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+ the magazine of the powerhouse museum winter 07

the art of
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powerpicks
O2 From the director Trustees

03 Powerpicks
Dr Nicholas G Pappas,
President
The Powerhouse Discovery Centre opens its
contents
06 Obituary: Bill Bannister / A wizard of a house Dr Anne Summers AO,
Deputy President
doors to the public and is a hit with visitors
07 Sydney Design 07 preview
issue 86 08 New exhibition: Cinema India Professor Shirley Alexander
Mr Mark Bouris
10 New exhibition: Nuclear matters
Ms Trisha Dixon
june july august 07 11 Members news Mr Mark Nicholaeff
12 Members calendar Ms Margaret Seale
Mr Anthony Sukari
14 Members scene and prizes Ms Judith Wheeldon
15 New acquisition: Design registration archive
Senior Management Powerhouse mascots Zoe
16 Children’s website and Cogs entertain the kids
Dr Kevin Fewster AM, Director in the Display store at the
17 Modernism and Australia Jennifer Sanders, Deputy Director, Powerhouse discovery centre
Collections and Outreach
18 New Sling recliner (Clockwise from left) Cr
Mark Goggin, Associate Director, Tony Hay, the Hon Bob Debus,
19 EcoLogic kit Operations and Services Dr Nicholas Pappas, Dr Kevin
Fewster, Alyce mervin and Edna
20 Kevin Fahy: a passion for collecting Kevin Sumption, Associate Director, Watson at the opening ceremony.
Photos by Sotha Bourn
Exhibitions, Projects and Planning
21 A lasting legacy
Dominic Curtin, Associate Director,
22 Sydney Observatory news Finance and Systems
23 Corporate partners
24 Exhibitions at a glance

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As some of you may know, on a daily basis by researchers Funding for the purchase was Exactly 19 years after the Museum
I recently published a book and others. The collection is a also supported by individual
opened in the Ultimo Power House, a
from the based on the Gallipoli diaries
of Australia’s official World War
living resource, always in use
and, we hope, ever expanding.
contributors to the Powerhouse
Foundation, following a fund-
the new facility is launched at Castle Hill
director 1 correspondent, C E W Bean. Many wonderful objects come raising concert at the Museum Powerhouse
As well as writing the most into the collection as donations last year.
complete personal account of but we also need the ability
The second acquisition funded
at Castle Hill
Gallipoli, Bean took over 1000 to purchase important items.
by the Account is the 1950
photos of the campaign. My It was for this reason that we
Sydney Cup made by one of
book includes many of these established the Powerhouse The weather was perfect, The Discovery Centre was
Australia’s leading producers of
photos and I also used them Foundation in 2004. Building everything was in place and officially opened by the Hon
gold objects and silverware, W
extensively in the talks and a Foundation is a long term on Saturday 10 March after Bob Debus, then State Attorney
J Sanders. Crafted in 15ct gold
interviews that I did around project but it is pleasing to months of intense preparation General and Minister for the
and featuring an advanced
Anzac Day. Sadly his actual report that it is already starting the new Powerhouse Discovery Environment and the Arts, with
modernist design, this is the
camera has not survived, so to make an impact. Centre opened at Castle Hill. words of welcome also from
finest example of a gold racing
I was very excited to learn By the end of the weekend Mayor of Baulkham Hills Shire
Recently the Museum received cup made in Australia during
that the Powerhouse has over 9000 people had Council, Cr Tony Hay. The very
funding for the first time from the 20th century.
several examples of the same visited, thrilled by the chance special Welcome to Country
the Australian Government’s
model, the Kodak Vest Pocket Our new purchases will be to explore the Museum’s was delivered by local Dharug
National Cultural Heritage
Autographic. I’m sure the added to our wonderful Online collection stores, discovering elder Edna Watson and grand-
impact of my talks was greatly
enhanced by being able to
Account, established to enable
collecting institutions to
Public Access Catalogue in
the next few months. You can
objects that have never, or only
rarely, been displayed.
daughter Alyce. The ceremony
was followed by a morning
 Senior Transport curator andrew Grant (left) with Tom
Crawford. Photo by irma Havlicek.
acquire significant objects. This
show audiences the sort of search this vast database of tea, attended by many of
support meant we were able to Locals who had been curiously
camera that Bean used to Museum objects by going to the people who had been Tom Crawford is a man who driven Loco 1243 until the mid
acquire a double bass made in watching the site grow were
take such remarkable images the Collection and Research involved in the site over its 50 has spent most of his life 1950s when it was withdrawn
about 1856 by John Devereux, finally able to explore the
under such challenging
regarded as Australia’s first
section of our website and
clicking on Search/Browse Our
storerooms and display
year history or had personal a love affair around trains. Starting his
career as a call boy in Dubbo
from regular service.
circumstances. connections with the objects
My story is but one example of
professional bowed string
instrument maker. This is the
Collection.
drawers, with something for
everyone from train enthusiasts
that now call the Discovery with steam (responsible for waking up
Tom returned to the Museum
a few days later to meet
the rail crew for duty), he
how our collection is utilised earliest surviving instrument Dr Kevin Fewster AM
Director
to fashion aficionados. But
regardless of special interests,
Centre home.
Our thanks to all the special
engines eventually became a train
curator Andrew Grant and
share recollections about his
made by Devereux in Australia.
powerhousemuseum.com the most popular object of the interest groups who brought
driver and supervisor, with a
particular passion for steam
days as a loco driver some
weekend was the Supreme along some of their best 40 years ago. ‘They were like
locomotives. Imagine his
mouse trap making machine. collectors’ items to add to the girlfriends to me’ he said. ‘I’ve
delight when visiting the
Front Cover Humayan, Where to find us Powerline is produced by the Print Media Department This amazing contraption, carnival atmosphere and to loved them all my life … When
seth studios (detail) © V&A Museum from Hay some
Images / Courtesy Mehboob of the Powerhouse Museum which made millions of mouse the Sydney Bus Museum who you’re driving them, it’s like
Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney months ago he discovered that
Productions (Private) ltd. traps in its working life, still has provided transport to and from a symphony orchestra’. For
Opening hours 10.00 am – 5.00 pm every day (except Christmas PO Box K346, Haymarket NSW 1238 one of his former ‘girlfriends’,
the power to astonish. (See the site in vintage buses. more on Tom’s recollections
Day). School holiday opening hours 9.30 am – 5.00 pm Editor: Tracy Goulding Locomotive 1243, was on
back page for more details.) The Powerhouse Discovery Centre has an of Locomotive 1243 go to
Editorial coordinator: Deborah Renaud permanent display in the
Contact details open day on the second Saturday of every powerhousemuseum.com/
Design: Triggerdesign month and is also available for booked Transport gallery. Tom had
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Jamie durie with three young


friends at the launch of Zoe’s
House. Photo by geoff friend.

