Who was Nellie Payne?

Business and Miscellaneous

Carving tools.

Picture frame. Date carved – unknown

Walter family crest. Date of carving unknown.

Bookends. Date carved unknown.

Honour roll for Webster Ltd. Date carved unknown.

Fire fender timber and leather. Creation date unknown.

Plaster cast used to carve from. Date unknown.

Copper door plates. Creation date unknown.

Exhibitions for Red Cross. World War One and World War Two.

Framed needlework stitched 1847 by Elizabeth Field.

Painting – “A quiet Surrey pool”, presented to Westbury Municipal Council. Painted 1901.

Firescreen carved 1910.

Presentation address cover for Governor’s wife Lady Barron. Carved 1913.

Address book created 1915 for Queen Mary.

Honour roll, AMP Ltd. Carved 1919.

Honour roll for Roberts & Co. Carved 1919, recarved 1920.

Casket created for the Prince of Wales. Carved 1920.

Presentation address created in 1920 for HRH The Prince of Wales by the Tasmanian Cambrian Society.

Perpetual shield carved in 1923 for Major John Askin Foster.

Blackwood Screen exhibited 1924, British Empire Exhibition, London.

Leather address cover created 1927 for visit of the Duke of York.

Shrine of Remembrance medal 1934.

Jewellery box. Date carved 1934.

Endowment board unveiled 1939. Mothercraft Home, Tasmania.

Bookends carved 1949 for Gussie Wright’s 100th birthday.

“Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson. Published 1975.

Brooch created 2011 for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor exhibition by Michelle Taylor.

Thank you to the sponsors, volunteers, and businesses that made the 2015 “Who was Nellie Payne?” exhibition such a success.

Tasmanian Community Fund

Meander Valley Council

Premier’s discretionary fund (Tasmania)

Arts Deloraine

Tasmanian Alkaloids

Amanda & Sean Manners

Westbury & Districts Historical Society

John Temple Gallery

Fitzpatrick’s Inn

Steven French Photography

John Kemp Photography (UK)

Virginia & Bill Greenhill