Nevin Tait was born in
Castlemaine, Victoria, the son of John Turnbull Tait (1830–1902), a tailor from
Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and his English wife Sarah, née Leeming. Tait Snr. had migrated to Victoria in 1862 and settled at Castlemaine, where he married Sarah. The Tait's had nine children; five of which were involved in show business including Charles (1868–1933), John (1871–1955), James Nevin (1876–1961),
Edward Joseph Tait (1878–1947) and Frank Samuel (1883–1965) (later Sir Frank). The Taits moved in about 1879 to Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Nevin started his career as a stockbroker before moving into concert promotion and film production including the films
The Story of the Kelly Gang and
Robbery Under Arms. In March 1911, brothers John and Nevin, and
Millard Johnson and
William Gibson merged their film interests in
Amalgamated Pictures. In 1916 he moved to
London to represent his brothers, where he died in 1961. ==References==