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I believe it is important for

organisations to recognise

excellence and reward

achievement. The annual Life

Fellows Dinner is an

opportunity for the Museum to

do this. Life Fellow is the

Museum’s highest honorific

title. It is awarded to

individuals who have made a

substantial contribution and

sustained commitment to the

Museum. The third annual

dinner was held in September

and three new Life Fellows

were announced. My sincere

congratulations go to Mr

William Bush, Ms Jenny Kee

and Ms Linda Jackson. You

can read more about their

contributions on page 05 or

see the new display on level 5

that illustrates our association

with them.

This year we have widened the

range of awards. Malcolm

King, a Trustee of the Museum

from 1979 to 1988, was made

the first Life Fellow of the

O2 From the director

03 Power picks

06 Sport: more than heroes and legends opening night

07 Sport: search for a community hero

08 Lawrence Hargrave: Australia’s aviation pioneer

10 New acquisitions: the bookies’ board

11 Members news: online survey

12 Members calendar

14 Members scene

15 Christmas gift guide

16 EcoLogic: a new book on sustainability

18 Travelling around: from Beijing to Bourke

20 Works wonders: home remedies on video

21 From the archives: stories of our past

22 Observe: Mars exploration

23 Corporate partners

24 New exhibitions at a glance

Powerhouse in 1989. In an act

of generosity reflecting his

ongoing affection for this

institution, Mr King has funded

an award to sustain and

strengthen the Museum’s

professional skills. The

inaugural Malcolm King Award

for Professional Development

was awarded to two deserving

staff members, Laurie-Anne

Bentley, Event Sales Manager

and Anne Watson, Decorative

Arts & Design Curator.

Mr Masasuke Hiraoke, who

lives in Tokyo and flew to

Sydney for the dinner, was

awarded a Distinguished

Service Award. Mr Hiraoke is a

great friend of the Museum, in

particular through the Yasuko

Myer Bequest to acquirecontemporary Australian

jewellery. Distinguished Service

Awards were also presented to

four former staff members,

Rosemary Shepherd, Richard

Wood, Mitra Bhar and Geoff

Bannon, who sadly passed

away last year.

TRUSTEES

Dr Nicholas G Pappas,

President

Dr Anne Summers AO,

Deputy President

Mr Mark Bouris

Ms Trisha Dixon

Ms Susan Gray

Professor Ron Johnston

Mrs Janet McDonald AO

Mr Anthony Sukari

Ms Kylie Winkworth

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Dr Kevin Fewster AM, Director

Jennifer Sanders, Deputy Director,

Collections and Exhibitions

Mark Goggin, Associate Director,

Programs and Commercial Services

Michael Landsbergen, Associate

Director, Corporate Services

Kevin Sumption, Associate Director,

Knowledge and Information

Management

The Museum also announced

a new award, the Powerhouse

Wizard, which will be

presented for the first time at

next year's 125th Anniversary

Life Fellows dinner. The

Powerhouse Wizard will honour

the contemporary achievement

of a person actively

contributing to the country's

betterment. While the Life

Fellows award is reflective, this

new award connects to our

future.

There are many people in the

Museum, around Australia and

across the world who have

greatly enhanced the work of

the Museum. Without them and

their valuable support, the

Museum would not be the

great institution it is today. Iwould therefore like to take

this opportunity to thank all of

you for your contributions.

Dr Kevin Fewster AM

Director

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HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WIN ANOLYPMIC GOLD MEDAL? DANIELCONTE TRIES OUT THE WINNERS’PODIUM IN FRONT OF A ‘ROARINGCROWD’ IN SPORT: MORE THAN HEROES AND LEGENDS. MORESPORT NEWS ON PAGES 06-7.PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD,BACKGROUND PHOTO BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LANZARONE.

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DECEMBER 2003JANUARY

FEBRUARY 2004




soundbytewins scienceaward

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The Information and

Communications Technology

(ICT) award, sponsored by the

Australian Computer Society,

was for outstanding innovation

in the research, development

design, or implementation of

projects. It was presented at a

gala dinner for 800 guests at

Fox Studios in August.

Museum staff Peter Mahony,

SoundHouse™ Educator and

soundbyte Project Manager,

and Seb Chan, Systems

Administrator and the

technical producer of

soundbyte , were present at

the event. The award, which

carries a prize of $10 000, was

presented by Richard Hogg,

President of the Australian

Computer Society.

Soundbyte.org has reached

some 60 000 people since its

launch in October 2001,

including music students,

Indigenous young people and

others in regional and remote

areas of NSW, homeless and

at-risk young people in Sydney,

as well as other community

groups around NSW.

John Welch, Coordinator of the

Regional Outreach Music

Project (ROMP) says, ‘Over the

past 18 months I have been

running demonstrations for

regional communities on

computer music and

recommending soundbyte . The

strongest impact has been in

communities where artsintervention programs are

being used to encourage

marginalised young people

back into the community. The

value of the music programs

soundbyte promotes is that

they can be accessed without

any theoretical knowledge or

instrumental performance

skills. The self esteem the

music-making generates and

the positive changes in

behaviour and attitude among

young people is remarkable.’

Irma Havlicek

Online Content Coordinator

Soundbyte.org enables anyone

with internet access to use their

computer to create hundreds of

musical instrument sounds in a

‘recording studio’ environment.

Users can produce high quality

music of any style, including

dance music, hip-hop, classical,

techno, jazz, pop, and jam with

each other in real time. It

requires no theoretical

knowledge or instrument skills,

just imagination and time.

Although primarily developed for

teachers, students, young

people and community groups,it can be used by anyone, from

primary school kids to

professional musicians.

Resources include music

tutorials, free software

(shareware) including some 500

loops, multi-track audio and

sequencing and editing

software, the opportunity for

schools or community

organisations to upload their

music and convert music to

written notation.

An improved soundbyte.org will

go online shortly. The site has

been redeveloped so that it will

support easier searching, better

video and audio uploading andplayback, and to allow schools

and community groups to

create more elaborate pages.

www.soundbyte.org

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SOUNDBYTE, THE MUSEUM’S INNOVATIVE MUSIC WEBSITE,WINS ACCOLADES AND LAUNCHES A NEW LOOK

SOUNDHOUSE ASSISTANT EDUCATION OFFICER MICHAEL JONES, SEB CHAN ANDPETER MAHONY IN THE SOUNDHOUSE STUDIO WITH THE EUREKA AWARD. INSET:THE EUREKA AWARD. PHOTOS BY JEAN-FRANCOIS LANZARONE

SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN ACCESS SOUNDBYTE TO CREATE THEIR OWN RECORDING STUDIO ENVIRONMENT.

Soundbyte.org, the Museum’s online

music service, is awarded an AustralianMuseum Eureka Prize.



childhoodmemoriesof migration

Childhood memories of

migration: images, imaginings

and impressions is a new

exhibition that explores the

personal experiences of

children who lived in Villawood

and Cabramatta migrant

hostels from the 1950s to the

1990s.

Developed by Fairfield City

Museum & Gallery, the

exhibition is dedicated to

those families and children

who made the journey to an

unknown land, coming by all

methods and means to make

a new life for themselves and,

as a result, to influence and

change Australian life.

‘Australia is predominantly a

settler society. The majority of

Australians born here however,

know remarkably little about

why migrants left theirhomelands, and could not

imagine being exposed to civil

unrest, unstable governments

or sustained economic

hardship,’ says exhibition

curator Helen Tierney.

The migrants’ stories are told

through keepsakes,

photographs and multimedia

and trace their journey, from

homeland to hostel to home.

