Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.
Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.

Ward Entrance

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 2.5s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Sunlight illuminates the peeling paint and crumbling facade of a ward entrance at Callan Park. This building once served as part of the Kirkbride psychiatric hospital, established in 1885.

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Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.Ward Entrance at Callan Park, timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Ward Entrance
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-060
Process
Giclée
Captured
29 October 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
2.5s 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

The entrance to one of the wards at Callan Park, part of the Kirkbride Complex. The facade is sandstone, the entry framed by a stone portico in the original Victorian construction. Peeling paint covers the timber joinery of the doors. The brickwork on the lower walls is intact; the stonework above the entrance is weathered through patches of damp.

The Kirkbride Complex was built between 1880 and 1884 by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederick Norton Manning, modelled on the Chartham Down Hospital in Kent. The complex was Australia's first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy. The hospital was proclaimed as a separate institution on 1 August 1878 and closed on 30 April 2008 after merging into Rozelle Hospital in 1976.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Timber wall bars stand bolted to the corner of a dim room. The parquetry floor is worn to a dark, oily sheen, its herringbone pattern still legible under years of grime. Teal panelled doors line the left wall, closed tight. A half-height partition juts out beside the bars. Through an open doorway on the right, white tiles and a window glow with flat daylight. The air feels close and still.

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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