Congratulations to
assistant curator
Damian McDonald
Zoe’s House
who recently won opens
the prestigious
2007 ABC Fiction
Award for his debut
Gardening guru and television families. Working with ‘real’
novel Luck in personality Jamie Durie equipment on a house that
the greater west. made a special trip to the is big enough to impress a
Powerhouse Museum in early child but at the right scale
Damian wrote the April to launch Zoe’s House. for a 3–6 year old to master
novel while studying Designed by La Cité des is an exciting opportunity for
for his Masters in Sciences et de l’Industrie in kids. Working together is not
Paris, Zoe’s House is a child- an innate skill but something
Creative Writing in size building site, where kids children learn and this is an


2003. build a house using a crane, important part of the Zoe’s
wheelbarrows, a conveyor belt House experience. While adult
and foam bricks. supervision is required, it is an
opportunity for children to try
Greeted by an audience of
things out independently of
impatient 3-6 year olds, Jamie
their parents, finding out for
explained how important
Back to teamwork was on a building
themselves how equipment
works and what can be done.
site and that not only would it
Woomera get the job done quicker but it Zoe’s House is also a space
was much more fun. Declaring for kids to exercise their
that building a house was imaginations with role play
‘hands down the most fun helping each child to find their
any kid could have’, Jamie place on the building site.
T donned a hard hat and jacket Any conflicts that arise over
Woomera Rocket Range! Without doubt the highlight of and together with three young equipment are resolved in the
Once it was a name evoking the trip was an extended tour Lace enthusiasts were thrilled For those who are not makers, friends officially opened Zoe’s course of the play. It’s also a
Cold War secrecy and the of the Woomera Rocket Range recently when the Lace Study the microscope offers an House by knocking down a very physical space with kids
excitement of the space
race. But in April it became
during which a small Zuni
sounding rocket was fired by lace Centre was equipped with a
USB digital microscope. The
inspiring revelation into these
intricate structures. Although
foam brick wall. working hard to get the job
done!
Since opening on the Easter
the destination for another
successful Powerhouse
the Australian Space Research
Institute, recalling the Range’s
under the hand-held microscope is
very simple to operate and
a traditional microscope has
always been available in the
long weekend, Zoe’s House
Zoe’s House is open every day until 4.45
pm for builders aged 3-6 years. Free with

Discovery Tour as 26 ‘glory days’. The formerly microscope provides fabulous microscopic Lace Study Centre, this new
has been a huge hit with Museum admission.

Powerhouse Members joined secret Nurrungar tracking images of lace showing the device does not need careful
Curator of Space Technology, station, where the US Air Force most intricate details. It allows focal adjustment for each user
Kerrie Dougherty, on a trip to used to monitor intelligence lacemakers to check details and is much easier on the 8
the South Australian desert gathering satellites, was also such as the twist of threads, eyes.
for the 60th anniversary of the specially opened for a guided their composition and how
Pictured here is a microscopic Hundreds of guests, gathered
Woomera village and test site. tour and the group was able to parts are joined and finished. society in Australia and the
image of Rosemary Shepherd’s at the Powerhouse Museum
view its massive tracking dish. The images can be saved pride we take in our rich
Established in 1947 as a
weapons testing range, the
And for a touch of romance and used to improve and
’Horizon’ made in 1978. The
microscope reveals the work’s
60 years on 12 March for a reception to
celebrate the 60th anniversary
ethno-cultural diversity.
during afternoon tea among
site was also used as a base
for British, European and
the ruins of the European Lace under the microscope:
understand techniques, and
create new patterns.
depth and individual fibres and
a surprising array of colours
later of post-Second World War
For the President of the
Powerhouse Trust, Dr Nicholas
Launcher Development
‘Horizon’ by Rosemary migration to Australia. Six
Australian space programs, Shepherd, 1978, part of the
and textures not apparent to Pappas, the anniversary had
Organisation's launch pad, collection on display in the decades earlier on 12 March
and for developing satellite Lace Study Centre. the naked eye. a special significance as his
two of our members became 1947, the Misr sailed from
launch vehicles. It is still used late father had been one
engaged! Port Said, Egypt, bound for
by the Australian Defence of the many passengers on
Australia, carrying hundreds of
Force today. Back to Woomera was board the Misr. His personal
passengers from over fifteen
the second in a series of account of his father’s journey
The tour group participated in countries. Although there were
Powerhouse Discovery Tours and settlement in Australia
a full program of anniversary earlier migrant ships arriving
presented in association added to the poignancy of the
activities including a welcome in Australia, this voyage was
with the Museum’s partner, evening.
back ceremony for former the first sizeable group of
Renaissance Tours. For more non-British migrants to come To commemorate the 60th
residents, a tour of the
details on the series, including to Australia and was notable anniversary The Sydney
Woomera Marine Centre,
the upcoming Japan by Rail for its cultural diversity. 1947 is Morning Herald Online has
heritage films in the Woomera
trip in October go to: regarded as the beginning of produced a compelling mini-
Theatre, star gazing at the
www.renaissancetours.com.au Australia’s post-Second World documentary in association
local observatory and a
special fireworks display. War mass migration program. with the NSW Migration
‘If the Misr’s story teaches us anything, Guest of honour, Her
Heritage Centre depicting
the personal stories of
it is that we must be eternally vigilant of Excellency, Professor Marie
Misr passengers. You can
Bashir, AC CVO, Governor of
the dangers of intolerance that are as NSW, spoke at the reception,
view the documentary on
the Centre’s website www.
prevalent today as they were in 1947’ of the immense contribution
migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
immigrant communities had
Dr Nicholas Pappas, 12 March 2007
The Migration Heritage Centre at the
The CANGAROO Gamma Ray
Dr Nicholas Pappas with Chafic made to building a great Powerhouse Museum is a NSW Government
Ataya, former Misr passenger
Observatory at Woomera and a guest at the reception. initiative supported by the Community
which the group also visited. Photo by jean-francois Relations Commission.
Photo by Kerrie Dougherty. lanzarone.
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Vale Bill Bannister Sydney’s annual design festival begins a new


decade looking at where design is making a
difference in our lives
The force behind the restoration of the Museum’s
famous Boulton and Watt steam engine, William

sydney design 07
(Bill) Bannister, has died at the age of 93.
Bill Bannister was a mechanical engineer who
worked as a consultant with the Museum in the
lead-up to the 1988 opening of the Powerhouse.
His most important project, of which he was
justly proud, was the restoration of the Museum’s Now in its eleventh year, Japanese, American and We are also pleased to
Boulton and Watt steam engine, the oldest Sydney Design 07 (SD07) Italian designers, the exhibition announce a new partnership
surviving rotative steam engine in the world. returns in August to begin a shows how this single fibre in 2007 which will see the
Built in 1785 and donated to the Museum by new decade in a somewhat has led to a worldwide fashion Powerhouse co-produce
London’s Whitbread Brewery in 1888, the engine more reflective mood. The revolution. Fashion from fleece Workshopped, showcasing
is arguably the most significant technological business of museums has includes newly commissioned new Australian design in
artefact ever to reach Australia. always been to document designs by contemporary the Queen Victoria Building.
Working mainly at the Museum’s Castle Hill society by seeking out objects Australian and international Further afield, SD07’s many
site, Bill led a small team of tradesmen and with integrity that tell a story. fashion designers as well as partners and supporters will
conservators to carefully dismantle the engine, When the Sydney Design modern, vintage and historical also present a great program
measuring, drawing and photographing each team at the Powerhouse put wool garments and priceless of exhibitions, events, walks
part, deciding which ones needed to be together this year’s program, historical material from and talks at venues all over
replaced for preservation reasons, and finally we felt the audience would the Powerhouse Museum’s Sydney. Stay tuned for the
rebuilding the engine so that it could steam want to experience design collection. launch of the complete
again. On the engine’s 200th ‘birthday’, 21 July on a deeper level, to find out program in June
For fashion in furnishings and
1985, friends and dignitaries gathered at Castle where design is making a
much more, we are once again Nicole Bearman, Editor,
Hill to see its wheels turning under steam for the difference in our lives and how
hosting the Home Beautiful Sydney Design 07
first time in nearly a century. All that remained designers are addressing the
Product of the Year Awards, Sydney Design 07
was for the team to dismantle the engine once bigger issues of social and 4–19 August
showcasing new designs for sydneydesign.com.au
more, transport it to the Powerhouse site, rebuild environmental responsibility.
the home. And for another Sponsored by Bombay Sapphire, City of