Children who came as

migrants on ocean liners in the

‘50s and ‘60s from Great

Britain, Ireland, Scotland and

Northern Europe remember

the journey as the holiday they

never had. Those fleeing war-

ravaged countries and

communist governments in the

1970s made risky journeys,

often in small boats,

endangering their lives andsavings. On arrival in Australia,

most of the children remember

hostel life fondly. ‘Time spent in

hostels provided an insight

into the society that lay

beyond. It was like a mini-

global village, with its many

cultures, its narrow lanes, shop,

bank and post office,’ says

Helen. Setting up their own

home was a priority for new

migrants and often both

parents worked hard in

multiple jobs. ‘The first home in

Australia is remembered with

pride and satisfaction. It wasthe outward sign that migrants

had earned a place in the

community.’

Childhood memories of

migration is on display in the

Australian Communities Gallery

until April 2004.

An exhibition developed by Fairfield CityMuseum & Gallery. Supported by theFairfield City Council, The MigrationHeritage Centre, and NSW Ministry for theArts.

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conservationchapter

Members of the LachlanChapter of Museums Australia

enjoy a hands-on workshop in

Young NSW on how to care for

and repair old maps. The

workshop is part of the

Powerhouse Museum’s

regional services program and

was run by conservator

Margaret Juraszek.

NIDIA VIRTICH RIDING HER BIKE, SECONDHAND FROM ANOTHER VILLAWOODHOSTEL FAMILY 1951. PHOTO COURTESY NIDIA MARSON.

TOP: DIANA MACQUILLAN FROM YASSAND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.BOTTOM: MADELINE FORGIE ANDALMA COWLEY FROM COWRA ANDDISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.PHOTOS BY REBECCA PINCHIN

Former US astronaut Edwin‘Buzz’ Aldrin took time out of

his busy Sydney schedule to

make a flying visit to the

Powerhouse Museum in

October. He was particularly

keen to see the Space

exhibition and complimented

the Museum on its educative

role in this field. He is pictured

Buzzdrops in

with the famous photo of himwalking on the Moon during

the historic landing by Apollo-

11 in July 1969. Buzz and fellow

astronaut Neil Armstrong were

the first men to walk on the

Moon’s surface.

PHOTO BY BRAD BAKER

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orientalrugsconference

Sydney is the host city forICOC Down Under, the regionalInternational Conference onOriental Carpets on 16-19September 2004. Presented bythe Oriental Rug Society ofNew South Wales and thePowerhouse Museum, ICOCDown Under comprises astimulating program of lectureson oriental rugs and textiles byinternational and local expertsover three days. There will alsobe a major exhibition at the

life fellowsdinner 2003

At the annual Life Fellows

Dinner in September, threenew Life Fellows were

announced for their major

contributions to the Museum.

Jenny Kee has made an

outstanding contribution to the

promotion, development and

documentation of the

Museum’s fashion collection.

In particular, she played a key

role in documenting and

making accessible the Sydney

2000 Games Collection. Ms

Kee is one of Australia’s best

known fashion designers and

the Museum first acquired her

work in 1981. A major collectionof outfits and textiles followed

in 1996, later complemented by

her personal archive.

Linda Jackson has made a

generous contribution to thedevelopment, documentation

and promotion of the

Museum’s fashion and dress

collection. Her work was first

acquired in the early 1970s and

in 1991 the Museum acquired a

major collection of 52 outfits,

followed by her extensive

personal archive and textile

collection. Always willing to

share her knowledge and

expertise, she has been

actively involved in a range of

highly successful programs

both within and outside the

Museum.William Bush, now in his 80s,

has donated bank notes and

coins to the Museum since the

NINGXIA CARPET FROM CHINA ABOUT 1840, 1950 X 1360 MMGIFT OF ALASTAIR MORRISON, POWERHOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTION

1960s. His contribution

amounts to 3000 individualobjects (about 10% of the

numismatic collection). During

this time he has shared his

passion for numismatics with

Museum staff. Mr Bush, an

American by birth, was unable

to travel from the US to accept

his award. He was represented

by Ms Eileen Malloy, United

States Consul General, Sydney.

The Life Fellows Dinner has

been sponsored since 2002 by

corporate partner Mincom

Limited, whose integrated

finance and human resources

systems have assisted thePowerhouse to become a

service provider to external

government agencies.


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NEW LIFE FELLOWS JENNY KEE (LEFT) AND LINDA JACKSON WITH THEIR MEDALS.PHOTO BY GEOFF FRIEND

Powerhouse of textiles,ceramics and other artefactsfrom Central Asia, as well asa dealers fair and privategallery shows.

You can register your interestfor this conference now byemailing [email protected] send your details to theOriental Rug Society of NSW,PO Box 343, Woollahra NSW1350.

Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson and WilliamBush are recognised for their outstandingcontributions to the Powerhouse.

The Governor of NSW,

Professor Marie Bashir AC,

launched the new Powerhouse

Publishing title What's in

store? a history of retailing in

Australia in July. She is

pictured (centre) with authors

Kimberley Webber and Ian

Hoskins. The book is anengaging look at Australia’s

colourful retail past told in

part through the stories of

shopkeepers, many of whom

attended the launch. RRP

$34.95, available from the

Powerhouse Shop or phone

(02) 9217 0129

PHOTO BY MARINCO KOJDANOVSKI

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LEGENDS OF SPORT (FROM LEFT)KEN ROSEWALL, MICHELE TIMMS,STEVE WAUGH AND (FOREGROUND)LOUISE SAUVAGE. GUESTS ARRIVEFOR THE OPENING OF SPORT.

A host of sporting greats

past and present attended

the gala opening of Sport:

more than heroes and legends on 25 September

2003. The exhibition’s

‘Forest of Fame’ honours

six legends of sport and

four of them were present

on the night to cut the

ribbon for the opening.

PHOTOS BY MARINCO KOJDANOVSKIAND SOTHA BOURN.

Principal Sponsor AMP. Sponsor SharpAustralia. Supported by Wide World ofSports, The Daily Telegraph, Triple M,Australian Posters, Metro Monorail andRebel Sport.

legendslaunchsport

STAR OF THE 1956 OLYMPICSSHIRLEY STRICKLAND TRAVELLEDFROM PERTH FOR THE OPENING.

ABOVE LEFT: LOUISE SAUVAGE WITHHER GOLDEN WHEELCHAIR. ABOVE:VOLUNTEER JOHN EBNER TRIES HISHAND AT THE JAVELIN. LEFT: KENROSEWALL WITH RACQUETS FROM1900 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

LEFT: THE ‘LEGENDS’ CUT THERIBBON FOR THE OPENING OFSPORT. RIGHT: AUSSIE CRICKETCAPTAIN STEVE WAUGH. BELOW:BASKETBALL STAR MICHELE TIMMS.BELOW RIGHT: PHIL COLES AM, IOCMEMBER, AUSTRALIAN OLYMPICCOMMITTEE, WITH THE SURFLIFESAVING DISPLAY.

STEVE WAUGH REFLECTS ONCRICKET’S HISTORY

ABOVE: STEVE WAUGH, SHIRLEYSTRICKLAND AND BOB SIMPSON.LEFT: STEVE WAUGH TESTS HISSKILLS IN THE ‘THROW THE BALL’INTERACTIVE. THE VERDICT? HEMAKES THE TEAM!

ABOVE: THE CROWD SURGESFORWARD INTO SPORT. LEFT: 3DCLINIC’S HOLOGRAM SHOWING HOWTHE HUMAN BODY PERFORMS.

hot summer nights the Sport exhibition is open until 9.00 pm on Thursdays 8, 15, 22, 29 January 2004




KAILAH ELLIOT-KOLOAMATANGIWITH HER PARENTS NICOLE ANDISI AT HOME (RIGHT) AND AT THEOPENING OF SPORT (BELOW).MAIN PHOTO BY JEAN-FRANCOISLANZARONE.

