Mechanical Workshop

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/25 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The mechanical workshop at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. Grease still in the air. The complex maintained its own workshops to support a population that peaked at over 1,400 patients in the 1960s.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Mechanical Workshop
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-033
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/25 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

The mechanical workshop at Kenmore. The floor is concrete, marked with the outlines of equipment since removed. A long workbench runs along one wall, the joinery in place. The walls are plastered and painted, weathered through patches of damp. The light enters from high windows along the upper wall and falls across the floor. Grease is still in the air.

Kenmore maintained its own workshops to support a resident population that peaked at over 1,400 in the 1960s. The mechanical workshop is one of those workshops, kept on through the working life of the site. The complex operated as a psychiatric hospital from 1895 until the Commonwealth sale in 2003 and was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022. The State Heritage listing remains active.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A high-ceilinged hall with a corrugated iron roof pitched to a central ridge. A large arched window dominates the far wall, letting diffused light fall across the concrete floor. Cream brickwork lines the lower walls. Exposed conduit and steel pipework run along every surface. A timber workbench sits at centre, surrounded by scattered debris, metal rings, and broken tile. A single round light fitting hangs dead from the apex. The air looks thick with dust and damp.

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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