Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.
Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.

Down the Middle

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

A row of timber closets running down the middle of one of the ward buildings at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005 (item 2930022, Kenmore Psychiatric Hospital Complex).

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Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.Down the Middle at The Asylum, timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Down the Middle
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-019
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
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 row of timber closets running down the middle of one of the ward buildings at Kenmore. The closets are paired back to back, each pair serving the bed space on either side of the room. The floor is timber boards, scuffed at the centre where the doors have been worked open and closed across years of use. The walls along the outer runs are plastered and painted. The closets are the older fabric in the room.

The complex was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005 as the Kenmore Psychiatric Hospital Complex, item 2930022. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. By the 1960s the hospital held over 1,400 patients. The State Heritage Register listing describes the Vernon core as the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Timber wardrobes line both walls in symmetrical rows, their doors hanging open, shelves bare. A ceiling fan sits motionless at the centre of the room. Acoustic tiles sag and buckle overhead, water damage pulling them loose from the frame. Three barred windows let in flat grey light. A cast-iron radiator sits beneath them. The linoleum floor is scattered with fallen debris and dark staining.

Brett Patman

Kenmore Asylum

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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07 MORE FROM KENMORE ASYLUM

73 other prints in this series

All prints
Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.
Fireplace $100.00
Autopsy Table at The Asylum, a dusty autopsy table in the morgue of an abandoned asylum.
Autopsy Table $100.00
In Between at The Asylum, a narrow corridor runs between a brick wall and a timber-panelled enclosure.
In Between $100.00
Workbench at The Asylum, a green six-panel door sits closed against a cracked plaster wall.
Workbench $100.00
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