Nicole Elliot and Isi Koloamatangi are the parents of11-year-old Kailah, a potential swimming star of the

future. Their family life revolves around Kailah’s

schedule, whether it is getting her to the pool by 5.00

am every morning for her two-hour training session,

or making sure she gets enough rest and the right

diet, or travelling with her to interstate meets. Says

mum Nicole, ‘I want her to swim as long as she

enjoys it. Before every race I say, have fun!’ Kailah

has already won medals at the School National

Swimming Championships and the NSW State

Swimming Championships. Nicole and Isi are two of

the ‘unsung heroes’ of Australian sport celebrated in

the ‘Forest of Fame’ in the new Powerhouse

exhibition Sport: more than heroes and legends .

There are many more unsung heroes of sport

deserving of recognition: the people who help make

sport happen on a day-to-day basis. Without them

many local sporting organisations and competitions

would be unable to continue. They may be theparents of the elite athletes of tomorrow, they may

volunteer their time coaching, refereeing and

organising others, or they make work behind the

scenes to promote their sport.

Do you know someone in your community who goes

the extra distance for a local sporting group? As a

tribute to all the community heroes, the Sport

exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to nominate a

sporting person whom they believe fits the

description of Community Hero. Six will be selected

each month and have their photo and story featured

in a special section of the exhibition.

Mark Wallington is among the first monthly selection.

Mark first appeared as Western Suburbs rugby

league team mascot ‘Mark the magpie’ in 1978 andcontinued until 1999 when the team amalgamated

with Balmain. He then became a ‘tiger’ and continued

until the end of the 2002 season. Over 25 years, Mark

made just short of 600 first grade appearances andmissed only a handful of games. ‘Even on the birth of

my son in 1994, I raced from the hospital to the

ground to lead them out,’ he says. Mark was

approached by club officials to take on the mascot

role. ‘They all knew how vocal and passionate I was

about my club. I never started out to create any

record. Somehow the character came alive and the

rest is history.’

Search for a Community Hero is sponsored by AMP,

the principal sponsor of Sport: more than heroes and

legends . This sponsorship is an extension of AMP’s

commitment to communities across the country

through their new Personal Best Program. You can

pick up a Community Hero nomination form in the

exhibition, from an AMP Financial Planners office or

download one from www.amp.com.au/sport

NOT ALL HEROES OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT ARE HOUSEHOLDNAMES. NOMINATE SOMEONE YOU KNOW FOR RECOGNITION.

Search for a community hero




One hundred years ago on 17 December 1903brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made four short

flights in their aircraft at Kittyhawk in North Carolina,

USA. For this feat they were hailed as the first in the

world to make a powered, controlled flight in a

heavier-than-air craft.

Their success was the culmination of the work of

many pioneers who had researched and

experimented with the mechanics of aviation. One of

those was inventor Lawrence Hargrave, who lived

most of his life in New South Wales. Hargrave’s

surviving aeronautical models, drawings, photographs

and notes, for the most part, reside at the

Powerhouse Museum. They form the basis of a small

exhibition to celebrate the centenary of aviation.

Hargrave began his aeronautical experiments in theearly 1880s and worked tirelessly to develop a

practical flying machine, engine and propeller. He

circulated his results internationally and one of his

most famous correspondents was Octave Chanute, a

French-born American engineer.

Chanute had spent several decades collecting

information on aviation experiments. He wrote in his

1894 book Progress in flying machines , ‘If any man

deserves to fly, that man is Lawrence Hargrave of

Sydney, New South Wales.’ In fact, Hargrave’s only

‘flight’ took place on 12 November 1894 on the beach

at Stanwell Park south of Sydney when he briefly

went aloft beneath four box kites he had designed

and built. The kites, which were tethered to the

ground, lifted him 4.8 metres into the air.

It was Hargrave’s box kites that would lead via

Chanute to the first powered, controlled flight two

years later. Chanute was intrigued with this invention

and began his own engineering study of them,

frequently quizzing Hargrave on the technical detail

of the kites. He produced his own versions and one,

known as the ‘ladder kite’ became the design

prototype for the glider known as the Katydid .

From the lessons learned on Katydid , Chanute

developed his biplane glider. The glider was

considered a success and enjoyed many accident-

free glides. It, in turn, became the design prototype

for the Wright brothers who were seeking a structure

to incorporate their wing warping control system.

Meanwhile, in France, Gabriel and Charles Voisin hadlearnt of the box kite and built one of their own. They

were impressed with its stability and lifting power.

Gabriel went on to become a pioneer aircraft builder

and inspired Alberto Santos-Dumont to abandon

airships. Using the box kite as a basis, Santos-

Dumont constructed his aircraft 14bis and achieved

the first powered, controlled flight in Europe in 1906.

In Sydney Hargrave had been working on his trimaran

floatplane but his inability to develop a suitable

engine and propeller combination slowed his

progress. He was recovering from a bout of typhoid

when he received Chanute’s letter telling him that the

Wright brothers had flown. Hargrave immediately

wrote to Wilbur Wright congratulating him.

Hargrave continued with his aeronautical experimentstogether with his son Geoffrey, who had developed

an interest in engineering. Unfortunately Geoffrey was

killed at Gallipoli and Lawrence died of peritonitis six

weeks later on 6 July 1915, aged 65.

Lawrence made his first donation of early flying

machine models to the Museum in 1891 and offered

the remainder of his collection of aeronautical

paraphernalia in 1910. Because of an expensive

condition attached to his offer the Museum was

unable to react immediately. When the problem had

been solved it was too late. Lawrence’s offer had

been taken up by the Deutsches Museum, Germany.

When Lawrence died his widow gathered all his

drawings, photographs and notes together and

moved to England. She subsequently donated this

archive to the Royal Aeronautical Society there.

During World War II the Deutsches Museum was

bombed and many of Hargrave’s models were

destroyed but the survivors were donated to the

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in 1960 and

the Royal Aeronautical Society donated its Hargrave

archive to the Museum in 1963.

While Hargrave was not the first to fly, for him ‘… the

act of invention was a sort of inspiration and a

pleasure that the individual does not seek to be

rewarded for undergoing’. However, Hargrave

certainly deserves recognition in the centenary of

aviation year for his significant role in the

development of the successful aeroplane.

Sponsored by Sydney Airport.

LAWRENCE HARGRAVE LED THE WAY FOR THEWRIGHT BROTHERS. FOR THE CENTENARY OFAVIATION, WE CELEBRATE HIS CRUCIAL ROLE.story _ IAN DEBENHAM, CURATOR TRANSPORT

Australia’saviation pioneer

HARGRAVE (LEFT) DEMONSTRATING HIS KITE-LIFT EXPERIMENT IN NOVEMBER 1894 AT STANWELL PARK, NSWPHOTO BY CHARLES BAYLISS, POWERHOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTION.




Although racing has traded on its aristocratic image

and spectator appeal, its economic heart is the

bookies’ ring, an anachronistic survivor in the world of

contemporary gambling. Because of their association

with race-fixing and other dubious practices, on-

course bookmakers are illegal in many countries. In

Australia, by contrast, bookmakers were regulated

and licensed by the racing clubs and by their own

Tattersall’s clubs. As a result, the profession is

uniquely prominent in Australia.

By 1900 bookmakers no longer roamed courses,

shouting their odds. Instead they were allotted a

designated 'pitch' within prescribed areas or rings,

each with a clerk wearing a bag containing money

and issuing betting tickets. Bookmakers began to

chalk their odds on timber boards from the 1920s,

presumably as a response to the introduction of the

on-course totalisator, which showed betting prices on

indicator boards.

In 1945 the Victorian Racing Club at Flemington and

the Australian Jockey Club at Randwick decided to

introduce a standard betting board to the Paddock

betting ring. The purpose was to impose greater

order in this betting ring, which was patronised by the

wealthier punters (as distinct from the Flat and Legerenclosures where admission fees were lower).