and recommission it! And to temper this serious Sydney and Home Beautiful.
fashion highlight, don’t miss
mood, SD07 also presents the
Such a project required not just painstaking Schmuck quickies with Berlin-
usual feast of celebrations,
work and enthusiastic leadership, but also Museum visitors will have the chance to examine the good humour and creative
based Japanese performance
jeweller Yuka Oyama — the
considerable financial and in-kind assistance. work of a Powerhouse Wizard during Sydney Design 07 discourse.
chance to have your own
A World War 2 veteran, Bill had worked on the
Snowy Scheme and the Sydney Opera House, This year we welcome an custom-made jewellery crafted
rising to the position of principal mechanical exhibition from Sweden's on the spot from recycled
engineer with the Department of Public Works Svensk Form, Improving materials.
life: the design of Swedish

a wizard of a house
in the course of his career. He used his Throughout the Museum you’ll
contacts in the engineering world to help set innovations. Improving life uses
be able to view True design:
up the Technology Restoration Society, which examples of Swedish industrial
a digital storytelling project, a
generously provided the assistance to bring the design to make two points:
series of short films made by
engine back to steaming order. one, that design is a part of
designers and their peers in
our everyday lives, and two,
Just a week after Bill’s passing, another team, Powerhouse Wizard Dominic look at Quake-Safe Adobe, Australian history, or science our very own SoundHouse™
that turning an innovation into
this time of filmmakers, captured the majesty of Dowling recently returned from when a scale model of a and technology. Sponsored VectorLab. You can also enrol
reality requires both creativity
the engine’s motion in high-definition video. This an overseas assignment in El mud brick house is built by Wizard Home Loans, the in a digital storytelling course
and the ability to recognise the
video can now be seen near the engine — an Salvador where he was training in our level 2 courtyard. A award recognises emerging to make a film of your own.
needs of users — put simply, a
enduring reminder of the achievements of Bill’s local residents to erect Quake- program of kids’ activities leaders in Australian innovation The Museum’s permanent
synergy of form and function.
team and, of course, those of the Boulton and Safe Adobe, a low-cost low- will run alongside the mud and achievement and provides gallery Inspired! Design
Watt partnership two centuries earlier. tech reinforcement system for brick house construction, with a platform for recipients To complement this exhibition,
across time will feature a new
use in developing countries, younger visitors having the to showcase their talents SD07 keynote speaker Lars
Debbie Rudder, Curator, Engineering selection of objects in the
where many people live in opportunity to get their hands during their 12-month term as Engman talks about making
contemporary section. And
vulnerable mud brick houses. dirty as they try to make their Powerhouse Wizard. good design accessible to
our favourite impresario and
own mud brick. more people. Engman comes
Dominic developed Quake- Like Dominic, the 2007 museum theatre expert Nigel
well qualified for the task after
Safe Adobe while he was As Dominic says ‘It’s about Powerhouse Wizard will receive Sutton will be back with his
working for over 30 years in
studying for his PhD at the bringing mud to the city. It’s a $5000 to assist their career comedic character Krispin K,
various product development
Faculty of Engineering, UTS, link between the developing development and will have this year focusing on where
and design roles within IKEA.
and since then has won and developed world ... plus a the opportunity to promote design is ‘doing good’.
He recently left the post of
international recognition for whole lot of muddy fun’. their work and achievements The Young Blood Designers
Design Manager there to take
the reinforcement system through public programs Market will be on again to
This exciting activity will mark up his current position as
which has the potential to save at the Museum. For more showcase the best new
the culmination of Dominic’s University College Director at
millions of lives. information on the program Australian design; d factory
year as the 2006 Powerhouse HDK, School of Design and
and a nomination form go to discusses good design for
During August as part of Wizard. The Museum is now Crafts at Göteborg University.
powerhousemuseum.com/ under ten dollars; and we’ll be
Sydney Design 07 and the calling for nominations for
wizard On the home front, this year
Ultimo Science Festival, the 2007 Powerhouse Wizard, holding another fabulous high
the Powerhouse presents
Powerhouse visitors will have working in the areas of either tea in the Grand Foyer.
Fashion from fleece, an
the chance to get a first-hand design and decorative arts,
exhibition created in
association with Australian
Wool Innovation Ltd to
celebrate 200 years of
Australian wool in fashion.
Featuring the work of
Australian, British, French,
Bill Bannister (left) and Bert Bruin with Dominic dowling in El Salvador. Naoko Kanezuk wearing custom-made jewellery by Yuka Oyama, SQ
the Boulton and Watt steam engine.
Daikanyama, 2003, Daikanyama (Tokyo), Japan. Photo by Becky Yee
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A new exhibition in the Museum’s Asian


Gallery explores the history, romance
and magic of Indian cinema ART.
story by_Christina Sumner_principal Curator, Design
and society

bollywood bliss
Bollywood! The name alone conjures up sensational as the swirling psychedelic poster for Bobby, borrow Almost unknown in her native Australia, Mary Evans,
costumes, brilliant song and dance sequences, directly from western graphic styles. Poster art of or ‘Fearless Nadia’ as she was known, was the action-
complex plots, outbreaks of slapstick and the the 1970s and ’80s is characterised by a dramatic heroine star of over 50 films for Bombay’s Wadia
emotional impact of archetypal characters expressing expressionistic style created by applying oil paint Movietone company between 1935 and her retirement
deeply held moral values. Bollywood films are stirring directly onto film stills. Recently, with the development in 1967. A small section of the exhibition, developed
stuff, as well as great fun. Viewed eagerly in every of digital printing on vinyl, posters tend to feature by Laurie Benson of the National Gallery of Victoria,
Indian town and village, their growing international strong photographic images in the global style. is devoted to this extraordinary woman. Blonde and
popularity is phenomenal; perhaps their unapologetic statuesque, Fearless Nadia performed nearly all
As well as reflecting changes in graphic styles, the
escapism reflects the attraction of laughter and her own stunts, which gave her films an exceptional
exhibition also gives a fascinating insight into the
ethical resolve in a challenging contemporary world. immediacy and credibility. Typically she played
significant social and cultural changes that took
outspoken women whose words challenged socially
Cinema India: the art of Bollywood opens at the place in India during the mid to late 20th century.
repressive views and would have been unacceptable
Powerhouse in June, bringing to Sydney a vivid and The role of film as both observer and chronicle of
from the mouth of an actress of Indian birth. Clips
intriguing display of Bollywood images from the change is emphasised as the films, and consequently
from some of Fearless Nadia’s surviving films will
collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. the materials that advertised them, strongly parallel
be shown at the Museum while Cinema India is on
The exhibition was originally curated by Divia Patel, and reflect these changes. For example, Indian
display.
Curator, Asian Department at the V&A and primarily Independence in 1947 gave rise to a generalised
features a wide range of film posters and hoardings, search for national identity (as seen in the film Mother In the last few years Australia has become a favourite
with the addition of venue cards, song booklets, India and Shaheed), and a widespread move away location for Bollywood filmmaking and a small section
costumes and selected film clips. from the villages towards the cities (Shri 420 and of the exhibition celebrates this. Salaam Namaste,
Boot polish) with a resulting growth in urbanisation, from which a poster and a costume are featured, was
The first films to be seen in India were screened in
youth culture and internationalism (Sangam, Jewel filmed in Melbourne — the first Bollywood film shot
Bombay (now Mumbai) in the late 19th century, after
thief and Love story). entirely in Australia — and featured the local Indian
which cinema rapidly became a popular form of
community (known as NRI or Non-Resident Indians).
entertainment. While regional-language films were Love and romance have always been key topics in
Some women’s costumes from the films represented
produced by studios around the country, the Hindi- Bollywood films. They are examined in Cinema India
have also been added to the original V&A exhibition.
language industry that developed in Mumbai has in a section on the depiction of women, who are
In addition to Preity Zinta’s costume from Salaam
come to be regarded as the national cinema of India frequently portrayed as either courtesan or virtuous
Namaste, also included are the outfit she wore in
and is now the largest film industry in the world. The wife (as in the films Umrao Jaan and Devdas). From
Veer Zaara, a red sari worn by Australian Bollywood
name by which this Mumbai-based industry is now the 1960s, Indian filmmakers began to look to the rest
actress Tania Zaetta, and a dance costume worn by
universally known — Bollywood — was proposed by a of the world for exciting and romantic locations in
Aishwarya Rai in Bunti aur Babli.
journalist in the 1980s. which to position their romantic leads. Interestingly,
foreign locations were regularly used for the plot Clips from many of the films mentioned here will be
Cinema India explores the development of Bollywood
development of romance as filmmakers could include screened in the exhibition. We are also running a film
poster art and other advertising material from the
more overtly amorous behaviour in foreign places program in the Coles Theatre starting on Saturday
1920s to today, documenting changes in graphic
than was deemed acceptable in an Indian location. 9 June with the epic love story Mughal-e-Azam and
styles over the period. From the 1930s traditional
Growing internationalism in India saw the burgeoning continuing in July and September. For a full list of
stylised modes of representation were replaced by
of youth cultures and brought more liberal attitudes Cinema India films and events see our website.
a more naturalistic look using light and perspective.
to Indian lifestyles. Teenage romance was explored in Cinema India: the art of Bollywood opens at the Powerhouse Museum on 6
Heroic images reflecting the glory of India became June and closes on 11 November 2007
Bobby, which was also characterised by a pervading
common in the 1940s and ’50s, while in the 1960s a Cinema India: the art of Bollywood is an exhibition organised by the Victoria
late ’60s aesthetic in costume and settings, as well
more international outlook saw some material, such and Albert Museum, London.
as music. Sponsored by Indian Link, Incredible India and MG Distribution

