Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.
Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.

Parkview

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
21mm · f/8.0 · 1/10 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Sandstone walls of Callan Park stand amidst overgrown foliage. The scene captures the quiet decay of the historic grounds. Sunlight illuminates the weathered textures, revealing the enduring legacy of the former hospital.

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Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.Parkview at Callan Park, pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Parkview
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-034
Process
Giclée
Captured
29 October 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/10 s
ISO
100
Focal length
21 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

Sandstone walls of Callan Park stand among the overgrown grounds of the site. The stonework is weathered, the joints worn back across the patches most exposed to the weather. Sunlight falls across the walls and reveals the layered textures of the stone. The grounds around the buildings are part-claimed by overgrowth from the surrounding landscape.

Callan Park sits on the Iron Cove foreshore at Lilyfield, with a long north-facing frontage to the cove. The site was selected by Colonial Architect James Barnet for its winter sun and summer breezes and was acquired by the colonial government in 1874. The Kirkbride Complex was built between 1880 and 1884. The site is now public parkland managed by Greater Sydney Parklands.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Pale blue walls and teal double doors frame a view out to green lawn and flowering shrubs. The linoleum floor is dark, scuffed, reflective. Light enters through tall glass panels and falls across the empty room. A cast-iron radiator sits beneath the windows. A small wooden shelf is fixed to the wall at counter height. Ceiling tiles sag. An emergency exit sign glows above the doorway.

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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