Tasmanian convict + prison photos, a set by Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office on Flickr.
See the article on this site about the photograph of prisoner Hugh Cohen and another of Cohen by T. J. Nevin at the Mitchell Library SLNSW. The majority of mugshots in this collection were taken from the 1890s to the early 1900s. Some show the same prisoner photographed by Nevin in the 1870s but as a much older re-offender, eg. James Geary, originally photographed in 1874, in 1877 and again in 1889. In addition to this selection of gaol mugshots on prisoner records, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office holds over 90 copies and originals of Thomas Nevin’s prisoner portraits, tagged at the National Library of Australia’s Trove service.
Recent 1870s originals uploaded by TAHO (improvements on the black and white copies from the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery) are these, with APA citations:
Alfred Doran, probably Albert Dorman, convict transported per Blenheim. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
George Growsett, convict transported per Lady Montague. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
James Harrison, convict transported per Rodney. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
Henry Smith – but unidentified by TAHO
“Convict, transported per Rodney. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania”
James Smith,Convict transported per John Calvin. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
Robert West, convict transported per Gilmore. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
William Ryan, arrived free per City of Hobart, tried Launceston 1868. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
Richard Phillips, convict transported per Atlas. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin. LINC Tasmania
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