Making Do

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/15 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Plaster dust across the carpet, fallen from the ceiling above, with a hessian sheet hung as a curtain at the window. One of the ward rooms at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Making Do
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-032
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/15 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

Plaster dust lies across the carpet of one of the ward rooms at Kenmore, fallen from the ceiling above. A hessian sheet has been hung at the window as a curtain, fixed at the top and drawn across the panes. The carpet is faded under the dust. The walls along the outer runs are plastered and painted. The room has been adapted by whoever was here last, rather than left as it was found.

The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003. 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, twice the original design capacity. The site was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022. The hessian sheet is more recent than the building.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A front room in a federation-era residence. Brick fireplace on the left wall, mantelpiece still intact above it. The plaster on the right wall has cracked and buckled in wide sheets, pulling away from the lath beneath. Paint flakes cover the blue carpet like scattered confetti. Dead leaves have blown in through the two sash windows, collecting in dry piles near the skirting boards. A green wheelie bin sits between the windows. Thin curtain fabric hangs limp over one pane. Daylight fills the room but warms nothing.

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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