opposite: Bobby, Tilak, Tirath & Oberai. © V&A Images / Courtesy R K Films. above: Shaheed (martyr), Artview. © V&A Images / Courtesy Mehboob productions (Private) Ltd.
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librarian dimity Holt with assistant collections manager einar Docker in


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radioactive! out how ANSTO’s reactor held diverse views, powerful
in August, focuses on the
is different from and much politics, big economics and If you’re a regular visitor on board following a visit to It’s going to be a busy winter
basics of nuclear science and Why is a real ice core from
smaller than reactors used to many issues including global to the Museum you’ll note the exciting new Powerhouse at the Powerhouse with the
technology to explore the Antarctica in the exhibition?
secret world of sub-atomic This interactive explains
generate electricity. warming. The exhibition looks
at many factors integral to the
from the that the Powerhouse has
gone kid-crazy of late with
Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.
Members receive discounted
launch of Cinema India: the
art of Bollywood and Sydney
particles and what they can
do.
how scientists study climate
change over the last million
Nuclear fusion at the touch of
a button — why not! We may
debate including radioactive members the opening of the Zoe’s booked tours and of course Design 07 plus many other
waste and storage and nuclear
Starting with such fundamental
years by measuring the
isotopes in ice cores and other
be the first museum in the
world to display an interactive
safety. manager House playspace and Cogs’
Playground. Members have
we are continuing our regular
program of members-only
great events in our calendar.
I look forward to seeing you
questions as what is radiation been getting right in on the curator-guided tours. We in the Members Lounge when
materials. (How we keep the fusor, an electrically powered Just like the nucleus, the
and how is it produced, the action with colouring and are also planning a series of you visit!
ice from melting is our secret.) device which generates a exhibition is compact in size,
exhibition goes on to examine craft activities every weekend special events at the Discovery
small number of neutrons from large in scope and about the Alana Adye, Acting Members
some of the many applications In the section looking at the in the Members Lounge, as Centre. The first of these was a
controlled fusion. But don’t very core of all matter. Your Services Manager
of nuclear technology from role radiopharmaceuticals well as monthly themed craft concert in May with guest artist
worry, it’s all safe. All of the visit to this small exhibition
medical diagnosis and play in medicine you will be mornings. Have a look at John Foreman performing
interactive displays throughout may change the way you look
treatment to determining the able to move a dummy patient the photos on the ‘Members on some of the pianos in our
the exhibition are shielded by at the universe.
age of rocks and trees. through a real medical scanner Scene’ page to see the collection. It was a fantastic
leaded glass which complies
and see how revealing images Dr Jesse Shore, Senior The blue glow caused by a young visitor to the new excitement. night of music and history and
with safety and regulatory
of the body are generated. Curator, Sciences radiation produced in the OPAL playground. Photo by jean-
was enjoyed by all.
guidelines. research reactor at Lucas francois lanzarone. I would like to take this
Nuclear matters opens on 22 August Heights. Photo courtesy ansto.
opportunity to welcome all
Sponsored by ANSTO
our new members who came
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winter
how to book for members events

Unless otherwise stated, bookings and pre-payment are Five full working days are required for a refund for Powerhouse
essential for all events. You can book by phone on (02) 9217 events. Unfortunately we can’t refund or transfer bookings for
0600 for events at the Powerhouse Museum or (02) 9217 0485 for SoundHouse VectorLab workshops.
events at Sydney Observatory. All events are held at the Powerhouse Museum unless otherwise

events calendar green indicates members events


stated. All dates, times and venues are correct at time of
publication.

DATE / LOCATION EVENT / COST DESCRIPTION

Saturday 9 June Film screening: An epic love story set during the reign of the Mughal emperor Thursday 19 July Powerhouse Discovery Join senior curator Anne Watson on a tour of some of the
12.30 – 4.00 pm ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960) Akbar. For a program of Bollywood films screening on Sundays 10.30am morning tea, tour to Centre: furniture tour classics of furniture design hidden in the Powerhouse Discovery
(with 30 min intermission) Free with Museum admission in July and September, check our website. commence at 11.00 am Cost: $25, members only Centre

Saturday 9 June Indian traditional dance Children perform traditional dances from different regions of Friday 3 August Sydney Design 07 Experience the excitement of the launch of Australia’s premiere
2.00 – 2.30 pm Free with Museum admission India. Presented by Kanta Nrityakala Kendra. 6.00 – 8.00 pm Launch annual design festival, Sydney Design 07 (SD07). For the full
Cost: $35, adult members only Sydney Design 07 program see sydneydesign.com.au

Sunday 10 June Masala Sunday Join us on an Indian culinary adventure and meet some Saturday 4 – SD07 highlight Watch Japanese artist Yuka Oyama create jewellery pieces
11.00 am – 2.30 pm Free with Museum admission of Sydney’s finest masters of Indian cuisine. Hosted by TV Sunday 19 August Yuka Oyama's SQ Salon and body accessories using collected materials. Check
presenter Joanna Savill. Free with Museum admission sydneydesign.com.au for details.

Monday 11 June Tiffin High Tea Treat yourself to tiffin in the Museum’s Turbine Hall, transformed aan (savage princess), seth
studios (detail). © V&A Images /
Saturday 4 – SD07 highlight By popular demand, performer Nigel Sutton returns as the
2.00 – 4.00 pm Cost: $35, $30 members in the style of the Raj. Enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea, Courtesy mehboob productions Sunday 19 August Krispin K design virtuoso Krispin K. Join him as he tours the Museum and
(private) ltd. hosts his own show. Check sydneydesign.com.au for details.
Booking on (02) 9217 0222 or moshtix.com Bollywood stories and musical interludes. Free with Museum admission

Thursday 14 June Basement tour: Take a journey into the Museum’s basement with curator Peter Thursday 9 August Basement tour: Join curator Paul Donnelly in the Museum’s basement for a look
11.00 am – 12.30 pm performing arts Cox to discover pieces of performing arts history hidden in our 11.00 am – 12.30 pm medals and coins at some of our vast collection of medals and coins, followed by
Cost: $15, members only collection. Followed by light refreshments. Cost: $15, members only light refreshments in the Members Lounge.

