Jane Tost b. c.1817

Also known as Ada Jane Rohu
  • Artist
Taxidermist in partnership with her daughter Ada Jane Rohu. For over forty years (1860-1900) Jane Tost and Ada Jane Rohu were the most consistent and most successful NSW women exhibitors at international exhibitions, winning at least twenty medals between them.
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Name
Jane Tost
Also known as Ada Jane Rohu
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Taxidermists
Birth date
c.1817
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
1889
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1839 - c.1889
Arrival
  • 1855 (Tasmania.)
Residence
  • c.1845 - c.1855 London, England, UK
  • c.1860 - c.1889 Sydney, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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Related stub people
  • Audubon, John (associate of)
  • Ward, Herbert (child of)
  • Ward, Henry (sibling of)
  • Ward, Rowland (relative of)
  • Tost, Charles (spouse of)
  • Tyrell, James (associate of)
  • Coates, James (relative of)
  • Rohu, Henry (relative of)
  • Rohu, Willis (grandparent of)
Related stub person groups
  • Tost & Rohu (associate of)
  • British Museum, England, UK (associate of)
  • Hobart Town Museum, TAS (associate of)
  • Royal Society of Tasmania, TAS (associate of)
  • Australian Museum, NSW (associate of)
  • Victoria Theatre, Pitt St, Sydney, NSW. (associate of)
  • Agricultural Society of NSW, NSW (associate of)
Related people
  • Rohu, Jane Catherine (parent of)
  • Krefft, Johann Ludwig Gerard (associate of)
Related works
  • 'Perfumery and Fancy Articles' (creator of)
  • 'Stuffed Birds' (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Award in group 164 (received)
  • NSW woman exhibitors, International exhibitions (received)
Related events
  • Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, Agricultural Society of NSW (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a95bb538b73d9301b18b')) (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)