Jack Miller was a successful Melbourne bookmaker.

Milton Napthine had been a betting supervisor with

the Victoria Racing Club prior to enlisting in the RAAF

during the 1939-45 war. In 1947 they won the tender

for bookmakers’ boards issued by the VRC and AJC.

Diecasters Australia, a Melbourne manufacturer,

produced about 500 boards of zinc alloy sourced

from wartime metal scrap.

In NSW the new boards were first used at Randwick

in September 1947, when 110 betting boards were

installed in the Paddock betting ring. The Miller and

Napthine board was a dramatic improvement over

the chalk boards, notably in its capacity to change

the odds for each horse instantaneously in either

direction by the rotation of a single knob. This

innovation formed the basis of the Patent (number

130 892) issued in January 1949. It was achieved

using a sliding gear on a central spindle with rollers

and a ribbon printed on both sides.

As well as rapid changes of odds, the betting board

improved the visibility of the odds display. Painted

green to blend with the racetrack environment, the

boards were hung on tall metal frames from the two

protruding bracket plates elevating them above the

crowds to provide an unobstructed view. The bettingboard could also display the odds on either side

simultaneously. This was of particular advantage to

the Rails bookmakers located along the railing

dividing members in the Paddock enclosure from the

non-members. Only the original 500 boards were

manufactured. Miller and Napthine then ran a

profitable business hiring these boards out to

bookmakers. They also supplied the printed cards

listing the field for each race meeting which were

inserted in the boards. As well as Randwick,

Flemington and other city racecourses, the boards

were used on provincial tracks in Victoria and NSW.

A later generation of boards was produced by

totalisator manufacturers, featuring decimal odds.

Most of the Miller and Napthine machines were

modified with decimal ribbons, bringing them into line

with the totalisator. It was felt by the racing clubs that

decimal betting prices would be more readily

understood by new generations of fraction-illiterate

punters. The board acquired by the Powerhouse is

one of the very few to retain the Imperial ribbon.

Bookmakers now account for a diminishing share of

the gambling dollar; their profitability is threatened by

the availability and legality of off-course fixed-price

betting. Yet for over a century bookies provided

punters an efficient service; competition ensuring that

their profit margins were slim in comparison to the

TAB and other rivals. Bookies and their clients also

gave gambling a human face, an appealdisappearing before the rise of corporate gambling.

Gambling in Australia: thrills, spills and social ills opens on 7 April 2004.Supported by G-Line (NSW)

A BOOKMAKERS’ BOARDIS ACQUIRED FOR ANUPCOMING EXHIBITIONABOUT GAMBLING.

story_CHARLES PICKETT ANDJENNIFER CORNWALL, CURATORS

odds on

the board

BOOKMAKER AND BOARD AT ROYAL RANDWICK, ABOUT 1968. THE BOARDACQUIRED BY THE MUSEUM IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.PHOTO BY DAVID MIST, POWERHOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTION.




membersprograms

and services

from themembersmanager

The Powerhouse Members

department is committed at all

times to delivering the best

possible variety of programs

and quality of service to our

Members. With this in mind weare undertaking a survey to

give you the opportunity to let

us know how we can best

meet your needs.

All you need to do is visit our

website and respond to our

questionnaire:

www.powerhousemuseum.

com/members/survey/

You will automatically go into

the draw to win one of the

following prizes:

+ 1 family ticket (2 adults, 2

children) to our exclusive

Members New Year’s Eve

event at Sydney Observatory

(questionnaire must be

completed and sent before

close of business Friday 19

December 2003) or

+ A case of wine from the

Museum's new corporate

partner, Bimbadgen Estate or

+ A $300 gift voucher to

spend in the Powerhouse

Museum Shop.

What a year it’s been for

Powerhouse Members. During

2003 our membership reached

a record level of more than

23 000. It’s been an exciting

and challenging time for us

and we continue to work

behind the scenes to improve

our service to members. One

innovation I’m excited about is

the linking of our Members’

database to the Museum’s

admission system. Look out for

your new membership card in

the mail soon. Your admission

to the Museum will be thatlittle bit faster with your new

card. Our monthly e-bulletin is

a great way for us to keep you

up-to-date with events in

between issues of Powerline . If

you haven’t already done so,

forward us your email address.

And I encourage you to fill out

our online survey (details

above) so we can cater our

services and programs to your

needs.

As well as being a fun-filled

family outing, this year’s

Christmas party is going to be

a handy way to fill those

Christmas stockings. We’ll

have the ever-popular kids

craft workshops as well as

lucky door prizes from the

Powerhouse shop. New Year’s

Eve at the Observatory is

always a spectacular night and

this exclusive event is certainly

one of the outstanding

benefits of being a

Powerhouse Member. So don’t

miss out, book soon.

I want to sincerely thank all

members for your support over

the year, and wish you all a

joy-filled and safe festive

season.

Jane Turner

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Wednesday 31 DecemberNew Year’s Eve at Sydney Observatory

View the spectacular skies through the Observatory’s

telescopes, enjoy a casual meal, marvel at the city’s

fireworks, mingle with friends and other members at

this exclusive event. This is one of the best venues in

Sydney for New Year’s Eve.

Cost: members – $130adult/$110concession/$90

child/$390 family (2A &2C); guests – $170 adult/$140

concession/$110 child/$490 family (2A & 2C)

Wednesday 21 JanuaryInteractive cricket 2004: exclusive members sessions

Come along to the SoundHouse™ and play in

Australia’s first 11. Members and their friends can play

the new Cricket 2004 computer game in the

Museum’s fantastic digital media studio.

10.00 am – 3.00 pm (four separate sessions)

Cost: free

Saturday 17 JanuaryVideo project: My Museum

Reveal your favourite objects, exhibitions, views and

locations within the Powerhouse Museum using the

SoundHouse™ media resources including digital video

cameras, and music and video software.

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Cost: $75 family (2A &2C), $45 individuals

Sunday 1 February

Exhibition walk through: Sport exhibitionJoin curator Anni Turnbull for a tour of this exhibitionthat looks at sport from many angles. With more than500 sporting treasures on show, you’ll see CathyFreeman’s full bodysuit and Ian Thorpe’s Speedo fastskin swimsuit from the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Cost: members $5/guests $10

Saturday 6 February

Exhibition walkthrough: EcoLogicJoin curator Sandra McEwen to look at the major

issues behind the worldwide push for ecological

sustainability that is fuelling the next great industrial

revolution. Find out what you can do to contribute.

10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Cost: members $5/guests $10

Sunday 7 DecemberMembers Christmas party

Join us for a varied program of events running all

afternoon, including craft activities for the kids, carols

for the whole family and plenty of Christmas cheer.

Drop in for an hour or stay the whole afternoon.

2.00 – 5.00 pm including refreshments

Cost: members only – $18 adult/$10 child/$48 family(2A & 2C).

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MEMBERS ON THE OBSERVATORYBALCONY WATCH THE TIME BALLDROP. BELOW: VISITORS INSIDETHE OLD SIGNAL STATION.

MUSEUM TRUSTEE MR ANTHONYSUKARI (LEFT) AND DIRECTOR DRKEVIN FEWSTER THANK MRGEORGE HANNA (RIGHT) OFHANNA’S UPHOLSTERY FOR HISCONTRIBUTION TO THE NEWMEMBERS LOUNGE – THERECOVERING OF OUR CHAIRS INSTUNNING RED!PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD.

THE NOVOTEL SYDNEY ON DARLING HARBOUR. PHOTO COURTESY NOVOTEL.