Thursday 14 June Free Radicals Experts look at how technological innovations are tackling Saturday 11 August Future by design A documentary film on the life and far-reaching vision of
6.00 – 8.00 pm Free entry environmental issues facing the planet. Free Radicals is also on Thursday 12 2.00 pm Free with Museum admission designer Jacque Fresco, described as a modern day Da Vinci.
July and 23 August. Check powerhousemuseum.com/freeradicals for details.
Courtyard Café

Thursday 21 June Explore the Powerhouse Join us for this fascinating introduction to the Museum’s Rsearch Sunday 12 August Steam Loco 3830 journey Reminisce with family and friends while enjoying an hour long
10.30 am – 12.00 pm Research Library Library including a look at some of the rare books in the 10.00 am, 12.00 pm & 2.00 pm Cost: $20 members /conc, $65 family trip around Sydney on the Museum's heritage steam Locomotive
(members only). $30 non-members,
Cost: $15, members only collection. Includes morning tea. Central Station. $18 children. 3830. Tickets available at mostix.com.au or tel (02) 9209 4614

Friday 22 June Winter solstice Celebrate the shortest day of the year with telescope viewings, Fri 17 & Sat 18 August Young Blood: designers Meet the designers and shop for original fashion, furniture,
8.15 – 10.00 pm Cost: $25 adults, $22 conc / members stories about the winter solstice, sparkling wine and a light 6.00 – 9.00 pm market jewellery, graphic and lighting design while enjoying great food,
Sydney Observatory discounts. Bookings required. supper. & 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Free entry refreshments and entertainment.

Saturday 23 June Kids craft: stage making Inspired by Special FX: secrets behind the screen and Cinema Wednesday 22 August Einstein lecture: Hear Dr Mark Butler, winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for
10.00 am – 12.00 pm Cost: Members $8, guests $12 India: the art of Bollywood this month kids can create a mini-set 6.30 – 8.00 pm Einstein and climate change Science Teaching, discuss Einstein’s ideas and how they relate
on which they can stage their own puppet masterpieces! Free with Museum admission to climate change. Part of the Ultimo Science Festival.

Thursday 28 June d factory: Designer Matt Butler talks about his experiences working with Thursday 23 August Exhibition tour: Exhibition curator Rebecca Bower takes you on a tour through
6.00 – 8.30 pm Zaishu India Project local crafts people in India. D factory is also on Thursday 26 July and 16 August. 2.00 – 3.30 pm Cinema India the art of Bollywood followed by afternoon tea of chai and Indian
Check powerhousemuseum.com/dfactory for details.
Couryard Café Free entry Cost: Members $15, guests $20 sweets in the Members Lounge. Chairs on display at The
Powerhouse Discovery Centre;
Shinichirou Takahashi wearing
Saturday 30 June Estonian House excursion If you’ve seen our exhibition Our new home: Estonian-Australian Tuesday 28 August Total eclipse of the Moon The Moon will be fully eclipsed between 7.52–9.23 pm but come custom-made jewellery by Yuka
Oyama, SQ Echigo - Tsumari, 2003
10.00 am – 2.00 pm Cost: Members $20, non-members $30. stories don’t miss this trip to Estonian House in Surry Hills for 6.00 – 11.00 pm Cost: $15 adults, $10 children, $45 families any time from 6.00 pm to enjoy the greatest show on Earth. BBQ Party, Niigata, Japan. Photo
includes lunch and refreshments. more on the history of Estonian communities in Australia. Sydney Observatory by Becky Yee

Sunday 1 July Venus and Saturn night This is a wonderful opportunity to see the cloud-shrouded planet
6.15 – 8.00 pm
Sydney Observatory
Cost: $15 adults, $10 child, $45 family /
members discounts. Bookings required.
Venus and the ringed planet Saturn as they pass close together
in our night sky. Great solar system fun for the family. Bollywood nights,
Monday 2 –
Monday 16 July
Winter school holidays See sydneyobservatory.com for a list of fabulous school holiday
activities for kids of all ages.
Indian delights:
Sydney Observatory a feast of cinema India
Monday 2 July – Bollywood school holidays This winter the Powerhouse Museum takes the kids to India
Saturday 28 July
Friday 13 July Free with Museum admission with a program that has them dancing, dressing up and being
Suitable for all ages and abilities creative, all with a Bollywood flavour. 7.00 – 11.00 pm
Cost: Members $150, non-members $170.
Friday 6 Festival of the Stars View the stars through telescopes, hear astronomy focus talks Book early to avoid disappointment.

& Saturday 7 July Cost: $15 adults, $12 conc, $10 child, $45 and visit our night fair. Mini-bus departs from Circular Quay every
Powerhouse Members celebrate Cinema India: the art
6.00 – 10.00 pm family / members discounts 20 minutes from 5.30 pm.
of Bollywood with an exotic night of Indian cuisine and
entertainment. Join renowned chef Ajoy Joshi (of Nilgiri’s
Wednesday 11 July Sari wrapping for kids Culture and fashion! Kids can learn how to wrap and wear a
traditional sari and receive their own sari to take home. Restaurant) and special guest Sarah Macdonald (author of
10.30 – 11.30 am Cost: Members $18, guests $25
Recommended for ages 5–12. Holy cow: an Indian adventure) for a fabulous evening of
Indian cuisine, culture and cinema classics.
Thursday 12 July Powerhouse Discovery Join curator Catherine Reade as she looks at some of the Guests at dfactory; Bollywood
Mother India, Seth Studios, (detail). © V&A Images / Courtesy
dance classes. Photos by jean-
10.30 am – 12.30 pm Centre tour fascinating objects from the Museum’s Sydney 2000 Olympic francois lanzarone.
Mehboob Productions (pRIVATE) LTD.s

Cost: $25, members only Games collection.


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new releases from powerhouse publishing


Remember, members receive 10% discount on all titles from the Powerhouse Shop and mailorder
members
scene

Smart works:
design and the handmade
Young Powerhouse members GRACE COCHRANE (ed)
got into the Easter spirit in Smart works looks at the work of
April making bunny ears over forty designers from Australia
and treasure boxes in the and New Zealand who are exploring
The easter craft group get
the industrial production of their
Members Lounge. down to some serious bunny
work while maintaining the integrity
ear business.
Photos by teik-kim pok.. of the ‘handmade’, often combining
Penny finishes her easter
treasure box and ears,.
traditional skills with new designing
and manufacturing technologies.
Essays by Grace Cochrane, Ewan
McEoin and Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
provide historical, conceptual,
regional and economic frameworks
to understand this shift in the making
process for individual designers.
Beautifully illustrated, Smart works will
appeal to anyone who is interested in
contemporary design.
Angus goes for a slightly 192 pages with over 200 illustrations
different look with his RRP $39.95, Powerhouse Museum
upside down bunny ears.
price $35.95, MEMBERS $32.35
Siobhan’s brightly coloured
ears match her treasure box
perfectly.

The Museum recently acquired an archive of material


that documents design activity in Australia over
almost a century.

archiving design
Anita Semler looks inside jasmine makes sure there’s
the object drawers in the plenty of soft packing to
Display Store; Lawrence West protect her easter goodies.
and Barbara Hope in the Remembering the great wall
large object Store. of china exhibition, Waleed
crafts an Easter dragon.

