Washrooms

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/8 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Grimy windows throw raked light across a tiled floor, picking out the ribs of a cast-iron radiator and the chipped skirting below. A light green door stands open at the centre, drawing the eye through into a further room. Exposed plumbing feeds a white ceramic sink on the left wall, and a textured panel lines the far right corner of this ward space at Callan Park.

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In situ

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

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

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

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Washrooms
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-064
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/8 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 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

Original washroom facilities at Callan Park. The walls are tiled to dado height in small-format ceramic, the tiles cracked and faded across patches of damp. The fittings of the washroom are corroded at the taps, drains, and basin fittings. The floor is concrete, scuffed at the working positions. The fittings have been left in place since the building was last used.

Callan Park merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008. The site, on the Iron Cove foreshore at Lilyfield, is now public parkland managed by Greater Sydney Parklands. The Kirkbride Complex, Garryowen House and Broughton Hall were listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in April 1999.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Glazed tile walls line a communal washroom inside Callan Park. A cast-iron radiator sits beneath high windows, its surface dark with oxidation. Glass partition screens divide the space into open cubicles. A porcelain basin hangs from exposed pipework. The floor tiles are slick with grime, their pattern barely visible. Flat light enters through frosted panes and settles on every wet surface.

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

Print sizes

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