Rack and Ruin

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/13 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A large empty hall at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, with parallel marks scored into the floorboards where heavy fittings once stood. Pale green walls, sash windows on three sides, cast-iron radiators along the far wall. The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Rack and Ruin
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-046
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/13 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 large empty hall at Kenmore. Parallel marks are scored into the floorboards where heavy fittings once stood. The walls are pale green. Sash windows run along three sides of the room and admit daylight across the full floor. Cast-iron radiators run along the far wall below the windows. The fittings that left the score marks have been removed.

The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003. 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. The large halls in the residential buildings carried beds and rack-mounted ward equipment across the working life of the site. The complex was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon. The NSW State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A long rectangular hall, stripped bare. Pale green walls run the full length of the room, lined on both sides with cast-iron column radiators and multi-pane windows. Daylight enters evenly but without warmth. Acoustic ceiling tiles sag and buckle overhead, several missing entirely, exposing dark cavities above. The floor is filthy. Grime, plaster dust, and debris coat what was once polished linoleum. A single door stands open at the far end.

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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