The Commonwealth Patents, devices to dinner ware, To be registrable, a design


Trade Marks and Designs including such household must be new and distinctive. The Great Wall of China
Office (now called IP Australia) items as the Décor wine ‘New’ means the identical CLAIRE ROBERTS AND
GEREMIE R BARMÉ (eds)
has been registering original cooler, Sunbeam toaster and design (or one very similar)
Richly illustrated with spectacular
designs by both Australian the Splayd (combined fork, has not been publicly used in
landscapes and objects from China’s
and international companies spoon and blade). Of particular Australia or published within foremost museums, this book takes
Phoebe adds some cotton since 1907. An electronic interest are the books of or outside Australia. A design a unique approach to this iconic
wool to her ears for that monument. Essays by authors
soft and furry look. database was set up some textiles designs with several is ‘distinctive’ unless it is
from China, Australia and North
Saskia is pleased with her years ago but paper records thousand fabric samples substantially similar in overall America explore the social, cultural,
beautifully decorated easter of all designs were still kept registered from 1933 through appearance to other designs technological and architectural
box significance of the Great Wall. The
until 2002. The bulk of this vast to the 1960s. About two thirds already in the public domain.
book also includes six moving
archive was recently donated of the products were designed Applicants usually search interviews with people living along the

w to the Museum by IP Australia’s


NSW office, representing a
in Australia and the rest are
from overseas. They were all
past design registrations to
ensure their design is new
course of the walls.
Published in conjunction with the
significant addition to our deemed significant enough by and distinctive and therefore The Great Wall of China: dynasties,
dragons and warriors exhibition and
This winter we are giving away Now would be the perfect time design collection. the applicants to afford design suitable to register. in association with the China Heritage
a fantastic Aquos 37 inch to send a gift membership protection in Australia. Project, Australian National University.
members Widescreen LCD TV, valued to friends or family — simply
The archive contains about
800 volumes with records of According to IP Australia
This unusual record
documents design activity in 304 pages, illustrated in full colour
at $3899! If your membership contact us on the number
prize is valid at 30 June 2007 then above or fill out the form
each applicant and design,
including design drawings,
the ‘design’ is the overall
appearance of a product. The
Australia over almost a century.
Once it has been catalogued
RRP $55.00 / Powerhouse Museum
price $45.00 / MEMBERS $40.50

you will qualify to go into the attached to the last page of


sketches, photographic prints visual features that form the and documented, it will be
draw to win this fabulous prize your magazine!
or sample specimens (mostly design include the shape, an invaluable resource for
generously donated by Sharp.
For full details about fabric but some are metal or configuration, pattern and students and academics
If your membership expires the members prize (TPL plastic). These were previously ornamentation which give researching our design and
before then, look out for your 07/01838) visit our website used by applicants to search it a unique appearance. manufacturing history.
Powerhouse books
membership renewal in the powerhousemuseum.com/ past designs prior to applying By registering a design an are available from the
Angelique Hutchison, Curator, Powerhouse Shop,
mail or call the Members members. Good luck! for design registration. applicant has exclusive use
Product Design bookstores and mailorder.
Office on 02 9217 0600. of it for a period of time.
The archive contains For more information or
You can also renew your Registration of a design gives
thousands of designs for to order contact
membership online. the owner protection for the
everything from mechanical
visual appearance of the Powerhouse Publishing
Oates All Australian Mop Bucket,
product but not its feel, what it gift of E O Oates Ltd, 1991. Design on (02) 9217 0129 or email
is made from or how it works.
drawings courtesy E O Oates
Ltd. Photo by Jean Francois
phpub@phm.gov.au
Aquos TV. Photo courtesy Sharp.
Lanzarone.

powerhousemuseum.com/publications
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A new anthology co-edited by Powerhouse curator Dr Ann Stephen and sponsored by the
Museum makes an important contribution to the study of modernism in Australia.

modernism
& Australia
The Museum recently supported the publication of a
major anthology bringing together over 200 essays,
letters, talks and diary entries documenting the
‘fraught, complex and sometimes perplexing history
of the reception of modernism in Australia’. The
anthology was launched by Mary Featherston whose
designs, in partnership with her husband Grant
Featherston, broke new ground both technically and
stylistically in the 1960s. Here is an edited excerpt
from her speech:
‘This anthology of changing ideas is a treasure trove
of a book. Original documents expose us to the
immediacy of ideas and a real sense of the times.
I can just hear Roy Grounds in his rough, gruff
manner dismissing one of the fathers of modernist
architecture, Mies van der Rohe, as ‘a gardenia
without perfume’ and ‘the bloke that claimed a
house was a machine for living in — never meant
a word of it’! These words were spoken in the heat
of a debate which included his colleagues [Fred]
A new website for children Romberg and [Robin] Boyd in 1952. Boyd questions
whether functionalism is ‘too hard’ and asks ‘are we
brings objects from the Museum’s to let it go because it is cold and sterile or develop
it further’? Romberg responds to Robin’s concern
collection to Life by referring to countries with strong traditions of
craft and ‘proper’ use of materials. Swedish design is
described as having ‘extreme simplicity’.
This discussion follows a thread that goes right back
to 1929 when the artist Roy de Maistre presented
a display of modern rooms in Sydney, citing the

play at
Bauhaus and le Corbusier. The local audience was
encouraged to ‘develop a critical faculty and express
criticism when selecting your own furniture, only then
will the standard of design improve.’
Ideas ricochet around the book, much as people

powerhouse online
moved backwards and forwards between Australia,
Europe and America. The visit of [Walter] Gropius,
founding director of the Bauhaus and teacher of
Harry Seidler, to Australia in 1954 is a quintessential
story.
Much later for the Australian pavilion at the World
Expo in Montreal, Robin [Boyd] commissioned us
A rainy Sunday afternoon at home. Too miserable gardens. Some are based directly on objects in our Other activities coming up relate to our music, to design a ‘Talking Chair’ to deliver information
to go out. How to occupy a seven-year-old who’s collection, for example a beautiful German paper transport, science and decorative arts collections, about Australia to visitors in seated comfort! Our
becoming restless and cranky? Well now there’s a zoo made in about 1860. There’s currently a range of with items to make including paper planes, clapping design for the chair involved new plastic moulding
website with quality craft items and activities you can animals, people and scenery on the site that you can sticks, wind chimes, astronomy mobiles, shadow technology and we must have been so pre-occupied
make at home, drawing on objects and themes from cut out to create your own zoo at home. Over the next puppets, and more. We are planning to keep with this challenge that we were quite unaware of the
the Museum’s collection. few months more will be added to expand the paper developing this craft section of the website, so keep controversy aroused by the conservative selection
menagerie. Something to look forward to! checking to see whether we have added anything of contemporary art for the pavilion, described by
Specially designed for children up to 10 years of
new. Mervyn Horton and quoted in the book.
age (with a focus on ages 4–8), the website is full We’ve also included an online skittle game based on
of great ideas for easy-to-make toys and games. a 19th century game in our collection. Each time you There’s also a regularly updated What’s On section It is salutary that our Prime Minister governs the
Colour photographs clearly illustrate each step of the hit one of the ‘skittles’ with your virtual ball a nursery to tell you what happening at the Museum for the country from a Chesterfield settee — having thrown
process, including a photo of the completed item so rhyme figure appears along with their nursery rhyme. little ones. And don’t forget, you can subscribe to a out the modern one he inherited with his office! So,
you can see what it’s supposed to look like. This is an It’s another evocative design from a bygone era. monthly email newsletter from Museum mascot Zoe there is still much to be done ...
ideal opportunity for children and adults to work and We’ll keep you posted as more games like this come when you log on.
play together. (We do recommend adult supervision online. Of most significance, this book reveals that Australia
You can find all this and more at has a long and rich modernist heritage of ideas
for the littlies.)
Drawing on our costume collection, we’ve included play.powerhousemuseum.com and practice. The book will provoke exploration of
Each item or activity on the site has a connection to cut-out hats or helmets for different characters not only the rational but also the human face of
Irma Havlicek, Online Content Coordinator
a Powerhouse Museum collection field or exhibition including a princess, knight and samurai. A dress-up modernism — modernism at its best.’ the ‘Expo Sound’ chair (1966)
is one of a number of pieces
theme, ranging from jewellery design to sustainable interactive will be available soon. designed by Grant and Mary
Mary Featherston, 10 December 2006 Featherston in the museum’s
replica Paper zoo made in Germany in 1860–70, developed Collection and on display
for the website by Kate Lamerton; Australian paper animals, Modernism & Australia: documents on art, design and architecture 1917–
1967, eds Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara & Philip Goad, The Miegunyah for booked groups at the
designed by Sophie Daniel with Kate Lamerton. Photos by powerhouse discovery centre.
Kate Lamerton. Press 2006. The research for this publication was funded by the Australian
Research Council. Read the complete speech at www.dhub.org gift of BHp a86/1308
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One of the many objects of desire in the Smart works: design and
the handmade exhibition is David Trubridge’s ‘New Sling’ recliner,
recently acquired by the Museum.

