Welcome to western Sydney
Parramatta River, western Sydney.
View looking south across the river to Rocky Point, Concord.
The Thomas Walker Historical Estate: 'Rivendell' (1891).
Photographed from the Kissing Point Park, Putney.
'Rivendell' was built between 1891 and 1893. It was designed as a convalescent hospital and its most famous patient was the Australian poet Henry Lawson who, whilst there, recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, wrote 'The Unknown Patient'.
Over 70,000 patients have convalesced at the hospital, including retuned soldiers from the 1914-18 and 1939-45 World Wars.
The name Rivendell is derived from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien and was chosen because in 'The Hobbit' Rivendell is a place to rest and recuperate – a sanctuary for those on difficult journeys.
Currently Rivendell is a school for children and adolescents with serious mental health issues.
For the history of this building and facility, see:
www.rivendell.nsw.edu.au/about-us/our-history/
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 16-35mm f 4/L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Welcome to western Sydney
Parramatta River, western Sydney.
View looking south across the river to Rocky Point, Concord.
The Thomas Walker Historical Estate: 'Rivendell' (1891).
Photographed from the Kissing Point Park, Putney.
'Rivendell' was built between 1891 and 1893. It was designed as a convalescent hospital and its most famous patient was the Australian poet Henry Lawson who, whilst there, recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, wrote 'The Unknown Patient'.
Over 70,000 patients have convalesced at the hospital, including retuned soldiers from the 1914-18 and 1939-45 World Wars.
The name Rivendell is derived from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien and was chosen because in 'The Hobbit' Rivendell is a place to rest and recuperate – a sanctuary for those on difficult journeys.
Currently Rivendell is a school for children and adolescents with serious mental health issues.
For the history of this building and facility, see:
www.rivendell.nsw.edu.au/about-us/our-history/
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 16-35mm f 4/L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.