Who was Nellie Payne?

Coat of Arms, Tasmanian House of Assembly. Carved 1939.

Coat of Arms, Tasmanian House of Assembly. Carved 1939. DB68 “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson, page 98“For many years the Tasmanian Parliament House in Hobart had felt the lack of a suitable representation of a Royal coat of arms to signify Parliament’s allegiance to the Throne, and in 1939 Mrs […]