Who was Nellie Payne?

Credence Table and Altar, St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree. Carved 1924.

Credence Table and Altar, St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree. Carved 1924. St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree, – altar St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree, – inscription St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree, – table details St Raphael’s Church, Fern Tree, – table DB22 The credence table has the following words carved. “In loving memory of Agnes Mault […]

Plaque, Memorial Rest Home, Nursing Sisters, Lindisfarne. Carved 1924.

Plaque, Memorial Rest Home, Nursing Sisters, Lindisfarne. Carved 1924. DB127 During the period between the wars, Nellie was called upon to design and carve a number of memorial objects for widely differing purposes.  One of the earliest of these was a plaque for the Memorial Rest Home for Nursing Sisters at Lindisfarne in memory of […]

Blackwood Screen exhibited 1924, British Empire Exhibition, London.

Blackwood Screen exhibited 1924, British Empire Exhibition, London. Empire screen front. Empire screen reverse. Empire screen in Nellie’s scrapbook. DB78 “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson, 1975, pg. 77 – 78Chapter 12Dower Chests and a MysteryIn 1924, the great British Empire Exhibition was held at Wembley, England, and every part of […]

Field family sports cupboard, Launceston Church Grammar School. Carved 1924.

Field family sports cupboard, Launceston Church Grammar School. Carved 1924. Field family sports cupboard, Launceston Church Grammar School. Detail of names on Field family sports cupboard, Launceston Church Grammar School. DB63 “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson“In 1924 seventeen members of the Field family, all old boys of the school, resolved […]

Honour board, University of Tasmania. Carved 1924.

Honour board, University of Tasmania. Carved 1924. DB30 “Ellen Nora Payne-Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson Atkinson says “Unquestionably the most ambitious of her honour boards were those she wrought for the University of Tasmania, the Hutchins School, the Hobart Town Hall, St. Andrews Church Westbury and the Launceston Church Grammar School” “The University board, […]