Introduce a new member to

the Museum before 31

December 2003 and you

could win a weekend at

Novotel Sydney on Darling

Harbour, the official hotel of

the Powerhouse Museum for

interstate and international

visitors. Uniquely situated in

the heart of Darling Harbour,


Harbour is an easy walk to the

Powerhouse Museum,

Harbourside Shopping Centreand the delights of Chinatown.

The hotel features spectacular

views and world class facilities

including a fabulous restaurant

and cocktail bar, an outdoor

swimming pool, tennis court

and sauna.

To celebrate their partnership

the Powerhouse Museum and


Harbour are offering one

Powerhouse Museum member

the opportunity to win a

weekend for two adults and

two children staying at the


Harbour.

Win a weekend package of 2

nights accommodation and

win aweekend atNovotel

Members enjoyed a day

at Sydney Observatory

on 18 October with tours,

talks and special

viewings.

breakfast for 2 adults and 2

children at the Novotel Sydney

on Darling Harbour simply by

introducing a new member to

the Museum before 31

December 2003. The winner

will be drawn on 9 January

2003 and notified by

telephone with the results

printed in the Autumn 2004

issue of Powerline.

Conditions of entry

1. The prize must be taken within 6 monthsof notification and is subject to availability.The prize cannot be taken on a publicholiday or a special event occasion. 2.Entry is open to Powerhouse Museummembers (other than employees of NovotelSydney on Darling Harbour and the

Powerhouse Museum) who refer a newmember to the Museum prior to 31December 2003. 3. The competition isopen from 24 November to 31 December.4. The winner will be drawn at random fromeligible entries at the promoter’s premises,500 Harris Street, Ultimo, 2007 byrepresentatives from the PowerhouseMuseum on 9 January 2004. 5. Thejudges’ decision is final and nocorrespondence will be entered into. 6.Total prize valued at $772.00. 9. The prizeincludes two nights accommodation withbreakfast for two adults and two children(16 years and under) staying at the NovotelSydney on Darling Harbour in a DarlingHarbour View Room. The accommodationwill be in one room with two double beds.The winner must arrange and meet allcosts associated with travel to Sydney. Theprize is not transferable or exchangeable

for cash. 10. Any change in the value ofthe prize occurring between competitioncommencement and the date the prize isclaimed is not the responsibility of thepromoter. 11. The prize winner will benotified by telephone.

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For the Sport: more than

heroes and legends exhibition ,

Museum sponsor Sharp has

provided Powerhouse

Members with a fabulous prize

to be won by a lucky member.

The Sharp home entertainment

system is valued at more than$4000 and includes

+ LC20B4M AQUOS 50cm LCD

colour television

+ SDAT1000W digital audio

system

+ DVNC80X DVD VCR Combo

Unit

All Powerhouse memberships

current on 18 July 2004 will be


automatically entered in the

draw. It’s a wonderful incentive

for keeping your membership

current, and for giving a

Museum membership as a gift.

You can see the home

entertainment system on

display in the Museum’s foyerthroughout the Sport: more

than heroes and legends

exhibition.

Go to www.powerhousemuseu

m.com/members for details of

competition terms and

conditions.

PHOTO FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSESONLY, NOT ACTUAL PRIZE MODEL.

IMAGE OF LOUISE SAUVAGE BY BRETTFAULKNER/NEWSPIX.

MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITYTO TOUR THE OLD SIGNAL STATIONWHICH IS CURRENTLY BEINGRESTORED.




Christmas gift guide02 Rainbow Maker

$49.95

Colour and movement win me

over every time — especially if

the movement is solar-

powered and the colour

comes from sunlight refracting

through a glass crystal. The

Rainbow Maker is a cleverdevice that combines both

these elements. Attach it to

any window and whenever the

sun shines, it will give you a

free light show. Better than a

disco mirror ball! I recommend

it for anyone who likes a bit of

sunny colour in their life.

Jesse Shore, Senior Curator

Science

THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM SHOP REFLECTS THEDIVERSITY OF THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION AND IS FULLOF GREAT GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. WE ASKED FIVECURATORS AND OUR PUBLICATIONS MANAGER TO ‘GOSHOPPING’ AND RECOMMEND A GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS.

01 Ceramic Plate

$18.95

I like the design of this

ceramic plate, which comes

with matching mug. It is made

by Indigenous arts centre

Keringke Arts, based near

Alice Springs in the Northern

Territory. The ar tists’ worksincorporate traditional and

contemporary Indigenous

designs onto a range of

products. It would make a

unique gift, and I would

recommend it for your mother

or grandmother. The purchase

helps support the artists.

Fabri Blacklock, Curator Koori

History and Culture(PICTURED RIGHT)

04 Sonic Ear

$49.95

Speaking more in my capacityas a father of two young boys

I’ve chosen the Sonic Ear,

which magnifies sound. I’m

always on the look out for

gadget that will fit into the

fantasy world they inhabit. The

idea that they can eavesdrop

on their family, friends and

neighbours is bound to appeal,

as is the ability to tune into the

television from the hall when

they are supposed to be

sleeping. I might even be able

to put it to use myself!

Matthew Connell, Curator

Information and Communication

Technology (PICTURED RIGHT)

03 Book selection

Here are three great gifts from

Powerhouse Publishing. What’s

in store? a history of retailing

in Australia (RRP $34.95) is

ideal for people interested in

Australian heritage. Mod to

Memphis: colour in design 1960s-80s (RRP $24.95) is the

perfect gift for anyone who

embraces the retro look in

fashion and furnishings. And

the 2004 Sydney Observatory

sky guide (RRP $15.00) is a

great stocking filler for novice

skywatchers.

Julie Donaldson,

Powerhouse Publishing

manager

06 Marimekko Bag

$98.00

The Marimekko design has atimeless and universal appeal.

Finnish design company

Marimekko has flourished

since 1949. The vibrant colours

and bold artist-designed

cottons are as fashionable

today as they were when they

were originally created. Women

of all ages would enjoy using

this bag both during our

temperate winters as well as

our lazy summers. The bag

could also be easily sent to a

friend or relative overseas.

Anne-Marie Van de Ven,Curator, Decorative

Arts & Design

05 T-Shirt

$59.95

One of my favourite areas offashion is subcultural styles.

Rockabilly is currently enjoying

a resurgence which has spilled

over into mainstream fashions.

When I saw this T-shirt I

immediately pictured it with

one of the ‘50s-style printed

and embroidered circle skirts

that have appeared for the

spring-summer season. It

would be a great present for a

teenager into retro style. The

appliquéd graphic provides a

quirky edge.

Glynis Jones, Curator of

Fashion of the Year

Powerhouse Museum ShopOpen 7 days 10.00 am – 5.00 pm

Free gift wrapping. Gift selection service. Delivery

available. Comfortable browsing atmosphere.

Powerhouse Members receive 10% off selected

merchandise.

For more information phone (02) 9217 0331

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EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future opened at the

Powerhouse Museum in 2001 and its popularity has

grown steadily ever since. Today it is the exhibition

most visited by school groups to the Museum.

Demand for more information about sustainability has

grown too and people are keen to find out how they

can make changes in their own lives. In response to

that demand, a new book will be published in

February 2004.

The book, EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future ,

explains how we can all take action, using resources

and energy more efficiently in order to care for the

environment, the economy, ourselves and tomorrow’s

children. One topical issue that EcoLogic tackles is

water usage. The water restrictions currently affecting

the Sydney region are likely to become permanent as

governments strive to ensure adequate resources for

the city's increasing population. Currently about 95%

of all urban stormwater is wasted. In future, backyard

rainwater tanks and well mulched gardens will

become commonplace. As water becomes scarcer

and more expensive it will make sense to ensure that

all the water-using appliances in our homes are

efficient ones. EcoLogic details the small individual

changes we can make, which will allow us to maintain

or enhance our lifestyles while improving the

sustainability of the city.

