The Chiniquy Riots, Hobart Town Hall 1879

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Tensions within the local population were running high in June 1879 when Thomas Nevin was sworn in as Special Constable to maintain the peace during the visit and lecture at the Town Hall by the Canadian lapsed Catholic priest, Charles Chiniquy. Mention of this fact was made in the report which appeared in The Mercury December 4, 1880, of Nevin’s dismissal from his position at the Town Hall for inebriation while on duty some eighteen months later: Continue reading →

Sir Francis Smith, the death warrant, and the photographer

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DEAD MAN WALKING Photos copyright © KLW NFC 2009 Items: Tasmania, Supreme Court Death Warrants Mitchell Library NSW C203 Above: Death warrant for the execution of James Sutherland at the Hobart Gaol 1883 signed by Francis Smith. Photograph in carte-de-visite … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children

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lizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914) Above: Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day ca. 1900 Above and below: Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865, 1870 and 1878 Photos of Elizabeth Rachel Nevin by Thomas J. Nevin From © The Nevin Family Collections 2005-2010 … Continue reading →

Mary Sophia Day (m. Axup), sister-in-law

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The next generation … From left to right: Thomas & Elizabeth Nevin’s daughter Minnie (Mary) Nevin,Thomas Nevin’s sister-in-law Mary Axup nee Day,Mary Axup’s daughter Eva Baldwin nee Axup,and Thomas and Elizabeth’s Nevin’s daughter May Nevin.Taken ca. 1938. © The Eva … Continue reading →

W. R. Giblin, Judge, Attorney-General and Premier

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THE W.R. GIBLIN PORTRAIT ” … an exquisite likeness of Mr. Giblin…” William Robert Giblin was a neighbour of the Nevin family in Augusta, the village at Kangaroo Valley and he was the Nevin family solicitor. When the business partnership … Continue reading →

Professor Joan Kerr 1992-4

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Professor Joan Kerr (1938-2004) conducted research in collaboration with Special Collections Librarian at the State Library of Tasmania, G. T. Stilwell, on Thomas J. Nevin’s life and career for inclusion of an entry in her massive two volume biographical dictionary … Continue reading →

Anthony Trollope’s Port Arthur interviewee 1872

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Anthony Trollope was accompanied by the Tasmanian Premier, the Hon. J.M. Wilson, and two lawyers: the Victorian Solicitor-General Howard Spensly and the Tasmanian Attorney-General W.R. Giblin. Also in the party at the request of W.R. Giblin was photographer Thomas J. Nevin. Giblin had acted as Nevin’s family solicitor since the dissolution of the firm Nevin & Smith in 1868. The Victorian Solicitor-General’s interest in prison security at Port Arthur extended to suggesting the photographing of prisoners by commercial photographers. In South Australia and Victoria, commercial photographers such as Frazer Crawford and Charles Nettleton respectively were engaged part-time on tender in prisons. Continue reading →

John Watt Beattie’s reprints

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Beattie and Searle’s reprints of Nevin’s 1870 mugshots … Beattie’s studios reprint of T. J. Nevin’s convict cartes ca. 1911 National Library of Australia Portrait of William Lee [picture]. Date1911-1915. Extent 1 photograph : b&w, sepia toned ; 9.4 x … Continue reading →

The case of Leonard Hand

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Died of “natural causes” in custody, aged 26 … nla.pic-an24612719 Nevin, Thomas J., 1842-ca. 1922. Leonard Hand, native, taken at Port Arthur, 1874 [picture] 1874. 1 photograph on carte-de-visite mount: albumen; 9.5 x 5.7 cm. PIC P1029/64 LOC Album 935 … Continue reading →

NLA ‘native’ convict 1874 with no attribution

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From no attribution to Nevin attribution 2007: NLA Catalogue full record (as at April 17, 2009) Henry Cavanagh at Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1874 [picture] Title Henry Cavanagh at Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1874 [picture] Date 1874. Extent 1 albumen print : … Continue reading →

Jack Nevin at the Hobart Gaol 1860s

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The boy in this stereograph (figure on viewer’s left) is Jack Nevin, later Constable John Nevin, younger brother of commercial and police photographer Thomas J. Nevin. Jack is pictured standing next to a prison official who was probably Mr T.P. … Continue reading →