a pacific aesthetic
Not many designers can claim wife and two young sons. first version of the ‘Sling’, his concern for sustainable
to have had their work used In 1985 they settled in New made from a single plane of materials and production
in a tourism campaign, but Zealand’s North Island and steam-bent, slatted hardwood, methods.
David Trubridge is one. His Trubridge designed and made won a Design Institute of
With a burgeoning global
‘Glide’ recliner, a precursor a range of furniture, much New Zealand award and
reputation for a design
of the ‘New Sling’, featured of it inspired by his Pacific was also shown in Milan. It is
aesthetic that is anchored
prominently in the spectacular island journeys. His acclaimed now produced by the Italian
firmly in a personal response
coastline image of the ‘100% ‘Canoe’ chair of 1990, for company Boffi.
to place, Trubridge — like a
New Zealand’ tourism ads example, drew directly on
While Trubridge’s work of the number of his contemporaries
several years ago. In this era the form and construction
1980s and 90s evolved largely in New Zealand and Australia
of so-called ‘global design’ it’s techniques of Polynesian
from a studio-based craft — is securing a special place
reassuring to know that design outrigger canoes.
practice, in recent years he in the highly competitive global
can still reflect and represent
Trubridge continued to design has explored the possibilities design economy.
a sense of place, both visually
and to teach furniture-making of digital technologies in both
and culturally. Examples of David Trubridge’s
during the 1990s but it was the design and production of
designs, including the ‘New
It is something of a paradox not until 2001 that his ‘Body objects. Notable products of
Sling’ recliner, are on display
that Trubridge is not a New Raft’ — the first in a series these new technologies are a
in the Smart works: design
Zealander by birth, but that he of slatted plywood recliner series of intricate light shades,
and the handmade exhibition. It’s taken a bit of doing but we’ve squeezed a version of the Museum’s
has achieved an international forms that developed out of such as ‘Coral’ and ‘Kina’,
Smart works showcases
reputation for a body of work his interest in boat building made from thin plywood strips
the work of 41 designer/ EcoLogic exhibition into three large suitcases destined for regional NSW
that is regarded as having a — caught the attention of the cut using computer-controlled
makers from Australia and
uniquely ‘Pacific’ aesthetic. A Italians at the Milan Furniture (CNC) router machinery.
New Zealand and includes
self-taught furniture maker, Fair’s ‘Pacific Edge’ exhibition.
‘New Sling’ is one of ceramics, glassware,
Trubridge trained as a naval ‘Body Raft’ was subsequently

ecologic goes
Trubridge’s most recent metalwork, furniture and
architect in England before put into production by the
works. Its design represents fashion. The exhibition explores
setting sail on a five year innovative Italian company
a culmination of the aesthetic what the handmade means to
voyage throughout the Pacific Cappellini, substantially
he has pursued over the last each of these craftspeople in

north and west


and the Caribbean with his expanding Trubridge’s profile
six years, which he describes the context of contemporary
in Europe and North America.
as ‘combining the structural design and manufacturing
Since ‘Body Raft’ Trubridge has
innovation of ‘Body Raft’ with processes
consolidated this reputation
the poised balance, symmetry
with a series of designs that Anne Watson
and utmost simplicity of ‘Sling’.
have developed on the theme Curator, Architecture & Design
This visual signature, inspired When the Museum’s and Port Macquarie in June The battle to create a
of the lightweight ‘hammock- Smart works: design and the handmade
by Trubridge’s love of boats closes at the Powerhouse Museum on 19 permanent EcoLogic exhibition where they will be road- sustainable future is one that
like’ form. In 2002 Trubridge’s August
and the sea, and the Pacific opened in August 2001 it tested until November by will be won or lost by us all.
island cultures with which triggered an avalanche of council educators, schools We are all consumers who
he has come into contact, is requests for a travelling and community groups. If make choices about what we
also one that is informed by exhibition. Rural and regional the project is successful the eat and drink, what we wear
people reported no shortage Museum will seek further and how we travel. We buy
of interest in environmental funding to expand the number houses. We heat them, we cool
issues, but a great lack of of kits available in 2008. them and we buy ‘stuff’ to fill
resources and information. them. The Museum is hoping
Each kit consists of three
Faced with such a large that the EcoLogic Kit will give
small cases on wheels.
number of requests, the rural and regional people the
Two of the cases open to
Museum decided it would chance to share activities and
reveal a ready-made mini
be more useful to create stories, and to learn from each
exhibition including posters, an
multiple small resource kits other. Once it’s out there in
ecological footprint analyser,
rather than one large travelling the community we hope it will The EcoLogic Kits contain 42
videos, historic photos and a photos illustrating resource
show. Consultation with rural thrive and grow on enthusiasm, use and infrastructure in NSW
resource book. The third case between the years 1890 to 1915,
councils revealed that a gathering momentum as
contains 45 products designed providing food for thought
versatile mobile kit that could people get involved. We about current environmental
for ecological sustainability. issues. This photo was taken in a
fit into a station wagon and be believe it has the potential to forest on the Comboyne Plateau,
Hopefully the kit will inspire between the Manning and
managed by one person would be one of those ‘little things
New Sling, American white ash a wide variety of responses, Hastings River Valleys in 1894.
be ideal. No problem! from which big things grow’. when the area was covered with
and hoop pine, New Zealand, 2006. from classroom activities, to dense subtropical rainforest.
2007/20/1. Photo by jean-francois
lanzarone. We sought and received community exhibitions and Sandra McEwen White settlers cleared most
of the trees to create grazing
funding in the form of a grant websites about regional issues. and dairy farms, so only a few
Curator, Biotechnology pockets of remnant rainforest
from the NSW Government’s There’s also a users manual to remain today. Photo by Charles
Environmental Trust to make help people create their own Kerry Studio. Tyrrell Collection
Powerhouse Museum. 85/1284-461
two prototype kits. These programs and exhibitions on
are destined for Orange environmental issues.
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The Museum’s internationally renowned collection


owes much to generous bequests from supporters.

