Bubbler

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/10 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A drinking fountain at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at its 1895 opening. Patient population peaked at over 1,400 in the 1960s.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Bubbler
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-008
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/10 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: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A drinking fountain stands at Kenmore. The fixture is mounted at standing height against the wall, the basin set below. The wall is painted plaster, weathered with damp through patches. The floor is bare boards. The fountain is the only feature in the photograph.

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. Patient numbers peaked at over 1,400 in the 1960s. The site sits on a 340.5-acre property on Taralga Road south of Goulburn, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the complex was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022. The fixtures that served the population at its peak remain throughout the buildings, the drinking fountain among them.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A stainless steel bubbler sits mounted against square ceramic tiles, its chrome pipework exposed beneath. Opposite, timber cabinets stand open and emptied, arranged along the far wall beneath two grid-paned windows. Ceiling tiles sag. A single fan blade hangs still. Concrete floor, stained dark with moisture, stretches between the fixtures. Light enters cold and flat through the security grilles.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Frederic Norton Manning, NSW Inspector-General of the Insane, acquired 340.5 acres on Taralga Road, Goulburn, for £1,252 in October 1879. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the asylum complex. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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