Kirkbride Ward kings tableland Part of The Woolshed series

Part of The Woolshed series

sunlight cutting through broken windows to catch the dust hanging in the still air

the structure shows the age and condition you would expect from decades of salt water and minimal maintenance

light pressing through grimy windows to settle across layers of dust and industrial residue

corrugated iron leaning against one side

Kirkbride Ward kings tableland Part of The Woolshed seriesFemale Ward 9 and 10 inside the Kirkbride Complex at Callan Park, photographed in 2018 with paint peeling back from the walls in thick, curling sheets. The ward sits within a ten block pavilion arrangement designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederic Norton Manning, first opened to female patients on 19 December 1884. Part of the Callan Park series.