a lasting legacy
The Powerhouse is recognised The Museum has taken great a significant collection of
as one of the world’s great care in investing the Myer aero and space philately
museums with a unique bequest so that the interest and violins. Wishing that his
collection covering the areas from the funds provides an collection would be preserved It’s been a busy year so far for the Foundation
of decorative arts and design, ongoing means of supporting for the people of New South Office with a range of events for donors,
science and technology and the collection areas that Wales to study and enjoy, Mr guests and friends. Highlights have included a
social history. This collection were particular favourites Crome left it in the care of the President’s Circle Luncheon with guest speaker
provides an important insight of Mrs Myer. Acquisitions Powerhouse Museum where Alan Oakley, editor of The Sydney Morning
into our intellectual, material from this bequest include it represents a lasting legacy Herald, and a Brought to Light Luncheon
and cultural development and brooches by Korean-Australian in his name and a significant with Tom Parker Bowles, British television
has been built up over more designer Joung Mee Do, and contribution to Australia’s personality and author of the best selling book
than 125 years. Some of the a collection of brooch-pins cultural heritage. Mr Crome The Year of Eating Dangerously.
Over 35 years the research and generosity of the late Kevin Fahy AM most significant objects in by Melbourne jeweller Sally also left a monetary bequest in
The Foundation’s multiple aims of raising
the collection are the result of Marsland. A number of pieces trust for the Museum to build
has enriched the collection of the Powerhouse Museum generous bequests, which play are currently on display in the its collection. money, supporting and highlighting the
a vital role in the Museum’s permanent exhibition, Inspired! collection, and building relationships came
For enquiries about making together in a fundraising concert in April at
acquisition program. Design across time.
a gift or bequest to the the home of Foundation Ambassador, Angela

a passion for collecting


One of the most substantial The Myer bequest provides Powerhouse Museum please Belgiorno-Zegna.
bequests in recent years an ongoing legacy, allowing contact Yarmila Alfonzetti,
and a lasting was made in 1994 when the the objects most valued by Foundation Executive, tel 61 Flautist Jane Rutter was guest of honour at
this exclusive cocktail evening, where she
friendship late Mrs Yasuko Myer left the
Museum a large monetary
Yasuko Myer to be collected,
preserved and appreciated
2 9217 0564, email yarmilaa@
phm.gov.au, or write to performed on the gold flute she recently
gift in her will. Mrs Myer by visitors to the Powerhouse Powerhouse Foundation, PO donated to the Museum’s collection. It was a
‘… Kevin Fahy has requested when Australia’s history and Kevin was also instrumental It is difficult to talk about
and her husband Ken had Museum. Box K346, Haymarket. In some wonderful night and a moving performance.
some photos of the Regency achievements in the field in forming the Australiana Kevin’s work with the Museum
entrée dish presented to were little understood and Society, one of the Museum’s without also mentioning been generous supporters cases taxation benefits may be This was the first in a series of concerts
Another important bequest
Plunkett, the Attorney-General appreciated. most active and flourishing his great friend and fellow of the Museum’s collection available. showcasing the Museum’s vast musical
was made by the late Ernie
in 1841 … of course [he is an] affiliated societies. Kevin’s collector, the late Marjorie since 1988, donating funds instrument collection. It was followed by a
As the Museum developed, Crome in 1987. During his Yarmila Alfonzetti
excellent scholar and there groundbreaking achievements Graham. I first met Kevin to acquire selected pieces concert at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre by
Kevin played key voluntary lifetime Mr Crome pursued Foundation Executive
should be no trouble about as a scholar in Australian and Marjorie in 1978 and of Asian decorative arts and guest artist John Foreman performing on some
advisory roles in two major his dual passions for aviation
giving [him] permission to decorative arts and historic my memories are still vivid contemporary Australian of the Museum's pianos.
projects: the development and music by developing
publish ...’ interiors are evidenced in his — two generous, witty and jewellery.
of the Sydney Mint Museum For further information on the Foundation or
co-authored publications, all extremely knowledgeable how to donate, go to www.powerhousemuseum.
This note in a Museum file (opened 1981) and the 1995
recognised as key references individuals and great com/foundation or contact the Foundation
dated 1972 captures the exhibition and publication
for Australian furniture, supporters of the Museum. Office on 9217 0564 or yarmilaa@phm.gov.au
essence of the invaluable Australian Gold and silver 1851–
ceramics and jewellery. Until Marjorie’s death in 1994,
contribution made to the 1900, the most comprehensive Yarmila Alfonzetti,
the two friends regularly
Museum by the late Kevin Fahy exhibition on this subject to In recognition of Kevin’s Foundation Executive
visited together, regaling
AM (1932 – 2007). With his date. Kevin’s scholarship and outstanding service the
staff with stories of junk sale
excellent research skills, Kevin networks were critical to the Museum’s Board of Trustees
finds, new attributions, lost
went on to reveal the dish’s success of both these projects. made him a Life Fellow in
treasures and always the
history, locating references 2001. In 2003 he was awarded
Kevin not only gave generously best gossip and revelations
to its commissioning and an AM in the Order of Recent Donors
of his time and expertise, he of the Australiana world. Both
display ‘at the stores of Australia in recognition of his
also made several donations Kevin and Marjorie were made
Messers Irwing and Lamb’ and outstanding role in fostering Lesley A Chapman Andrew Lind
to the Museum’s collection Honorary Associates of the
its eventual presentation to public understanding and
including important pieces Museum in 1973. Both were W L Chapman Jennifer Stuckey-Clarke
Plunkett. The scope of Kevin’s appreciation of Australia’s
of Australian ceramics and ‘highly regarded as informed Dr Joan F Hausfeld Leanne Tam
research is typical of his role history and cultural heritage.
Australian colonial gold collectors in the decorative Peter & Divonne Holmes à Court Dr Janet West
in establishing the significance
jewellery. One of the two gold Kevin’s encyclopaedic arts field’ and as the citation
of Australiana. For Kevin it was
brooches he presented was knowledge, his wicked wit and reads ‘each has given freely
not simply about the object.
displayed in the Australian his terrier-like pursuit of the of their time and specialised
It was about the object’s
Gold and silver exhibition at location and provenance of knowledge and have been
significance in the wider social
the Mint Museum. Australia’s cultural heritage will of the greatest assistance to
and cultural context.
be greatly missed, not only the Applied Arts staff.’ Annual
Another significant contribution
Kevin’s long association with by his friends and colleagues Report, 1973
was the sale of his collection
the Museum continued for here at the Museum, but by
of 19th and early 20th century Jennifer Sanders
more than 35 years. Over that all who have benefited from
Australian ceramics to the
period he was an unstinting his erudition and scholarship,
Museum at a price well below
supporter of the Museum’s and his most enjoyable
market value. Assembled
role as a major research companionship.
over 20 years, the collection
and collecting institution. In
includes key pieces of Lithgow Jennifer Sanders
particular he was instrumental
pottery as well as work by Deputy Director, Powerhouse
in fostering the development
Bakewell Bros, Mashman Museum
of the Museum’s Australian
Pottery, Fowler, Liebentritt and
decorative and applied arts
Grace Seccombe.
collection — at a period Brooch, gold and quartz, Denis
Bros, Melbourne, about 1860.
Gift of Kevin Fahy, 1986. 86/1479;
Kevin Fahy at the Life Fellows `Sunflower' neckpiece, anodised aluminium, Yuri Kawanabe, Sydney, 1994.
ceremony in 2001. Purchased with funds from the Yasuko Myer Bequest, 1994. 94/148/1.
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The Standfield & Co Supreme Likewise, the industry,
mouse and rat trap making traditional skills, and daily
machines were used customs of the Standfield firm
continuously at the Baxter remained the same from World
from the Road factory, Mascot, until War 2 to the end of the 20th
August 2000 and produced century, a period when rapid
collection about 96 million mouse traps. industrial change became the
The machines exemplify universal norm. Productivity
an industrial 'making do' was rarely increased or
approach to manufacturing decreased from the machine's
and are a fascinating example range, that is, 1000 traps per
of 'industrial stasis' as there hour.
never seemed to be a need The Standfield & Co mouse
to change the machines and and rat trap making machines
what they produced over a 60 are featured in the upper
year period. level Display Store of The
Powerhouse Discovery Centre
at Castle Hill.
Donated by A W Standfield
and Co, Mascot, NSW, Australia,
1925–2000. 2001/85/1

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