In rural areas too, farmers and governments are

teasing out workable solutions to the issue of water

rights. Over-allocation of water rights by past

governments has led to a crisis as rivers, and the

ecosystems they support, degrade. Mismanagement

of water from the Great Artesian Basin has degraded

that resource to the point where some bores are now

running dry. The land too is in crisis. Over-clearing of

native vegetation has resulted in soil salinity and

erosion. There are solutions to these crises but theyrequire directed effort and the cooperation of all

Australians. The 86% of us who live in cities must

support these efforts because we rely heavily on rural

areas for food, fibre and building materials. EcoLogic

explains how consumer choices can support

sustainable land use and prevent further degradation.

Global climate change is another issue that deserves

our full attention. It's now widely acknowledged that

global climate change is being driven by the build up

of carbon-dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases

in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels

(coal, oil and gas) for energy. Greenhouse gases are

creating a blanket around the earth and gradually

increasing average temperatures of air, sea and land.

CSIRO scientists estimate that the Sydney region

could be 6ºC hotter by 2070 and that the frequency

and severity of storms will escalate.

Fortunately our homes, offices and industries can be

designed to use energy much more efficiently. There

are also ways to capture the energy of wind, waves

and solar radiation, thus removing the need to burn

fossil fuels and pump any more CO 2 into the

atmosphere. EcoLogic explores these issues and

provides examples of the many industries taking

steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The

design of products and systems is changing in order

to reduce amounts of materials and energy

consumed. Indeed the need for ecological

sustainability is providing an extraordinary

opportunity for the industrial world to rethink and

redesign. As consumers we can make a difference by

buying products and adopting new systems that

support the principles of sustainability. We can help

to bring about the changes required.

Ecological sustainability is not a fad. It is the most

important issue facing humanity today, just as it will

be next year, in ten years and, hopefully, in 100 years

time. It will provide us with livelihoods. It will provide

us with the clean air, water and the healthy soils that

we need. It will provide community and equity for the

world’s people. And it will protect and support the

unique flora and fauna with which we share this

continent. If we take the opportunity now to be

creative and change the way we meet our needs,

we’ll give our own species a chance to survive and

flourish with them.

Read the book, take its message to heart and live as

if your future depends upon it.

Join curator Sandra McEwen for a walk through of

the EcoLogic exhibition on 6 February 2004. See

details in Members Calendar.

EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future, with over 150 images in colour andblack & white, is written by Sandra McEwen and published by PowerhousePublishing. It will be available from February 2004 from the PowerhouseMuseum shop, selected bookstores and mailorder RRP $35.95. For moreinformation phone (02) 9217 0129 or www.powerhousemuseum.com/publish

The EcoLogic exhibition is sponsored by Holden.

the EcoLogic revolution

THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC IS TAKING TO HEART THE IMPORTANCEOF ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY. A NEW BOOK EXPLAINS HOWWE CAN TAKE ACTION TO MAKE OUR FUTURE A GOOD ONE.story_SANDRA MCEWEN, CURATOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

THE FIRST BORE WAS TAPPED INTO THE GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN IN1878. SINCE THEN THOUSANDS OF BORES HAVE MADE FARMINGPOSSIBLE IN ARID AREAS BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, MUCH OF THEWATER HAS BEEN WASTED. THIS PHOTO OF BELALIE BORE, WEST OFBOURKE NSW, WAS PROBABLY TAKEN IN THE EARLY 1900S.PHOTO FROM THE TYRRELL COLLECTION, POWERHOUSE MUSEUM.



It was Canberra’s coldest day in three years and the

Powerhouse exhibition team had spent almost eight

hours loading the Spinning around travelling

exhibition into two enormous semi-trailers for its next

destination. The sleet and bitter wind whipped into

my face, as I star jumped alongside the trucks

monitoring the progress.

Being a travelling exhibition coordinator may not

always be the most glamorous job — braving the

elements is a part of the job I have come to expect

— but it is definitely one that keeps mind and body

constantly on the go. It is also one of Museum’s more

adventurous roles, and it has taken me across the

cotton fields of north-western NSW to the hutongalleyways of Beijing and many places in between.

The Museum’s travelling exhibition program increases

access to our collection and also encourages

interaction and knowledge-sharing between

communities, other institutions and government

bodies. The program currently includes venues in

regional NSW, Australia and overseas. In the last

financial year the Museum toured more than 10

exhibitions to 32 venues to reach a total audience of

almost 400 000 people. Those exhibitions range from

a photographic display of 35 portraits, which fitted

snugly inside two crates, to a major undertaking like

Spinning around , which travelled to two capital cities.

Exhibitions may also travel as a celebration or gift to

another community. The photographic exhibition Old

Peking , which travelled to China in 2002, gave the

people of Beijing their first chance in 50 years to see

the photographs that chronicle their city. It also

celebrated the 30th anniversary of diplomatic

relations between China and Australia. The upcoming

Our place exhibition, which will travel to Athens for

the 2004 Olympics, is an exhibition from the leading

museums in Australia’s two Olympic cities — the

Powerhouse Museum (Sydney 2000) and Museum

Victoria (Melbourne 1956) — developed as a gift to

the people of Athens for the Games.

While the size and purpose of an exhibition can

greatly vary, the development and logistical

organisation remain the same. Developing a travelling

exhibition involves a team of skilled and dedicated

staff from across the Museum with a detailed plan

and schedule for development, loan agreements,installation and dismantling.

At one end of the scale is Spinning around , a

celebration of Australia’s largest independent record

company, Festival Records, and the biggest touring

exhibition the Museum has ever staged in Australia.

It was on display at the Powerhouse Museum from

December 2001 to July 2002. Then over a five-month

period it was redeveloped for its tour to Canberra

and Melbourne. The final content and design

comprised a multitude of parts including: 29 road

showcases fitted with wheels to several hundred

objects, eight theme-panel units (which were also

used to store packing materials), ten audiovisual

units, two interactive units, four larger interactive units

— a drum kit, a sequencer, a mixing desk, a DJ

station, 19 object crates, over 50 modularcomponents to form a sparkling CD title wall and the

housing for the interactive units, and finally panels of

acrylic, flooring and CDs. Then there were tubs full of

conservation reports, object supplies, tool kits, drills,

touch-up paints, bottles of cleaning acrylics and

tissue, labels, bubble wrap and finally the sensational

mirror balls used to bring the gallery alive.

With a truck-pack diagram to assist, the loading took

one full day for a team of 15 Museum staff along with

the contract drivers, forklifts, pallet jacks and hoists to

load two semi-trailers. A team of ten — an exhibition

coordinator, a registrar, three conservators, three

interactives staff, one electronics staff and finally, for

the official opening, the curator — then travelled to

the venue to meet the trucks for the installation at the

other end.

The exhibition took one day to unload all exhibitioncomponents and to arrange the layout within the

venue’s gallery. It then takes almost four full days for

the exhibition to be installed. This includes finalising

the correct layout for the venue, unpacking, condition

checking, installing and stocktaking over 700 objects,

installing lighting, setting up and testing the

audiovisuals, constructing the interactive units,

assembling the title wall and then doing a final check

on each showcase before they are sealed to ensure

all the objects, labels, graphics are all looking their

best. And finally the part that each team member

enjoys the most — hours of cleaning smudges and

fingerprints off acrylic showcase covers!

