Cleaning Kitchen

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 cleaning kitchen at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. Kenmore operated as a NSW Department of Health psychiatric hospital from 1895, was offered to the Australian Army as a military hospital from March 1941 to 1946, then resumed civilian psychiatric care.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Cleaning Kitchen
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-010
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 cleaning kitchen at Kenmore. The room is small, fitted out for the service work of a residential building rather than for food preparation. The walls are plastered and painted, weathered through patches of damp. The floor is timber boards. The fixtures that gave the room its function have been removed in the years since the complex was sold.

Kenmore operated as a NSW Department of Health psychiatric hospital from its 1895 opening. Between March 1941 and 1946 the NSW Government offered the site to the Australian Army as a military hospital, and civilian patients were moved to other Sydney institutions. Civilian psychiatric care resumed in 1946 under the NSW Department of Health. Patient numbers peaked at over 1,400 in the 1960s. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and Kenmore was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Dead leaves cover the tiled floor in thick drifts. A commercial dishwasher sits against the far wall, its stainless steel body streaked with grime. Pale green tiles line every surface from floor to bench height. Steel preparation tables stand along the left wall, plumbing still attached. Frosted windows filter a flat, grey light across the room. The air looks heavy. Damp. Still.

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

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