilderness" 1868 2009-09-01 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The early deaths of Thomas Nevin's sisters and niece Rebecca, Mary and Minnie Carr 2009-08-27 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The firm of Nevin & Smith 2009-02-14 19th century photographers, About women, Newspapers, Private Collections, State Library Victoria, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Oral history: Nevin family at Kangaroo Valley 2009-02-06 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas Nevin's portraits of his wife Elizabeth Rachel 2009-01-29 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Prisoners Henry SINGLETON, Richard PINCHES, and Robert BEW 2009-01-19 About women, Archives Office Tasmania, National Library of Australia, Police Records, QVMAG, Supreme Court Convictions, Supreme Court men
The Nevin group portrait and wedding photo 1871 2009-01-06 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The Medical Officer's report of the Fairlie passengers 1852 2008-11-07 About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains
Site Map No.1: Nevin Family 2008-10-05 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Site maps, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Nevins on sick list during voyage out on the Fairlie 1852 2008-08-14 19th century prison photography, About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Prisoner poses: women, children and ticket-of-leave men 2008-07-16 About women, Archives Office Tasmania, Attribution Issues, Cascades, Misattribution
Thomas Nevin and Robert Smith 1865-1868 2008-04-21 19th century photographers, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Stereographs, TMAG
Elizabeth Nevin's souvenir cruet of the Model Prison 2007-11-28 About women, Misattribution, Private Collections
Sonny Nevin's American journey with the Bates family 2007-11-22 About women, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
First- born child May Nevin and her China trade soapstone vase 2007-11-22 About women, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Nevin & Smith tinted vignette of Elizabeth Rachel Day 1868 2007-11-07 19th century photographers, About women, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Trademarks and stamps
Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children 2007-09-22 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Key dates in Thomas Nevin's life 2007-08-16 About women, Biographica, Hobart Town Hall, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Kangaroo Valley house and school stereographs ca.1868 2007-07-25 About women, Attribution Issues, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Rocking Stone Parties on kunanyi/Mount Wellington 2007-06-25 About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Stereographs, TMAG
G.T. Stilwell's letter to Mrs Shelverton 1977 2007-06-14 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, QVMAG
Mary Ann Nevin, sister of Thomas Nevin 2007-06-09 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
John Nevin's marriages to Mary Ann Dickson and Martha Genge 2007-06-09 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Videos
An early carte of Elizabeth Rachel Day 2007-04-14 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin's Wedding Photographs 1871 2007-04-13 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Nevin & Smith studio Elizabeth St. 1867-1868 2007-04-09 19th century photographers, About women, Archives
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Prisoner Charles J. GARFORTH said he would make Superintendent Adolarious H. BOYD pay dearly, 1875 2023-10-20 19th century prison photography, About women, Police Records, The Port Arthur Convicts Commission
"HOPE": John Nevin's poem on slavery 1863 and the U.S. Proclamation of Emancipation 2023-05-31 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Newspapers, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith and the saltmarsh known as Lady's Tippett, 1870 2023-05-04 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendant families, Legal fraternity, Videos
Preview of new research 2023 2023-01-17 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendant families, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Indigenous elder Truganini and poet Ann Kearney, 1875 2022-07-11 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Archives Office Tasmania, Exhibitions and Publications, Legal fraternity, Stereographs
Lost originals: the Nevin, Genge and Chandler family photographs 2021-11-28 About women, Biographica, Descendant families, Family portraits, Negative prints, Private Collections
NEVIN & SMITH, 1868: the client with white fingernails 2021-10-21 19th century photographers, About women, Diseases, Private Collections, Trademarks and stamps
Captains, emigrants and convicts: the summer of 1842-1843 in Hobart, VDL 2021-10-10 19th century photographers, About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Best of friends: Emma PITT and Liz O'MEAGHER 1866 2021-09-24 19th century photographers, About women, Group Portraits, Land grants, National Library of New Zealand
Lost and found: one day in 1866 and the scientific racism which followed 2021-08-30 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Descendant families, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Private Collections
