Prep Kitchen

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 prep kitchen attached to one of the ward buildings at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex peaked at over 1,400 patients in the 1960s, twice its 1895 design capacity of 700 across 19 wards.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Prep Kitchen
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-044
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 prep kitchen attached to one of the ward buildings at Kenmore. The walls are tiled to dado height and plastered above. The floor is concrete. A long workbench runs along one wall, the joinery in place but the equipment removed. The shelving above the bench is empty. The prep kitchen served the ward it was attached to, the food brought in from the central kitchens for plating and distribution.

Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards. By the 1960s the hospital held over 1,400 patients, twice the original design capacity. Ward-attached prep kitchens were standard fabric in the residential buildings, sized for the patient numbers on each ward. The complex was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A U-shaped bench runs the length of the room, laminate doors hanging open on empty cupboards. Tiled splashbacks line the walls to shoulder height. The floor is small mosaic tile, now buried under dead leaves and shattered glass that has blown in through the open doorway. A plastic bin sits against the far bench, lid still on. Grey light filters through two steel-framed windows. Green spray paint marks one cabinet door.

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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