Recreation Room

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/2 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A dimly lit recreation room at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at opening in 1895 and held over 1,400 at its 1960s peak.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Recreation Room
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-047
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/2 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 dimly lit recreation room at Kenmore. The room is large, with timber floors and plastered walls. The light enters from a single window along one wall and falls across the floor in a narrow strip. The fittings of the room have been removed; the proportions of the recreation space remain.

Kenmore was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at opening in 1895, 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. Recreation rooms were part of the residential fabric across the wards. 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

Faded pink curtains filter grey light through a pair of windows. A green-tiled fireplace sits against the left wall, its mantelpiece bare except for an empty picture frame propped at an angle. Cast-iron radiators line the walls beneath the windows and beside the door. Ceiling panels sag and stain with moisture damage. Plaster and debris cover the floor. A small wooden cabinet lies toppled near the entrance. A stained-glass panel, red and green, sits in the door's upper frame.

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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