Captain Goldsmith's "private friend" Edward Macdowell 1840s 2021-06-14 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Supreme Court Convictions
George and Matilda Cherry at Thomas Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2021-04-06 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Reproductions of Charles A. Woolley's portrait of Tasmanian Aborigines 1860s-1915 2021-03-21 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections
Captain Hector Axup and the French lady of Green Island, 1888 2021-03-04 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Biotica, Captain Hector Axup, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains
The case against Henry Stock (var. Stocks) 1884 for the murder of his wife and her child 2021-02-20 19th century prison photography, About women, Clothing, Hobart Gaol, Newspapers, Supreme Court Convictions
Clients posing with Thomas J. Nevin's big box stereoscopic viewer 2021-02-17 About women, Clothing, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps, Videos
Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY: a "queer-looking man" 1842-1891 2021-02-09 19th century prison photography, About women, Attribution Issues, Hobart Gaol, Supreme Court Convictions, TMAG
Thomas J. Nevin at his finest: Camille Del Sarte and family 1860s-1870s 2020-12-21 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, Music, Private Collections
John Nevin at inquest for James Thornton 1889 2020-10-10 About women, Biographica, Hobart Gaol, Hotels, Supreme Court Convictions, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Alfred Bock and the Bayles sisters 2020-09-30 19th century photographers, About women, Clothing, Private Collections
Elizabeth Allport nee Ritchie at Thomas J. Nevin's studio 1876 2020-09-08 About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Stereo graphs
Alfred Hope and his landau with Albert Nevin on horseback early 1900s 2020-08-24 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Newspapers
Elizabeth Rachel Day's album opener 1860s 2020-08-10 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Sarah Crouch at Thomas J. Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2020-07-31 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica
James McEvoy's fine fabrics ex Captain Goldsmith's "Parrock Hall" Sydney 1845 2020-07-23 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Clothing, KLW NFC photography, Ships and Captains
T. J. Nevin's 1870s mugshots the inspiration for 21st century artworks 2020-05-12 19th century prison photography, About women, Attribution Issues, Exhibitions and Publications, National Library of Australia, Private Collections
Youngest daughter Minnie Nevin m. James Drew (1884-1974) 2020-01-03 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections
Rosanna Domeney nee Tilley at Thomas Nevin's studio 1870s 2019-11-07 About women, Biographica, Hotels, Land grants, Ships and Captains
Thomas Nevin and Alfred Barrett Biggs 1872-1876 2019-09-11 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Hotels, Stereographs
Exhibition 2019: T. J. NEVIN's mugshot of prisoner James BLANCHFIELD 1875 2019-07-29 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Hobart Gaol, Misattribution, Police Records, Soldiers, Supreme Court Convictions
Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING 1870 - 1876 2019-06-26 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Misattribution, Police Records, Supreme Court Convictions
Prisoner William SAYER or SAWYER 1875 2019-06-21 19th century prison photography, About women, Supreme Court Convictions
Thomas Nevin, Sam Clifford and the Flying Squadron at Hobart, January 1870 2019-06-20 19th century photographers, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains, Soldiers, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Joseph Somes, Captain Edward Goldsmith and the "Angelina" 1844-46 2019-04-24 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, National Archives UK, National Library of New Zealand, Ships and Captains
A distinguished forelock: Henry Dresser Atkinson on board the "City of Hobart" 1872 2019-03-11 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Biotica, Group Portraits, Private Collections, Stereographs
Captain Edward Goldsmith and wife Elizabeth's land deals in VDL 2018-12-09 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Land grants, Ships and Captains
Bleak Expectations: Captain Goldsmith's will in Chancery 1871-1922 2018-06-21 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Hotels, National Archives UK
John Nevin snr and family 1851-1854: shipping documents 2018-04-30 About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the conundrums of the Ethiopian Serenaders 1851 2018-02-12 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Exhibitions and Publications, Library of Congress
The Will of Richard Goldsmith snr (1769-1839) 2018-01-31 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Hotels, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains
Treasures passed down from Captain Edward Goldsmith and Captain James Day 2017-11-14 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections
