Dense ivy across the central gable of the main facade at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, with broken window panes in the exposed brickwork either side and a chimney stack rising from the roofline.

Nature Always Finds a Way

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/500 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Dense ivy across the central gable of the main facade at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, with broken window panes in the exposed brickwork either side and a chimney stack rising from the roofline. The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003. The complex is decommissioned and largely vacant, and creeper plants have moved through several of the buildings.

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In situ

Nature Always Finds a Way at The Asylum, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nature Always Finds a Way at The Asylum, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nature Always Finds a Way at The Asylum, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Nature Always Finds a Way
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-037
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/500 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

Dense ivy covers the central gable of the main facade at Kenmore, the growth holding the wall in a single mass. Broken window panes punctuate the exposed brickwork either side. Two low brick structures occupy the forecourt lawn below, and a prominent chimney stack rises from the roofline against a bright sky.

The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003. The complex is decommissioned and largely vacant, and creeper plants have moved through several of the buildings, growing in through broken windows and open doorways. Kenmore opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The site was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005 as the Kenmore Hospital Precinct, State Heritage Register item 01728. The State Heritage listing remains active.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Boston ivy consumes the eastern facade of the main administration building, thick stems gripping the brickwork from ground level to the second storey. Several windows are missing their glass. The slate roof holds but sags near the central cupola. A tall conifer stands close to the right wall, dwarfing the entrance portico. The lawn stretches flat and unbroken to the front, bright green under a clear sky. Two short brick pillars mark where a gate or sign once stood.

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

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