Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Spectres and Sentinels

In Relation – Season 1, Episode 5

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

2023

Stories

Spectres and Sentinels

In Relation – Season 1, Episode 5

With Alisa Bunbury and Julie Gough, hosted by Agatha Gothe-Snape

An illustration of a eucalyptus leaf on a bright green background.

Stories

‘Spectres and Sentinels’ is the final episode of In Relation, a five part podcast series by Powerhouse inspired by eucalypts and the Powerhouse exhibition, Eucalyptusdom.

We discuss the eucalypt as sentinel and witness to contested, obscured and enduring histories in Australia. What can we learn from trees that have withstood and absorbed the past, and what can this teach us about our futures?

Apothecaries, 3, square stoppers, clear glass, the labels square with canted corners, 'LIQ:BISMUTHI', 'OL:EUCALYPT', 'OL:AMYCD:ESS' (AF). — Glass apothecary bottles from the Powerhouse Collection
Object No. A8523

‘Some of the Country where the trees are, I grieve when I visit, and other places are struggling to regain themselves in a way. But if a tree is living, there's hope, it's still part of a network.’

Julie Gough

Transcript

Agatha Gothe-Snape The Powerhouse honours the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our museums are situated. We respect their Elders, past and present and recognise their continuous connection to Country.

We respectfully advise First Nations audiences that Eucalyptusdom and this podcast, In Relation, address the museum's colonial collection practices and include objects and materials of and from Country. This episode also contains references to colonial violence and the removal of children.