Portraits and landscapes from T. J. Nevin's cohort 2017-09-14 19th century photographers, About women, Private Collections, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps
Amy Bock's bid for marriage equality in 1909 in New Zealand 2017-09-06 19th century photographers, About women, Clothing, Hotels, National Library of New Zealand, Newspapers, Police Records
One session, two poses at the City Photographic Establishment 2017-08-15 19th century photographers, About women, Private Collections, TMAG
Marriage breakdown: Elizabeth Amos v Alfred Threlkeld Mayson 1879-1882 2017-03-10 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Stereographs, Trademarks and stamps
Tom Nevin and father-in-law bandmaster Walter Tennyson Bates 2017-02-15 About women, Biographica, Clothing, Descendants and In-Laws, Newspapers, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Captain Goldsmith & death at sea of Antarctic circumnavigator Captain John Biscoe 1843 2016-05-27 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Videos
The desecration of Minnie Carr's grave 1898 2016-05-20 About women, Biographica, National Gallery of Victoria, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Woman with pink ribbons by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2016-05-20 About women, Clothing, National Gallery of Victoria, Negative prints, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
Captain Edward Goldsmith, the diarist Annie Baxter and a burial at sea 1848 2016-05-12 19th century photographers, About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Ships and Captains, Videos
Captain & Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith: Rattler's maiden voyage 1846 2016-04-21 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Clothing, Exhibitions and Publications, National Library of New Zealand, Ships and Captains, Soldiers
Captain Goldsmith, the Parrock Hall and playwright David Burn, Sydney 1844 2016-04-08 About women, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Ships and Captains
Captain Edward Goldsmith's grave at Chalk Church, Kent UK 2016-04-05 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Thomas Nevin and Frederick Stops, right-hand man to the A-G 2015-09-26 19th century prison photography, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, QVMAG, TMAG
With Jean Porthouse GRAVES 1870s West Hobart 2015-09-03 Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Newspapers, Private Collections, Stereographs, TMAG
Elizabeth Bayley at Runnymede, New Town 1874-1875 2015-08-15 About women, Biographica, Ships and Captains, TMAG
Elwick House and Elwick Bay 2015-07-15 19th century photographers, About women, KLW NFC photography, Stereographs, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
Calling the shots in colour 1864-1879 2015-04-20 19th century photographers, 19th century prison photography, Aboriginal Tasmania, About women, Attribution Issues, Exhibitions and Publications, Mitchell Library SLNSW, National Gallery of Australia
Portraits of older women by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2015-01-31 About women, Clothing, Private Collections, State Library Victoria, TMAG
Thomas Nevin's women clients and their dresses 1870s 2015-01-26 About women, Clothing, KLW NFC photography, Private Collections, TMAG
Our Fourteenth Anniversary 2005-2019 2015-01-17 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The firm of Nevin & Smith stamps and label 1867-1868 2015-01-11 19th century photographers, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Stereographs, TMAG, Trademarks and stamps
The concertina player 1860s 2014-12-28 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Stereographs, TMAG, Videos
Thomas Nevin, informant for surveyor John Hurst 1868 2014-10-26 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Kangaroo Valley Hobart
A few drinks on Christmas Eve 1885 at New Town 2014-10-23 About women, Biographica, Hotels, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Police Records, Supreme Court men
Thomas J. Nevin at the New Town studio to 1888 2014-10-18 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Captain Goldsmith dines with the Franklins at Govt House 2014-08-11 About women, Biotica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, KLW NFC photography, Ships and Captains
Prisoner Henry SINGLETON aka Harry the Tinker who pinches books 2014-04-20 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, National Library of Australia, Newspapers, Police Records, QVMAG
Miss Nevin and Morton Allport 2014-04-16 About women, Biographica, Biotica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Carnal knowledge of children: convictions 1860s-1880s 2014-04-15 19th century prison photography, About women, Police Records, QVMAG, Supreme Court Convictions
"Lines on the much lamented death of Rebecca Jane Nevin" by John Nevin 1866 2013-07-18 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, University of Melbourne
Cousins Edward and Elizabeth baptised at St Mary's Rotherhithe 2013-05-17 About women, Biographica, Biotica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Videos
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the wreck of the James 1830 2013-04-25 About women, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Descendants and In-Laws, Exhibitions and Publications, Ships and Captains
