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Posted on June 19, 2015December 1, 2015 by Thomas Nevin

A male friend posing against a tree
Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1860s-1870s
TMAG Ref: Q16826-6

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Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)

Photographer Thomas J. Nevin 1860s
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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The house called "Tolosa" on the Hull estate
Anthony Trollope’s Port Arthur  interviewee 1872
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the wreck of the James 1830
Samuel Page’s Royal Mail coach
Mugshots removed: Edward Searle's album 1915
Robert Hughes "The Fatal Shore" with mugshots by T. J. Nevin
Studios to 1900s
Serious money: Captain Edward Goldsmith and shipowner Robert Brooks
Miscarriage of justice: the case of John MAYNE 1874
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Prisoner James Martin per Ld Petrie
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Thomas Nevin's women clients 1870s

John Nevin snr (1808-1887)

Soldier, journalist, teacher and poet John Nevin snr (1808-1887). in the Royal Scots 1825-1841

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We have not voluntarily contributed to any publication which supports the misattribution of Nevin's prisoner/convict photographs (300+ extant) to the non-photographer A.H. Boyd, nor do we condone any attempts by public institutions or private individuals to co-opt the work on these Nevin weblogs and associated sites to apply the misattribution.

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

Mugshots by T. J. Nevin 1870s

Prisoner Phillip BURTON
Prisoner Phillip BURTON
Prisoner John BRITTON or BRITTAIN
Prisoner John BRITTON or BRITTAIN
Prisoner John NESTOR
Prisoner John NESTOR
Prisoner Job SMITH alias William CAMPBELL alias BRODIE
Prisoner Job SMITH alias William CAMPBELL alias BRODIE
Prisoner Richard PHILLIPS
Prisoner Richard PHILLIPS
Prisoner Henry CLABBY
Prisoner Henry CLABBY
Prisoner James WYNNE
Prisoner James WYNNE
Prisoner James GLENN
Prisoner James GLENN
Prisoner Hugh McCULLUM
Prisoner Hugh McCULLUM
Prisoner William SAYER or Sawyer
Prisoner William SAYER or Sawyer
Prisoner James ROGERS
Prisoner James ROGERS
Prisoner Daniel DAVIS
Prisoner Daniel DAVIS,
Prisoner John FITZPATRICK
Prisoner John FITZPATRICK
Prisoner Cornelius HESTER
Prisoner Cornelius HESTER
Prisoner Alfred DORAN
Prisoner Alfred DORAN
Prisoner William DAWSON
Prisoner William DAWSON
Prisoner Robert WEST
Prisoner Robert WEST
Prisoner William RYAN
Prisoner William RYAN
Prisoner George GLASSFORD or WHITE
Prisoner George GLASSFORD or WHITE
Prisoner David CLARK
Prisoner David CLARK
Prisoner John GREGSON
Prisoner John GREGSON
Prisoner Henry SMITH
Prisoner Henry SMITH
Prisoner William HARRISON
Prisoner William HARRISON
Prisoner William PRICE
Prisoner William PRICE
Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING
Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING
Prisoner Daniel MURPHY
Prisoner Daniel MURPHY
Prisoner John MORAN
Prisoner John MORAN
Prisoner John WHITE
Prisoner John WHITE
Prisoner James HARRISON
Prisoner James HARRISON
Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY
Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY
Prisoner Thomas SMITH
Prisoner Thomas SMITH
Prisoner George WILLIS
Prisoner George WILLIS
Prisoner George CHARLTON
Prisoner George CHARLTON
Prisoner George FISHER
Prisoner George FISHER
Prisoner Ephraim BOOTH
Prisoner Ephraim BOOTH
Prisoner James MERCHANT
Prisoner James MERCHANT
Prisoner William SEWELL
Prisoner SEWELL, William TMAG Ref: Q15573 Photographer: Thomas J. Nevin
Prisoner George GROWSETT
Prisoner George GROWSETT
Prisoner Thomas OWENS
Prisoner Thomas OWENS
Prisoner James MARTIN
Prisoner James MARTIN
Prisoner John WILLIAMS
Prisoner John WILLIAMS
Prisoner Samuel BLORE
Prisoner Samuel BLORE
Prisoner DUNN, John alias DEMPSEY
Prisoner DUNN, John alias DEMPSEY
Prisoner Stephen KELLY
Prisoner Stephen KELLY
Prisoner William CAMPBELL aka Job SMITH
Prisoner William CAMPBELL aka Job SMITH
Prisoner George LEATHLEY
Prisoner George LEATHLEY
Prisoner William RUSSELL
Prisoner William RUSSELL
Prisoner John MAYNE
Prisoner John MAYNE
Prisoner Thomas WOOD
Prisoner Thomas WOOD
Prisoner Thomas RYAN
Prisoner Thomas RYAN
Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON
Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON

