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) 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 the Fairlie, 1852.
Jack Nevin was the younger brother of Tasmanian photographer Thomas J. Nevin, and his assistant at the Hobart Gaol, Campbell Street during his brother’s commission as police photographer in prisons. He maintained one of their photographic studios, in New Town, until the mid 1880s. Jack Nevin was employed on salary at the Hobart Gaol under the supervision of the keeper Ringrose Atkins from 1874 until his untimely death at age 39 in 1891.
Electoral Roll for North Hobart 1884.
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| From Thomas Nevin’s portraits, 1860s -1900s of self and immediate family |
Eight contemporary generation portraits by Thomas Nevin:
From top left,
Thomas Nevin himself with wife Elizabeth Rachel Day 1871;
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1870;
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865;
Elizabeth Rachel Day 1865.
Lower left:
Thomas’ brother Jack Nevin 1880;
Thomas Nevin himself 1873;
Thomas’ sister Mary Anne 1874;
Thomas Nevin himself 1865.
Copyright © The Nevin Family Collection ARR.
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