At the other end of the scale is Works wonders:

stories about home remedies , a small travelling

exhibition developed by the Museum (see story page

20) to allow collaboration with regional museums and

community groups. This exhibition comprises eight


THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM’S TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONPROGRAM STRETCHES FROM BOURKE TO BEIJING.story_TARA KITA, TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS COORDINATOR

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01 SPINNING AROUND: 50 YEARS OF FESTIVAL RECORDS OPENED AT THE POWERHOUSE IN DECEMBER 2001. 02 CURATOR PETER COX, DESIGNER MALCOLM MCKERNAN AND REGISTRATION STAFF ALISON BRENNAN ANDSTEPHANIE BOAST OVERSEE THE MOVEMENT OF CASES ONTO THE VEHICLE. 03 EXHIBITION COORDINATOR TARA KITA LABELLING OBJECT CRATES. 04-06 ROAD SHOWCASES AND OBJECT CRATES ARE LOADED ONTOTWO SEMI-TRAILERS IN THE MUSEUM’S LOADING DOCK. 07 READY TO LEAVE THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM. 08 THE MIXING DESK INTERACTIVE INSTALLED AT SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA IN CANBERRA. 09-10 SHOWCASESON DISPLAY AT SCREENSOUND. 11 OPENING NIGHT AT MELBOURNE MUSEUM. FROM LEFT: IAN ‘MOLLY’ MELDRUM, KATE CEBERANO AND MICHAEL GUDINSKI. 12 FROM LEFT: HAROLD MITCHELL, COL JOYE AND PETER COX.PHOTOS 02-07 BY SOTHA BOURN, 08-10 BY MARINCO KOJDANOVSKI, 11-12 COURTESY MUSEUM VICTORIA.

It takes a whole team to develop, design, install

and dismantle a large touring show like Spinning

around . But when it comes to opening night, it is

the curator who becomes the focus of attention

and receives most of the accolades. I usually arrive

at each interstate venue just as the hard work of

setting up the exhibition is complete.

Spinning around: 50 years of Festival Records was

opened by Olivia Newton-John at the Powerhouse

in December 2001. With over 700 objects, it was a

huge exhibition which included heavy pieces of

machinery such as a record press used at Festival

Records to make vinyl discs. It was impractical to

take such objects on tour. The exhibition had to bereduced to a more manageable size for its trip to

ScreenSound Australia in Canberra and the

Melbourne Museum. For a curator, cutting out

elements of the content is as painful as pulling

teeth. Nevertheless the touring version of Spinning

around filled up two huge semi-trailers.

Curators generally suffer from first-night jitters

when a new exhibition opens, wondering how the

media and visitors will respond. With a travelling

exhibition it is more relaxed because I feel

confident that if Sydney visitors have already

enjoyed it, it will be well received elsewhere. By the

time Spinning around arrived at the Melbourne

Museum in August, it had already captured the

attention of the local media. Even my taxi driver at

Tullamarine airport knew about it, and it hadn’t yetopened to the public. The media preview was well

attended and I even appeared with veteran star

Col Joye on Channel 10’s Good morning Australia .

The show’s host Bert Newton seemed genuinely

knowledgeable about Festival Records’ history. The

official opening on the evening of 5 August was

attended by over 600 ‘A-list’ guests who witnessed

a live performance by Amiel, a bright young

Festival Mushroom recording artist. Ian Meldrum

officially opened the exhibition, speaking in

glowing terms about its scope and quality, and

sharing some hilarious anecdotes about Festival

artists. From 7.00 pm there was a three-hour live

broadcast from Melbourne Museum on ABC local

radio featuring acoustic performances, interviews,

quizzes and lots of interaction with the displays.

Celebrity guests included Michael Gudinski, Kate

Ceberano, Brian Mannix from Uncanny X-Men,

Stephen Cummings from the Sports, Greg

Macainsh from Skyhooks and Rebecca Barnard

from Rebecca’s Empire. Even Kylie Minogue’s

parents came along. Col Joye made the trip from

Sydney as a special favour and spoke at the media

launch. Col is a great supporter of the Powerhouse

Museum and donated some magnificent objects

from his performing career.

Taking an exhibition on tour is a costly and labour-

intensive project, but it is also a joy and a privilege

to reach a wider audience and to gauge their

reactions. During one of the speeches I made for

the Melbourne opening I was reminded of how the

people of Victoria’s capital are intensely loyal to

their city. I remarked that Melbourne had been theepicentre of live music in Australia. A member of

the audience snapped ‘It still is!’

Peter Cox, Exhibition Curator

The curator’s perspective

compact modular showcases that are easily lifted by

two people. The entire exhibition can fit neatly inside

one the Museum’s small transit vans. All the exhibition

components will be unloaded, lifted and installed

over two days by two team members who will

transport it around regional NSW. The modular format

means it can be easily adapted to the many different

venues it will reach — from a bush nurses’ cottage in

Lightning Ridge to the local museum in Dungog.

In 2004 the Powerhouse Museum will tour more than

10 travelling exhibitions reaching half a million visitors.

These include:

Works wonders: stories about home remedies

travelling to regional NSW.

Intel Young Scientist 2003 will continue its annual

tour of regional NSW.

Women with wings will continue its original

successful eastern Australian tour to selected venues

in regional NSW.

FRUiTS: Tokyo street style will travel to venues in New

Zealand, Victoria & regional NSW from early 2004.

Sport: more than heroes & legends will commence a

national tour to major Australian cities from mid 2004.

Astronomy Powerpack will tour regional schools in

NSW.

Our place: Indigenous Australia now! will go to

Athens for the Olympics in mid 2004 and then on to

Beijing later in the year.

Gambling in Australia: thrills, spills and social ills will

commence a regional NSW tour from October 2004.

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MRS TERESA PUNTORIERO COOKS UP A STORM IN HER ‘OUTSIDEKITCHEN’ AT LEETON, HELPED BY HER NEIGHBOUR MRS ANGELAPANORELLO. VIDEO IMAGES BY LINDA KRUGER.

Working as a curator at the Powerhouse Museum can

be a tough job, but somebody has to do it. I found

out how difficult things can be when I visited theRiverina for several days in June with audiovisual

director Linda Kruger to make a video with the Leeton

Italian Heritage Group.

We were trying to make serious video, but we had to

stop every day at lunch time and sit down to tables

groaning with homemade pasta, sausage and tomato

sauce. In between times there were samples of

homemade wine, cakes and biscuits, as well as fruit

and vegetables from the local gardens and orchards.

On St Anthony’s Day, 13 June, we were invited to an

Italian community supper after the special evening

mass — another bountiful table and wonderful

company.

Nonetheless we shot over 10 hours of tape for a half-

hour audiovisual that forms part of Works wonders , anexhibition about some of the weird, wonderful and

commonplace ways in which people have dealt with

sickness and injury at home. The exhibition is a

collaboration between the Powerhouse Museum and

several cultural groups in regional NSW, one of them

the Leeton Italian Heritage Group. This band of

women is dedicated to preserving the history of the

local Italian community, which first started arriving in

the Leeton area in the 1920s.

The video project began with Linda and me attending

one of the Heritage Group’s regular meetings for a

brainstorming session on the traditional family

remedies they remembered — or still used. We were

bombarded with stories and remedies including

sliced potato on the forehead for headaches, parsley

stalks for babies’ constipation, and reduced red winefor chilblains.

The next week we returned with cameraperson Vince

Bucello, a son of Leeton, and an invaluable asset to

the project. This time we visited women in theirhomes, interviewing them in their living rooms,

watching them work in their kitchens (usually both an

‘inside kitchen’ and a ‘shed kitchen’), and strolling with

them in their gardens and orchards. As we talked

about home remedies, stories inevitably turned to the

times when many of the women were young brides,

newly arrived from their villages in Calabria. Leaving

the communal life of a close-knit village they found

themselves in a place they considered a desert, living

on isolated farms in houses with dirt floors, toiling on

the farm by day and managing the household in the

evenings. A constant refrain in the stories of the older

women was ‘I cried for three months’.

At Easter time 2004 the Works wonders exhibition will

travel to Leeton to coincide with the SunRice Festival.

