Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)

19th century Australian police and commercial photographer in Tasmania fl. 1860s-1880s

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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Nevin setting the police at defiance 1881

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Posted on February 4, 2011 by Thomas Nevin Estate

TESTING THE BY-LAW at the ALL NATIONS HOTEL Thomas J. Nevin was retained as police photographer and assistant bailiff by the City Corporation on compassionate consideration for his family after his dismissal in December 1880 from the full-time civil service … Continue reading →

Posted in Biographica, Gallery, Newspapers | Tagged 1881, Hobart Town Hall, police, Tarleton, Thomas J. Nevin
T.J, Nevin ca. late 1860s

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Thomas J. Nevin produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes within his commercial practice, and prisoner ID photographs on government contract. 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 vignettes ("mugshots") are the earliest to survive in public collections.

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