Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.
Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.

Washroom

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

Light spills into the washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, illuminating decaying tiles. Rust stains fixtures. Paint peels from the walls, revealing layers of time within this former tuberculosis hospital.

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Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.Washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium, a narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Washroom
Series
Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue
WSA-054
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
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
03 THE STORY

About this print

Light enters the washroom at Waterfall Sanatorium through windows along the upper wall and falls across the decaying tiles of the floor. The fixtures are rusted at the basin fittings, the porcelain stained where the water sat in the years after the building was last used. Paint peels from the walls in patches across the upper sections. The washroom has been left in place since the building's disuse.

Waterfall opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives and was renamed Waterfall Sanatorium around 1912. The hospital was the largest TB facility in NSW by 1919, with 788 patients. It closed in 1958 when antibiotic therapy made the isolation model unnecessary. The site continues in use as the Garrawarra Centre for the Aged; the older sanatorium buildings have stood largely disused since the closure.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow brick corridor opens toward a bank of timber-framed windows. Pale green paint clings to the ceiling. A cast-iron standpipe and brass valve sit bolted to the left wall, disconnected. Smashed ceramic fittings litter the concrete floor. Red fire-service pipework runs overhead. Afternoon light falls through the glass and lands in a hard rectangle on the ground. Graffiti marks the lower brickwork. The air looks still and dry.

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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07 MORE FROM WATERFALL SANATORIUM

53 other prints in this series

All prints
Bathrooms at Waterfall Sanatorium, a brown vinyl armchair sits centre-frame on a floor thick with plaster dust and debris.
Bathrooms $100.00
Looking Out at Waterfall Sanatorium, broken windows viewing out towards the overgrown grounds of Waterfall Sanatorium.
Looking Out $100.00
Hanging Garden at Waterfall Sanatorium, a fern growing in brickwork between two bathroom doors.
Hanging Garden $100.00
Ward Hall at Waterfall Sanatorium, a corridor stretches toward a single doorway where daylight enters.
Ward Hall $100.00
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