Divide

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/6 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Wooden cubicles line the far end of this ward interior at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, open lower cabinets and a central door left ajar exposing bare, dusty shelving. Gridded windows along the left wall draw pale light across the floorboards, where plaster debris has collected in drifts. A ceiling fan hangs above the central cubicle, still fixed in place despite the broken ceiling sections around it.

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In situ

Divide at The Asylum, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Divide at The Asylum, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Divide at The Asylum, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Divide
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-018
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/6 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 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 pair of timber cabinet partitions running down the centre of one of the ward rooms at Kenmore, both wardrobe doors standing open. Damaged ceiling tiles overhead. The partitions divide the ward floor into two parallel runs of bed space, with the wardrobes positioned at the centre to serve both sides. The floor is timber boards. The walls along the outer runs are plastered and painted.

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. By the 1960s the hospital held over 1,400 patients, twice the original design capacity. The ward partitions are part of the original residential fabric: timber wardrobes and dividers carried over from the design that opened with 700-patient capacity. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Timber wardrobes and bedside cabinets stand open in two rows, dividing the room into narrow cubicles. Each partition holds a small desk lamp and a single drawer. The floorboards are grey with grime, scattered with debris fallen from the ceiling where acoustic tiles have collapsed. Barred windows line both walls. Daylight filters through but does not reach the corners. A ceiling fan hangs motionless.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 75 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

Print sizes

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