Professional photographer Thomas J. Nevin became a member of the LOYAL UNITED BROTHERS LODGE, A. & I.O.O.F. (Australian and International Order of Odd Fellows) in 1869 and fulfilled several roles within the Society, including official photographer, committee member for the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Nevin Family Collections
The Photographer’s Wife
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“Look for a long time at what pleases you and longer still at what pains you.” Colette Photographed from Nevin’s original. © KLW NFC 2010 ARR Carte-de-visite of Elizabeth Rachel Day, ca. 1870-71. Married on July 12, 1871 to photographer … Continue reading
John Nevin in the Royal Scots at the Canadian Rebellion 1837-38
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MOTTO of the ROYAL SCOTS “Nemo me impune Lacessit”. “No-one touches me with impunity” (or “Dinna mess wi’ me!”) While research into the life and times of photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923) in Tasmania has uncovered many fascinating aspects of … Continue reading
Husbands and Wives NPG Exhibition 2010
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An exhibition of early colonial portraits titled HUSBANDS and WIVES has recently opened at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Australia. Apart from the usual collection of cartes-de-visite, there are several daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of individuals, couples and family groups on … Continue reading
John Nevin: “My Cottage in the Wilderness” 1868
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The poem “My Cottage in the Wilderness” by John Nevin, 1868, father of Thomas J. Nevin, viewed here for the first time in four generations by a great great grand daughter, is held at the State Library of NSW, in … Continue reading
John Nevin and Gould’s white goshawk
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The following short article appeared in The Mercury, 22 January 1874. “Mr. Nevin” may have been the photographer Thomas Nevin, but it is more likely to have been Thomas’ father John Nevin, given the somewhat frequent mentions in The Mercury … Continue reading
First son and second child, Thomas ‘Sonny’ Nevin
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Thomas James “Sonny” Nevin … Thomas, Gertrude and Athol Nevin travelled to and from California on board the steamers, S.S. Ventura and S.S. Sonoma, 1920-1922… Source of steamer postcard images CardCow.com Known to the family as “Sonny”, when Thomas James … Continue reading
Wedding gift: Treaty of Paris medallion 1856
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When Tasmanian photographer Thomas Nevin (1842-1923) married Elizabeth Rachel Day (1847-1914) on July 12th, 1871 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kangaroo Valley, Hobart, the couple were gifted a medallion issued to commemorate the end of the Crimean War: the Fall of … Continue reading
Jack Nevin, the other photographer in Thomas Nevin’s family
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Younger brother Jack Nevin … William John Nevin (1852-1891) was known to the family as Jack. He was less than six months old when he arrived in Hobart, Tasmania with his parents and siblings Thomas and Mary Anne on board … Continue reading
Fourth son George Ernest Nevin
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George Ernest Nevin (1880-1957) was born at the Hobart Town Hall during his father Thomas Nevin’s occupancy as Office and Hall Keeper, and photographer with the Municipal Police Office. Thanks to George’s prescience in keeping photographs taken by his father … Continue reading
Thomas Nevin self portraits 1850s-1880
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There are not many extant self portraits of Tasmanian colonial photographers of the 1850s-1880. The watercolour attributed to Alfred Bock of a young gentleman is held at the State Library of Tasmania; the photographs are held in descendants’ private collections. … Continue reading
Oral history: Nevin family at Kangaroo Valley
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LOCAL Historian Trevor Owen Wilks’ A History of Kangaroo Valley-Lenah Valley 1847-1995 (with a foreword by the Governor of Tasmania, undated) included on page 82 a story about Thomas Nevin’s sister Mary Anne (b.1846 Belfast) who was seriously injured in … Continue reading
Portraits of youngest son Albert with horse 1914-17
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Albert Edward Nevin (1888-1955) was the seventh child, fifth son and last born child to photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923) and his wife Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914). Youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin, Albert Nevin, 1914 From … Continue reading
Thomas Nevin’s stereography
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This carte-de-visite is a jewel in the crown of early stereography in Australia. It is the only surviving image of an 1860s photographer at work with a stereoscopic viewer. Thomas J. Nevin, late 1860s, pictured seated here holding a stereoscopic … Continue reading
Thomas Nevin’s portraits of his wife Elizabeth Rachel
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Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day: wife of Thomas Nevin An item in b and w magnifying the face of Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914) Photo by her husband Thomas J. Nevin, ca. 1900. From © The Nevin Family Collection … Continue reading