# Event Details - **Event Name**: Jackie (JH) Robinson: mining fields reporter - Exhibition opening and talk - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 11:00 am – Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: Opening event and talk for the Jackie (JH) Robinson: mining fields reporter exhibition at the Devonport Regional Gallery.About this EventOpening event:Saturday, 22 November, 11am, followed by talk with Author and Historian Nic Haygarth at 12pm on the life and work of Jackie Robinson.Join us for the opening of Jackie (JH) Robinson: mining fields reporter followed by a talk with author and historian Nic Haygarth as he explores J.H. Robinson’s life and photography, uncovering the stories behind his images and their historical context.Nic Haygarth is a Tasmanian historian who gained a PhD in history at the University of Tasmania. A prolific author, his most recent books are Mountain men: stories from the Tasmanian high country (with Simon Cubit, 2015), Wonderstruck: treasuring Tasmania’s caves and karst (2015) On the ossie: Tasmanian osmiridium and the fountain pen industry (2017), Bush lives: tales from the Tasmanian backblocks (2024) and Bush lives 2 (2025). He is passionate about wild places, high country and those who populate them.Exhibition Dates:22 November 2025 – 21 February 2026For 40 years John Henry (‘Jackie’) Robinson (1883–1953) framed Waratah and the West Coast from a tripod. Robinson and two of his brothers were highly skilled photographers. From 1913 Jackie was an outstanding amateur based in Waratah. However, he appears to have given many of his plates to his brother Robert Vaudry (‘Bert’), hence their lodgement in the Robinson Photographic Collection at the Devonport Regional Gallery.Jackie produced so many portraits in Waratah that semi-professional might be a better tag for him than amateur. He developed his plates at night when his job was done for the day. No golden wedding anniversary, vice-regal visit or patriotic demonstration escaped his shutter.This exhibition is curated by Author and Historian, Nic Haygarth.Image: JH Robinson, Holdfast Tunnel excavation workers including WJ Thorne, 1933, R00741.8 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/devonport/jackie-jh-robinson-mining-fields-reporter-exhibition-opening-and-talk/100001910258908819 - **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art, literary-art, photography - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fjackie-jh-robinson-mining-fields-reporter-exhibition-opening-and-talk-tickets-1910258908819 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Devonport - **state**: TS - **country**: Australia - **location**: Devonport Regional Gallery - **lat**: -41.17733279999999 - **long**: 146.3607962 - **full address**: Devonport Regional Gallery, 151 Rooke Street, Devonport, Australia ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Devonport Regional Gallery (https://allevents.in/org/devonport-regional-gallery/26994358) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8c596ed9429939fc1368b764571d9d0d0010f077160f2a3312814c5ad553223b-rimg-w1200-h697-dc171717-gmir.jpg?v=1762103779 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/4a21dc326e61839fa820fcd7b96acd96e8468c50723a33c331da6493b3b6f90b-rimg-w400-h400-dc161616-gmir.jpg?v=1762103777 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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Her aim was to promote Tasmanian artists and to provide an impartial program of appreciation with the inclusion of national and international exhibitions. She developed a complimentary project in the display and sale of fine wool, and woven and knitted products made by local craftswomen which not only helped support the gallery financially, but also promoted the recognition of one of Tasmania’s primary industries. The Little Gallery was situated in a weatherboard building behind the Baptist Church in Stewart Street, which was home to the Devonport Regional Gallery until 2018.The Baptist Church was built in 1904 and was designed and constructed by Stephen Priest Senior and Stephen Priest Junior. In 1969 when the church moved to other premises, the building incorporated the Devonport Library until 1983, when it became the designated site for the Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre. 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