Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.
Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.

Chapel Hall

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 4s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Chapel Hall at Callan Park reveals its layered history. Light streams through tall, arched windows, casting patterns across the worn floor. Empty pews suggest past congregations within this former Rozelle Hospital building.

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Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.Chapel Hall at Callan Park, a narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Chapel Hall
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-012
Process
Giclée
Captured
29 October 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
4s s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Chapel Hall at Callan Park. Tall arched windows line the walls of the hall, the light entering across the full height of the room and falling across the worn timber floor. Empty pews remain in the hall, arranged in rows facing the front of the room. The walls are plastered and painted, the paint peeling in patches near the upper edges. The hall is otherwise empty.

Callan Park merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976. The chapel sat among the working halls of the site across the working life of the hospital. The Kirkbride Complex was built between 1880 and 1884 by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederick Norton Manning. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008, and the site is now public parkland.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor runs between dark timber-panelled walls. Wide hardwood floorboards carry scuff marks and decades of grime. The paint above the dado rail has streaked and stained, pulling away from damp plaster. An arched doorway opens to the right. At the far end, a four-panel door sits closed beneath a frosted transom window. A single bare bulb hangs from the ceiling. A green emergency exit sign glows faintly above. Light enters from the left, casting a pale wedge across the floor.

Brett Patman

Callan Park

The series

Callan Park

2016–2018 · 93 photographs

Dr Frederic Norton Manning rejected the asylum as 'a cemetery for deceased intellects'. In 1876 he toured asylums in England, France, Germany and the United States, returning with drawings of Chartham Down Hospital in Kent. Working with Colonial Architect James Barnet and Botanic Gardens director Charles Moore, he built Australia's first hospital purpose-built for moral therapy treatment on the Iron Cove foreshore.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM CALLAN PARK

92 other prints in this series

All prints
Entertainment Room at Callan Park, a curved wall of louvre and casement windows wraps around the room in a wide semicircle.
Entertainment Room $100.00
Rehabilitation Rooms at Callan Park, you can see the old wire mesh windows and a beautiful brightly lit Jacaranda out.
Rehabilitation Rooms $100.00
Backlit Blind at Callan Park, a tall window fills the centre of the frame, venetian blinds drawn closed but glowing.
Backlit Blind $100.00
Clinic at Callan Park, an old clinic in one of the wards that has long since seen any patients.
Clinic $100.00
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