On board the "City of Hobart" 31st January 1872
On board the "City of Hobart" 31st January 1872
In his own words ...
T. J. Nevin self-portrait 1873
In his own words...“I hope that you have not got it in your mind that I am implicated with the ghost“.
The Mercury, 4 December 1880
"Defendant said that he was the father of a large number of children, and did not know which one was referred to. (Laughter.)"
The Mercury, 11 August 1886
"Mr. Thos Nevin was under the impression that the police should be under stricter supervision."
The Mercury, 19 July 1888.
The Mercury, 4 December 1880
"Defendant said that he was the father of a large number of children, and did not know which one was referred to. (Laughter.)"
The Mercury, 11 August 1886
"Mr. Thos Nevin was under the impression that the police should be under stricter supervision."
The Mercury, 19 July 1888.
Biography: Professional photographer Thomas James Nevin snr (1842-1923) produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes-de-visite within his commercial practice, and prisoner identification photographs on government contract. His career spanned nearly three decades, from the early 1860s to the late 1880s. He was one of the first photographers to work with the police in Australia, along with Charles Nettleton (Victoria) and Frazer Crawford (South Australia). His Tasmanian prisoner mugshots are among the earliest to survive in public collections, viz. the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; the Tasmanian Heritage and Archives Office, Hobart; the Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasman Peninsula; the National Library of Australia, Canberra; and the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney. Thomas J. Nevin's stereographs and portraits are held in public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Switzerland.
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An important update
This is not John Jones per Wm Jardine 2
In Exiled, The Port Arthur Convict Photographs
(NLA 2011, pp 166-171)
Our Seventeenth Anniversary 2005-2022
Seventeen years ago (before 2005 actually) we started blogging about Tasmanian photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923). We look forward to another two years at least as the project draws closer to completion. Contributions and donations are most welcome, and many thanks for your involvement.
Sabbatical 2022: We are taking a short break from regular posting January to December 2022 but will be available to answer queries.
Important Notices
INDIGENOUS NOTICE:
lutruwita/Tasmania/Van Diemen's Land (loo-tru-wee-ta) always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
This weblog pays respect to the ancestors and elders past, present, and emerging of the first Australian peoples and acknowledges their continued connection to land, sea and culture as the traditional custodians of this country.
Irish-born Thomas J. Nevin would have been keenly aware that the residence and photographic studio he occupied at No's 138-140 Elizabeth St. Hobart in the 1870s was built on the traditional lands of the palawa people. It is no small irony that today, the very same property, which is renumbered as No. 198 Elizabeth St. Hobart and is occupied by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, has returned to its traditional owners.
lutruwita/Tasmania/Van Diemen's Land (loo-tru-wee-ta) always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
This weblog pays respect to the ancestors and elders past, present, and emerging of the first Australian peoples and acknowledges their continued connection to land, sea and culture as the traditional custodians of this country.
Irish-born Thomas J. Nevin would have been keenly aware that the residence and photographic studio he occupied at No's 138-140 Elizabeth St. Hobart in the 1870s was built on the traditional lands of the palawa people. It is no small irony that today, the very same property, which is renumbered as No. 198 Elizabeth St. Hobart and is occupied by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, has returned to its traditional owners.
Looking east from the corner of Patrick St., the Royal Standard Hotel, 142 Elizabeth St. then T. J. Nevin’s studio and residence, 140-138 Elizabeth St. Hobart, 1870s
We also acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the City of Sydney, and the Ngunnawal people of the Australian Capital Territory.
Please note: images on this weblog represent deceased people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Viewing such images may cause sadness and distress.
DISCLAIMER:
We have not voluntarily contributed to any publication which supports the misattribution of T. J. Nevin's prisoner/convict photographs (300+ extant) to the non-photographer A. H. Boyd, nor do we condone any attempts by public institutions or private individuals to co-opt the work on these Thomas J. Nevin weblogs and associated sites to apply the misattribution.
OTHER VERSIONS & RELATED SITES
Wordpress version: thomasnevin.com
T.J. Nevin's police and prison photography
Thomas J. Nevin portfolio
Rogues Gallery: Nevin's mugshots at TROVE
Captain Edward Goldsmith at TROVE
Captain Hector Axup at TROVE
YouTube videos: 19th Century Photography
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T. J. Nevin stereoscopy
Thomas J. Nevin with stereoscopic viewer and white gloves mid-1860s. KLW NFC Imprint ARR. PC.
Nevin's stereo at Caldew, West Hobart
Nevin's stereo of Mary Ann at New Town creek
Nevin's stereo of Sims Excelsior coal mine
Nevin's coloured stereo of the cattleyards
Nevin's stereo of a farmer and his field
Nevin's stereos on kunanyi/Mt Wellington 1860s
Police photographers 1870s-80s
Brothers John and Thomas NevinClick on to visit separate site.
Rogues Galleries: National Collections
T. J. Nevin's mugshots at the TMAG
T. J. Nevin's mugshots at the QVMAG
T. J. Nevin's mugshots at the NLA
T. J. Nevin's glass plate negatives 1870s
Nevin collection at the State Library NSW
QVMAG Exhibition 1977
Poster boys: T.J. Nevin's mugshots at the QVMAG
Thomas Nevin's full-length portraits
Thomas' younger brother Constable John Nevin
Thomas Nevin's fiancee Elizabeth Rachel Day 1868
Thomas Nevin's women clients and their dresses
Thomas Nevin's portraits of children
Descendant families
Albert E. Nevin, (1888-1955), youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin, horse trainer and reinsman, ca. 1917
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