One of the last portraits by Alfred Bock in Hobart 1865 2013-04-19 About women, Biographica, Newspapers, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Mary Sophia Axup chair of the WPL 1913 2013-03-10 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the McGregor family 2013-03-06 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Captain Edward Goldsmith, Newspapers, Ships and Captains, Stereographs
John Nevin snr and the Genge family 2012-10-19 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas Nevin's stereos of sister Mary Ann at New Town rivulet 2012-06-08 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
A highly coloured portrait 2012-06-01 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The Photographer's wife at the studio 2010-08-03 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Stereographs, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Husbands and Wives NPG Exhibition 2010 2010-05-12 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Videos
The Nevin farm burglariously entered 1881 2010-02-18 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Police Records, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
John Nevin: "My Cottage in the Wilderness" 1868 2009-09-01 About women, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Mitchell Library SLNSW, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The early deaths of Thomas Nevin's sisters and niece Rebecca, Mary and Minnie Carr 2009-08-27 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The firm of Nevin & Smith 2009-02-14 19th century photographers, About women, Newspapers, Private Collections, State Library Victoria, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Oral history: Nevin family at Kangaroo Valley 2009-02-06 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas Nevin's portraits of his wife Elizabeth Rachel 2009-01-29 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Prisoners Henry SINGLETON, Richard PINCHES, and Robert BEW 2009-01-19 About women, Archives Office Tasmania, National Library of Australia, Police Records, QVMAG, Supreme Court Convictions, Supreme Court men
The Nevin group portrait and wedding photo 1871 2009-01-06 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
The Medical Officer's report of the Fairlie passengers 1852 2008-11-07 About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains
Site Map No.1: Nevin Family 2008-10-05 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Ships and Captains, Site maps, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Nevins on sick list during voyage out on the Fairlie 1852 2008-08-14 19th century prison photography, About women, Biographica, National Archives UK, Ships and Captains, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Prisoner poses: women, children and ticket-of-leave men 2008-07-16 About women, Archives Office Tasmania, Attribution Issues, Cascades, Misattribution
Thomas Nevin and Robert Smith 1865-1868 2008-04-21 19th century photographers, About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Private Collections, Stereographs, TMAG
Elizabeth Nevin's souvenir cruet of the Model Prison 2007-11-28 About women, Misattribution, Private Collections
Sonny Nevin's American journey with the Bates family 2007-11-22 About women, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
First- born child May Nevin and her China trade soapstone vase 2007-11-22 About women, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Ships and Captains
Nevin & Smith tinted vignette of Elizabeth Rachel Day 1868 2007-11-07 19th century photographers, About women, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Trademarks and stamps
Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children 2007-09-22 About women, Biographica, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Key dates in Thomas Nevin's life 2007-08-16 About women, Biographica, Hobart Town Hall, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Kangaroo Valley house and school stereographs ca.1868 2007-07-25 About women, Attribution Issues, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, TMAG
Rocking Stone Parties on kunanyi/Mount Wellington 2007-06-25 About women, Exhibitions and Publications, Group Portraits, Stereographs, TMAG
G.T. Stilwell's letter to Mrs Shelverton 1977 2007-06-14 About women, Archives State Library Tasmania, Biographica, Exhibitions and Publications, QVMAG
Mary Ann Nevin, sister of Thomas Nevin 2007-06-09 About women, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
John Nevin's marriages to Mary Ann Dickson and Martha Genge 2007-06-09 About women, Biographica, Descendants and In-Laws, Private Collections, Soldiers, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits, Videos
An early carte of Elizabeth Rachel Day 2007-04-14 About women, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin's Wedding Photographs 1871 2007-04-13 About women, Biographica, Kangaroo Valley Hobart, Private Collections, Thomas Nevin's Family Portraits
Nevin & Smith studio Elizabeth St. 1867-1868 2007-04-09 19th century photographers, About women, Archives
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