Monthly Archives: September 2007

The Chiniquy Riots, Hobart Town Hall 1879

Posted on September 27, 2007 by
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 →

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Sir Francis Smith, the death warrant, and the photographer

Posted on September 27, 2007 by
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 →

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Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children

Posted on September 22, 2007 by
Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children

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NEVIN-DAY – On Wednesday, 12th July, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kangaroo Valley, by the Rev. J. Hutchison [Hutchinson], Thomas, eldest son of Mr. J. Nevin, of Kangaroo Valley, to Elizabeth Rachael [Rachel], eldest daughter of Captain Day, of Hobart Town.
Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin had seven children between 1872 and 1888, six surviving to adulthood. Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 20, 2007 by
Mary Sophia Day (m. Axup), sister-in-law

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An old Hobart resident, Mrs. M. S. Axup, died in Northcote, Victoria, recently while on a visit to her son. She was in her 90th year, having been born at Lenah Valley in 1853. A daughter of the late Capt. James Day who sailed his own vessel, trading between Hobart and the Mainland before the advent of steam, she married a seafaring man, Capt. H. C. Axup, well known in shipping circles and the Launceston pilot until his death some years ago. Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 14, 2007 by
WR Giblin webshot AOT

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W. R. Giblin was Tasmanian Administrator for a month during 1886. He was also Attorney-General in August 1873, and Premier in 1878, and 1879 to 1884. Thomas Nevin’s commission to photograph prisoners at the Port Arthur and Hobart Gaols was underwritten by W. R. Giblin in August 1873 on gaining the portfolio of Attorney-General in the government changeover. Continue reading →

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Professor Joan Kerr 1992-4

Posted on September 14, 2007 by
Kerr (ed 1992) Nevin entry

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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 →

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Anthony Trollope’s Port Arthur interviewee 1872

Posted on September 14, 2007 by
Dogherty etc absconded 3 Nov1871

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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 →

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John Watt Beattie’s reprints

Posted on September 12, 2007 by
Convict Rosetta 1

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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 →

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The case of Leonard Hand

Posted on September 8, 2007 by
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 →

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NLA ‘native’ convict 1874 with no attribution

Posted on September 7, 2007 by
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 →

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Jack Nevin at the Hobart Gaol 1860s

Posted on September 7, 2007 by
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 →

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