Bottleneck

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 0.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A dividing wall between two areas of one of the dining rooms at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at opening in 1895.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Bottleneck
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-007
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.6s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A dividing wall stands between two areas of one of the dining rooms at Kenmore. The wall is plain plaster, painted and weathered through patches of damp. The floor on each side is timber boards, scuffed and dust-covered. The proportions of the rooms on each side are large. The space was built to feed many people at once.

Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards, the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW. The complex sits on a 340.5-acre property on Taralga Road south of Goulburn. The dining rooms and service spaces were sized for the design population at opening. Patient numbers peaked at over 1,400 by the 1960s, twice the original capacity. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A pale green ward opens wide and bare. Ceiling tiles sag between metal battens. Two industrial fans hang motionless overhead. Cracks fracture the plaster walls in slow, branching lines. The floor is stripped back to raw concrete, stained dark with moisture and mould. A wire basket sits near centre, holding nothing. Through a single open doorway, another room glows pink with daylight. A lone chair is visible in the distance.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Kenmore Asylum opened on Taralga Road, Goulburn, in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete mental health complex in rural New South Wales. The site was acquired in 1879 under the same Inspector-General who initiated Callan Park. The hospital closed around 2003 and was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2005.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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