Split

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/5 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The wall that separates two opposite staircases at the end of one of the ward buildings at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at opening in 1895.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Split
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-057
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/5 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

The wall that separates two opposite staircases at the end of one of the ward buildings at Kenmore. Each staircase descends from the upper level of the ward to the floor below; the wall divides them along its full height. The walls are painted plaster, the treads timber. The handrails are turned hardwood, fitted into stringers that follow the line of each stair. The wall between is plain plaster, undressed.

The ward buildings at Kenmore date from the design that opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards. The complex was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, and is the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the NSW State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A concrete column divides the ground floor into two paths. To the right, steel-edged stairs climb steeply toward a gridded window where pale light spills down the stairwell. To the left, a corridor stretches past open doorways, dim and long. Paint peels from every wall in wide curls. Debris and grit cover the floor. The air looks damp, heavy.

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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