Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.
Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.

Ruined Bathroom

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 5s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Within Callan Park, a bathroom shows signs of profound decay. Porcelain fixtures are broken, and paint peels from the walls in long strips. Debris litters the floor, marking decades of neglect.

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Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.Ruined Bathroom at Callan Park, white tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Ruined Bathroom
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-046
Process
Giclée
Captured
29 October 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
5s 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

A bathroom at Callan Park. Porcelain fixtures are broken across the room, the basins cracked and the cistern lids displaced. Paint peels from the walls in long strips. Debris is scattered across the floor: tiles, plaster fragments, broken fittings. The walls are tiled to dado height, the tiles cracked across patches. The room has not been used in many years.

Callan Park merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976. The site went through a period of vandalism and neglect after the 1983 Richmond Report. A program of urgent maintenance commenced in 1991. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008. The site is now public parkland managed by Greater Sydney Parklands.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

White tiles line the walls, many still intact, others missing to expose brown adhesive beneath. A ceramic basin holds to the wall by its plumbing alone. Small green mosaic tiles cover the floor, scattered with broken tile fragments and dead leaves blown in through louvre windows. A stainless steel partition stands in the corner. Light enters flat and cold through frosted glass. The air feels damp.

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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