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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Citations

  • Sear, Martha (March 1996), '“Most Curious and Peculiar”: Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney’, Sydney, NSW : Mackay Museum exhibition leaflet, .

  • Sear, Martha (March 1996), 'Nineteenth Century Women’s Work Exhibitions’, Sydney, NSW : PhD thesis (in progress) Sydney University, .

See also

  • 'Section 5, plate 183'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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Related recognitions
  • NSW woman exhibitors, International exhibitions (received)
  • Award in group 164 (received)
  • Award in group 164 (received)
  • NSW woman exhibitors, International exhibitions (received)