Minnie Nevin aged 2 yrs, 1886. TAHO. KLW NFC Imprint 2012

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Thomas Nevin at the New Town studio to 1888

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Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)

Photographer Thomas J. Nevin 1860s

Professional photographer Thomas James Nevin snr (1842-1923) produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes-de-visite within his commercial practice, and prisoner identification photographs on government contract. His career spanned nearly three decades, from the early 1860s to the late 1880s. He was one of the first photographers to work with the police in Australia, along with Charles Nettleton (Victoria) and Frazer Crawford (South Australia). His Tasmanian prisoner mugshots are among the earliest to survive in public collections, viz. the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; the Tasmanian Heritage and Archives Office, Hobart; the Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasman Peninsula; the National Library of Australia, Canberra; and the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney. Thomas J. Nevin's stereographs and portraits are held in public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland.

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In his own words …

“I hope that you have not got it in your mind that I am implicated with the ghost“.
The Mercury, 4 December 1880

“Defendant said that he was the father of a large number of children, and did not know which one was referred to. (Laughter.)”
The Mercury, 11 August 1886

“Mr. Thos Nevin was under the impression that the police should be under stricter supervision.”
The Mercury, 19 July 1888.

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Old Chinese saying: "When you drink the water, remember who dug the well".

Mugshots by T. J. Nevin 1870s

Prisoner Ephraim BOOTH

Prisoner Alfred DORAN

Prisoner Job SMITH alias William CAMPBELL alias BRODIE

Prisoner Phillip BURTON

Prisoner SEWELL, William TMAG Ref: Q15573 Photographer: Thomas J. Nevin

Prisoner Henry SMITH

Prisoner Samuel BLORE

Prisoner Cornelius HESTER

Prisoner Robert WEST

Prisoner James MARTIN

Prisoner Hugh McCULLUM

Prisoner George LEATHLEY

Prisoner James GLENN

Prisoner James ROGERS

Prisoner William RUSSELL

Prisoner DUNN, John alias DEMPSEY

Prisoner George GROWSETT

Prisoner John MORAN

Prisoner John GREGSON

Prisoner George FISHER

Prisoner Daniel MURPHY

Prisoner John BRITTON or BRITTAIN

Prisoner William SAYER or Sawyer

Prisoner George WILLIS

Prisoner Richard PHILLIPS

Prisoner James WYNNE

Prisoner Thomas WOOD

Prisoner John WHITE

Prisoner William PRICE

Prisoner David CLARK

Prisoner George GLASSFORD or WHITE

Prisoner William CAMPBELL aka Job SMITH

Prisoner Henry CLABBY

Prisoner James HARRISON

Prisoner John NESTOR

Prisoner George CHARLTON

Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON

Prisoner Thomas RYAN

Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING

Prisoner William RYAN

Prisoner John WILLIAMS

Prisoner Thomas SMITH

Prisoner John MAYNE

Prisoner James MERCHANT

Prisoner Daniel DAVIS,

Prisoner Thomas OWENS

Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY

Prisoner William DAWSON

Prisoner Stephen KELLY

Prisoner John FITZPATRICK

Prisoner William HARRISON

Constable John Nevin (1851-1891)

Constable John ( W. J. ) Nevin, photo by older brother Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1880

Poster boys

Mugshots taken at the Hobart Gaol by Nevin 1870s-1880s

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Nevin's thirteen prisoner portraits at the Mitchell Library State Library NSW

Thomas J. Nevin’s stereography

Byron Miller and Jean Porthouse Graves at Caldew, West Hobart Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1870s

Three men sitting on boulders, Mt. Wellington Stereograph on buff mount Photographer: Thomas J. Nevin late 1860s TMAG Ref: Q16826.32.

TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-2

TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1

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TMAG Ref: Q16826-5

On the Rocking Stone Mt Wellington Hobart Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1860s TMAG Collection Ref: 16826.4

TMAG Ref: Q16826-1-2

TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-34

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TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994-56-5

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On board the City of Hobart January 1872 Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin VIP visitors’ trip to Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994.56.2

TMAG Ref: Q16826-3

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Constable Blakeney’s demotion 1880

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Marion camera at Hobart Gaol late 19th century

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