Annex

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

Red pipes trace the length of a green-painted ceiling above a corridor that runs deep into the building at Waterfall Sanatorium, flanked on one side by a row of multi-pane windows thick with cobwebs and on the other by a brick wall broken by an open wooden door. Light brown wainscoting lines the windowed wall below the glass, graffiti marks the far end near a partially open door, and cracked concrete and scattered debris cover the floor.

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In situ

Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Annex
Series: Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue: WSA-001
Process: Giclée
Captured: 24 June 2018
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: 297 × 210 mm
Location: Waterfall, 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

Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A long enclosed corridor runs between a brick ward building and a wall of timber-framed windows at Waterfall Sanatorium. Red fire suppression pipes trace the length of the pale green ceiling. Several window panes are missing. Cobwebs span the upper corners. The concrete floor is bare and dirty, scattered with debris from the rooms either side. The brickwork has darkened with damp. The corridor reads, even now, as a verandah that was glassed in, then enclosed, then sealed. The light coming through the surviving panes is the same light the wards were designed to take in.

Waterfall Sanatorium opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives, on a bushland site chosen for its quietness and isolation. It was New South Wales' first purpose-built tuberculosis hospital. Some of the earliest buildings, including the administration block, kitchen, staff cottages and entrance gatehouse, are attributed to Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon. The treatment model relied on rest, fresh air and outlook, so wards were designed to take light from long verandahs running their length. The annex in this photograph is one of those verandahs. Tuberculosis treatment ended on the site in 1958. The buildings are protected as a local heritage item under Wollongong LEP 2009.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A long enclosed corridor runs between a brick ward building and a wall of timber-framed windows. Red fire suppression pipes trace the length of the pale green ceiling. Several window panes are missing. Cobwebs span the upper corners. The concrete floor is bare and dirty, scattered with debris. Overgrown trees press against the glass from outside, filtering dull green light down the passage. A door stands open in the brick wall, its green kickplate still intact.

Brett Patman

The series

Waterfall Sanatorium

2016–2018 · 54 photographs

The first patients arrived at the Hospital for Consumptives, Waterfall on 14 April 1909, with initial provision for 180 men. A women's wing opened in May 1912 for 120; by 1919 it had become the largest sanatorium in New South Wales, holding 788 patients. The site sat at about 1,000 feet (305 m), 26 miles (42 km) south of Sydney, on the medical theory that tuberculosis needed 'high and rarefied atmosphere in the country away from the grime and pollution of cities'.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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