Constable John Nevin (1851-1891)

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

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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
Byron Miller and Jean Porthouse Graves at Caldew, West Hobart Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1870s
Three men sitting on boulders, Mt. Wellington
Three men sitting on boulders, Mt. Wellington Stereograph on buff mount Photographer: Thomas J. Nevin late 1860s TMAG Ref: Q16826.32.
Group at the Rocking Stone, Mt. Wellington
A large party at the Beacon Light, Mt. Wellington/kunanyi
A group at the Beacon Light, Mt. Wellington/kunanyi
Snow at the summit of Mt Wellington/kunanyi
Man in top hat with view of Elwick Bay
View of Elwick Bay from the Tolosa estate
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-2
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-2
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-38
TMAG Ref: Q16826-38
TMAG Ref: Q16826-37
TMAG Ref: Q16826-37
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-36
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-35
TMAG Ref: Q16826-34
TMAG Ref: Q16826-34
TMAG Ref: Q16826-33
TMAG Ref: Q16826-33
TMAG Ref: Q16826-32
TMAG Ref: Q16826-32
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-2
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-2
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-30-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-30-1
TMAG Ref: Q16826-29
TMAG Ref: Q16826-29
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-28
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-22
TMAG Ref: Q16826-22
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-17
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-14
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-12
TMAG Ref: Q16826-12
TMAG Ref: Q16826.11
TMAG Ref: Q16826.11
TMAG Ref: Q16826-10
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-9
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TMAG Ref: Q16826-6
TMAG Ref: Q16826-6
TMAG Ref: Q16826-7
TMAG Ref: Q16826-7
TMAG Ref: Q16826-5
TMAG Ref: Q16826-5
On the Rocking Stone Mt Wellington Hobart Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1860s TMAG Collection Ref: 16826.4
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: Q16826-1-2
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-34
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-34
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-33
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-33
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-31
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-31
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-30
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-30
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-29
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-29
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-27
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-27
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-25
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-25
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-24
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-24
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-23
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-23
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.22
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.22
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-21
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-21
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-20
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-20
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-18
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-18
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-17
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-17
TMAG Ref: Qq1994-56-16
TMAG Ref: Qq1994-56-16
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-15
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-15
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-14
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-14
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-13
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-13
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-12
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-12
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-7
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-7
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-6
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-6
TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994-56-5
TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994-56-5
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-4
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-4
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
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
TMAG Ref: Q16826-3

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Waxwork of Trucanini, Madam Tussaud Sydney
Exhibition catalogue AGNSW 2015
The Derwent from 270 Lenah Valley Rd
Dinner plate Gardeners and Amateur Horticultural Society (Tasmania)
Quinces Royal Botanic gardens
Egg beater Narryna Museum Hobart, KLW NFC 2014
SS ferry Kangaroo built by Captain Edward Goldsmith 1854
Runnymede, New Town Tasmania
Marion camera at Hobart Gaol late 19th century
Marion camera at Hobart Gaol late 19th century
Cabbages Botanic Gardens
Odd Fellows Hall
Dan Sprod files, NLA
Prisoner cdvs by Nevin under glass at the TMAG
Ancanthe Park Tasmania
Constable Blakeney's demotion 1880
Constable Blakeney’s demotion 1880
Anson Album SLNSW
Windeward Bound on Derwent
Captain and Mrs Leslie on board the Harriet McGregor
Clifford Album: Nevin and Clifford views
Sloane St. Battery Point Hobart Tasmania former site of patent slip
Sloane St. Battery Point Hobart Tasmania former site of patent slip
92 Warwick St. Hobart Tasmania
92 Warwick St. Hobart Tasmania
Mugshots by T. J. Nevin 1875 of prisoners in grey uniforms and leather caps, SLNSW Mitchell Collection
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Mugshots by T. J. Nevin 1870s

Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Forty prints of 1870s Tasmania prisoners in three panels
Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON
Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON
Prisoner John MERCHANT
Prisoner John MERCHANT
Prisoner Peter KILLEEN
Prisoner Peter KILLEEN
Prisoner Thomas FLEMING
Prisoner Thomas FLEMING
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Prisoner James HARRISON
Prisoner James BRADY
Prisoner James BRADY
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Prisoner George Leathley

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NZ mugshot of Amy Bock, daughter of Nevin's partner Alfred Bock.

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