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: Thomas Nevins Family Portraits
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
The Nevin farm burglariously entered 1881
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Less than a month after the death of his friend, Wesleyan preacher William Genge on the 17th January 1881, Thomas Nevin’s father, John Nevin (1808-1887) was burgled at the Nevin cottage in Kangaroo Valley, Hobart, which adjoined his orchards, school … Continue reading
Constable W.J. Nevin at inquest 1882
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The Nevin brothers, Thomas (T. J. Nevin, 1842-1923) and John (W. J. Nevin, 1852-1891) served the Police and Prisons Departments of the Tasmanian government from the late 1860s to the late 1880s. Thomas was contracted as prisons and police photographer … 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
The early deaths of Thomas Nevin’s sisters Rebecca and Mary
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In early 1977, Special Collections Librarian at the State Library of Tasmania, G.T. Stilwell, established from archival records (AOT MB 2/98) that parents John and Mary Nevin had arrived in Hobart in 1852 with four children: Thomas, Mary Ann, Rebecca, … 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
The firm of Nevin & Smith
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Two different studio stamps were used by the firm Nevin & Smith until 1868: Elizabeth Rachel Day, married Thomas Nevin in 1871 Taken by Thomas Nevin at Nevin & Smith (late Bock’s) ca. 1865 140, Elizabeth Street Hobart Town Full-length … Continue reading
Younger brother Jack Nevin (1851-1891)
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Brothers Thomas and Jack Nevin at H.M. Gaol, Hobart. Younger brother Jack Nevin … Jack (W.J. or John) Nevin, ca. 1880 Photographed by his brother Thomas J. Nevin. From © The Nevin Family Collection 2009 ARR. William John Nevin (1852-1891) … 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