Red fire extinguisher signs hang from the ceiling of a long corridor running through one of the ward blocks at Callan Park.

Ward Hall

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 2.5s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Red fire extinguisher signs hang from the ceiling of a long corridor running through one of the ward blocks at Callan Park. Grime streaks the rendered walls below fluorescent light fittings, and an open timber door on the left reveals a darker room beyond. Natural light pushes in from a multi-paned window at the far end.

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In situ

Ward Hall at Callan Park, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Ward Hall at Callan Park, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Ward Hall at Callan Park, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Ward Hall
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-061
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: 24 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 long corridor runs through one of the ward blocks at Callan Park, Lilyfield, red fire extinguisher signs hanging from the ceiling along its length. Grime streaks the rendered walls below fluorescent light fittings, and an open timber door on the left reveals a darker room beyond. Natural light pushes in from a multi-paned window at the far end.

The Kirkbride Complex holds ten ward blocks, five male and five female, plus official buildings arranged on a main cross axis and linked by a continuous covered veranda. Callan Park Hospital for the Insane merged with the Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic in 1976 to form Rozelle Hospital. The Callan Park Conservation Area and Buildings were listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in April 1999. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008. The site is now public parkland under Greater Sydney Parklands.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor runs deep into the ward building. Linoleum floors carry scuff marks and grime, their surface catching a slick reflection from the window at the far end. Timber doors stand open on the left. Fire extinguishers sit mounted in their brackets, red against grey-green walls. A painted sign overhead still reads "Fire Extinguisher." Metal handrails line the right wall, bolted at regular intervals. The ceiling is low, stained, fluorescent fittings dark.

Brett Patman

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

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