Prisoner John DORAN

Just one mugshot of habitual offender John Doran per the convict transport Asiatic is extant, and in very poor condition. It is held at the National Library of Australia, taken by Thomas Nevin at the Hobart Gaol in the last week of December 1875 prior to John Doran's discharge on 5th January 1876. John Doran is not to be confused with another prisoner with the name of Albert or Alfred Doran per Blenheim who was also active during these years. His prisoner identification photograph taken by Nevin is extant in public collections in various formats (QVMAG).

NLA Catalogue (incorrect information)
nla.pic-vn4269863 PIC P1029/8
LOC Album 935 John Doran, per Asiatic, taken at Port Arthur, 1874 [picture] 1874. 1 photograph on carte-de-visite mount : albumen ; 9.4 x 5.6 cm. on mount 10.5 x 6.3 cm.

Police Records for John Doran

1870

Prisoner John Doran alias Charles Knight per Asiatic was convicted in the Recorder's Court, Launceston, on 29 December 1870, transferred to the Hobart Gaol, where he served consecutive sentences totalling six years. He would have been photographed more than once because of his lengthy sentences, numerous convictions and discharges from both the Hobart Gaol and the Invalid Depots. He also used aliases so there are records missing from the list below.

1876

John Doran, aged 48 yrs, discharged from the Hobart Gaol on 5 January 1876. The extant photograph was taken by Thomas J. Nevin in the fortnight prior to John Doran's discharge.

John Doran was discharged from the Cascades Prison for Males on 31 March 1876

1877

John Doran, sentenced to twelve months for indecency, discharged on 14 February 1877.

John Doran sentenced to 7 days for inciting to resist the police, discharged on 14 March 1877

John Doran was arrested on 20th November 1877

1878

John Doran was convicted for larceny on 13 July 1878

1879

John Doran was discharged from the Cascades between 7 -11 May 1879: he had absconded in government clothes while under detention.

John Doran was discharged on 9 May 1879

John Doran was arrested on 6 June 1879, convicted of larceny for the theft of property belonging to Edward Slide.

John Doran, suspicion attached to - 6 June 1879

John Doran, description adjoined to notice above, 6 June 1879

John Doran was convicted on 16 August 1879, sentenced to three months

John Doran was discharged on 19 November 1879

John Doran was 50 years old by 20 December 1879 when he was convicted of larceny, sentenced to 18 months.

etc etc - 1885

John Doran, now 58 yrs old, was arraigned at the Supreme Court Hobart on 19 May 1885
Source: Tasmania Reports of Crime Information for Police James Barnard Gov't Printer

BIOGRAPHY: 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, France and Switzerland.

Click here for KEY DATES 1842-1923

Try thumbnail SEARCHING here

THE MUGSHOTS:Thomas Nevin's extant prisoner identification prints and cartes-de-visite in oval mounts - "mugshots" - were taken between 1871 and 1888. The public collections consists of 350+ estrays from more than 2000 photographs taken of prisoners in Tasmania by Thomas Nevin and his brother Constable John Nevin. The National Library of Australia currently holds 87 photographs, the State Library of NSW holds 13 photographs, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery holds 112 photographs, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery holds more than 50, and the Archives Office of Tasmania holds 10 originals and 100 or so paper copies of the QVMAG collections. A dozen or so are held in Private Collections.

DISCLAIMER: 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 to apply the misattribution.

INDIGENOUS NOTICE: lutruwita/Tasmania/Van Diemen's Land (loo-tru-wee-ta) always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

This weblog pays respect to the ancestors and elders past, present, and emerging of the first Australian peoples and acknowledges their continued connection to land, sea and culture as the traditional custodians of this country.

Irish-born Thomas J. Nevin would have been keenly aware that the residence and photographic studio he occupied at No's 138-140 Elizabeth St. Hobart in the 1870s were built on nipaluna, the traditional lands of the palawa people. It is no small irony that today, the very same property, which is renumbered as No. 198 Elizabeth St. Hobart and is occupied by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, has returned to its traditional owners.

Looking east from the corner of Patrick St., the Royal Standard Hotel, 142 Elizabeth St. then T. J. Nevin’s studio and residence, 140-138 Elizabeth St. Hobart, 1870s

We also acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the City of Sydney, and the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional custodians of the Kamberri/Canberra region on whose lands this site is maintained.

PLEASE NOTE: images on this weblog represent deceased people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Viewing such images may cause sadness and distress.

Pages

Prisoner John DORAN

Thumbnail Galleries of POSTS

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

From the KLW NFC Group

FEATURED POST

Hobart Gaol camera and mugshot books 1891-1901

Translate

SEARCH

Amy BOCK

COMPANION SITES