Fibro Annex

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/80 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A fibro annex stands amidst the decay of Waterfall Sanatorium. This simple structure, once part of the tuberculosis hospital, shows its age. Paint peels from its walls, revealing the fibre cement beneath.

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Fibro Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building.Fibro Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building.Fibro Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building.Fibro Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building.Fibro Annex at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Fibro Annex
Series
Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue
WSA-022
Process
Giclée
Captured
24 June 2018
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/80 s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
03 THE STORY

About this print

A fibro annex stands at Waterfall Sanatorium. The structure is a single-storey building clad in fibre cement sheeting, the paint peeling from the surfaces and revealing the fibre cement underneath. The windows are broken or boarded. Fibro chalets of various sizes were used at Waterfall to isolate patients in the active phase of tuberculosis.

Waterfall opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives. The site used fibro chalets, each about the size of a garden shed, to isolate active TB patients across the working decades. The sanatorium was renamed Waterfall Sanatorium around 1912 and held 788 patients by 1919, the largest TB facility in NSW. It closed in 1958 when antibiotic therapy made the isolation model unnecessary.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A covered walkway runs the length of a fibro and brick annex building. Brown brick lines the left wall, silver spray paint scrawled across it. Louvre windows sit closed. The concrete floor carries diamond-pattern markings, now barely visible beneath a film of grit and dead leaves. Afternoon light presses through the glass-panelled right wall, graffiti tags darkening the panes. Debris collects along the skirting. The corridor narrows toward a blue door at the far end.

Brett Patman

Waterfall Sanatorium

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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