Patient Partitions

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/8 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Timber wardrobes and partition dividers in one of the ward buildings at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Patient Partitions
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-041
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/8 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

Timber wardrobes and partition dividers stand in one of the ward buildings at Kenmore. The wardrobes are paired back to back along the centre of the room, each pair dividing the floor into parallel runs of bed space. The wardrobe doors are panelled timber. 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 fit-out of timber wardrobes and partitions is part of the residential fabric carried over from the design that opened with 700-patient capacity. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Timber partitions stand clustered in the centre of a long ward. Each unit holds a small cabinet, a shelf, a narrow desk. The wood is dark, veneer lifting at the edges. Bare floorboards carry a film of grit. Ceiling fans hang motionless above dropped acoustic tiles. Multi-pane windows line both walls, letting in a flat, grey light. A single scrap of paper clings to the plaster near the door.

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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