The exhibition is being supported by Leeton

Municipal Council and the local community will get a

chance to see themselves on video, and inspect their

bottles of home-made tomato sauce (for cuts and

scratches) and grappa with rue (a general pick-me-

up) displayed alongside familiar home remedies like

castor oil (for the inside), kerosene (for the outside),

and ‘a nice cup of tea’ (for all stressful occasions).

Linda and I will never forget the generosity with which

the Leeton women shared their stories, and the

hospitality that they extended to us. And as I sit here

at the Powerhouse, hunched over my computer with

my very ordinary peanut butter sandwich, I wonder

what other gastronomic adventures I can organise for

myself in the name of preserving and exhibiting the

culture of NSW.

The exhibition Works wonders: stories about home remedies is acollaborative project of the Powerhouse Museum’s Regional Programs andServices. The Leeton video was funded by the Migration Heritage CentreNSW. The exhibition opens at Shear Outback in Hay on 12 December 2003.


it really works!

WOMEN FROM LEETON’S ITALIAN COMMUNITY SHARE THEIR

STORIES OF HOME REMEDIES FOR A NEW EXHIBITION.story_MEGAN HICKS, CURATOR HEALTH AND MEDICINE




The origins of the Powerhouse Museum’s collection

began with the Sydney International Exhibition, which

opened in 1879. This was a showcase of invention andindustry from around the globe and was housed in a

massive exhibition hall, known as the Garden Palace.

When the exhibition closed many of its key objects

and displays were set aside to establish a new

museum for Sydney. But barely two years later, in

September 1882, a conflagration levelled the Garden

Palace and destroyed the foundation artefacts of the

Technological, Industrial, and Sanitary Museum.

Joseph Henry Maiden, an Englishman who had

studied but never completed his botanical studies at

the University of London, was appointed the

Museum’s first curator. He faced the task of finding

suitable accommodation for the collection he was

building for the new museum.

The authorities obliged by putting Maiden, the

collection, and his Committee of Management in the

Agricultural Hall, a disused out-building that was

vacated after the closure of the Sydney International

Exhibition in 1880. During the 1880s, Maiden and his

Committee of Management complained of the

conditions in the hall, so much so that by decade’send, the Committee of Management, led by Archibald

Liversidge, Professor of Chemistry, Geology, and

Mineralogy at the University of Sydney, resigned their

commission over many unsuccessful bids to

government to secure a decent building.

Maiden was initially elated at procuring new museum

premises in Harris Street, Ultimo, which he occupied

in 1893. However, his departure three years later to

become the director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens

was partly spurred by the collection ‘overtaking’ the

building. Apparently the open space of the botanic

gardens on the harbour foreshore was more

appealing than a cramped building in Ultimo.

Thereafter, a succession of Museum leaders — Henry

George Smith, Richard Thomas Baker, Arthur de

Ramon Penfold, Frank Morrison, and Jack Willis —spent great chunks of their working lives looking for

better museum accommodation suitable for display

and storage or at least major extensions to the

building in Harris Street.

In 1978 Director Jack Willis received the long-awaitednews from the then state premier Neville Wran that

the nearby derelict Ultimo Power Station would be

refurbished as premises for the Museum of Applied

Arts and Sciences. This was the turning point for a

final determination of the drawn-out negotiations to

settle the ‘building problem’. A quarter of a century

ago, The Sydney Morning Herald editorial ‘Haymarket

Revival’ of 24 August 1978, applauded the state

government’s decision to provide the Ultimo Power

Station for the Museum.

A week later, a relieved Jack Willis, who was only four

months from retirement, was photographed in what

was to become the new museum building. Museum

deputy director Lindsay Sharp was interviewed and

said, ‘When it is restored [it] could be one of the

world’s most fantastic museums’. Some 10 years later

the Powerhouse Museum opened its doors to the

public in 1988.

FOR ITS FIRST 100 YEARS, SUCCESSIVE DIRECTORS OF THISMUSEUM STRUGGLED TO FIND IT A SUITABLE HOME.story_DES BARRETT, CURATOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

stories from the archives

In September 2004 the institution we now know as the

Powerhouse Museum will begin celebrations for its 125th

anniversary. In the lead up to those celebrations Powerline will

publish a series of articles about significant events, people,

collections and projects from our long and distinguished history.

This is the first article in the series.

+LEFT: THE INTERIOR OF THE OLD ULTIMO POWER STATION IN 1983, BEFORE RESTORATION. BELOW:

THE NEW GALLERY, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT LIONEL GLENDENNING, BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE.




exploring

mars

namea star

Fascination with Mars continues andSaturn promises to be spectacular inJanuary 2004.

Earth’s close encounter with

Mars in late August-early

September 2003 certainly

captured Sydney’s

imagination. Over a two-week

period, Mars events and open

nights at Sydney Observatory

attracted more than 22 000

people eager to take a look at

the red planet.

The interest in Mars will

continue into 2004. Currently

there are three space probeson their way to Mars to take

advantage of its favourable

alignment with Earth.

Astronomers hope to gain

valuable information about the

ancient rock and soil

formation, water and climate

of Mars, which may shed more

light on the question, ‘Is there

life on Mars?’.

Two of the space probes were

built by NASA and will land on

Mars in January 2004. Each

probe carries a small car-like

rover. Finding a suitable

landing site, where the roverscould land and drive around

safely, has been a challenge

for astronomers. One site is a

crater into which a now-dry

river apparently once emptied.

The other is a plain rich in

hematite, an iron mineral that

typically forms in standing

water, perhaps an ancient

lake. Each rover is designed to

drive up to 100 metres per day

for several months, allowing

each site to be explored.

The European-built craft Mars

Express should reach Mars inJanuary 2004. Its lander is

called Beagle 2 , named after

the ship in which Charles

Darwin set sail in 1831 to

explore unchartered areas of

the Earth. To follow the

exploits of the Mars explorers

attend the 16 January lecture

at Sydney Observatory by

visiting expert Dr Neal

Newman from NASA.

January is also a great time to

view Saturn, the most

spectacular of the giant

planets. For all details and

bookings phone (02) 92170485.

Dr Martin Anderson

Sydney Observatory

Sydney Observatory is offering

a unique gift which will last formore than a lifetime — the

opportunity to name a star for

a special person or a special

occasion.

Select a star from the Sydney

Southern Star Catalogue,

compiled by Sydney

Observatory (1964-1983), within

your favourite constellation or

by a date, for example

birthdays, weddings or any

special occasion. Your star’s

name is then registered in the

star catalogue. As an added

bonus, all stars are visible from

Sydney and you can view yourstar through Sydney

Observatory telescopes. All

stars are magnitude 6 to 10.

The ‘Name a Star’ pack

includes:+ A certificate (suitable for

framing)

+ A star chart and coordinates

showing where to find the star

in the night sky

+ An evening pass to Sydney

Observatory for one family to

view the star

+ Your name recorded in the

Sydney Observatory ‘Name a

Star’ catalogue.

For inquiries phone

(02) 9217 0485

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FIND OUT THE ASTRONOMICALHIGHLIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERNSKIES IN THE 2004 SYDNEY OBSERVATORY SKY GUIDE , BY DRNICK LOMB. THIS EVER-POPULARANNUAL HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEEDTO KNOW ABOUT THE NIGHT SKY.

AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2003 FROMTHE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM SHOP,SYDNEY OBSERVATORY, OR PHONE(02) 9217 0129 FOR MAILORDER. RRP$15.00. SEE INSERT FOR MEMBERSSPECIAL OFFER.

AN ARTISTS IMPRESSION OF ONE OF THEROVERS ON MARS. IMAGE COURTESY OF NASA.

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Sport: more than heroes and legends

LEVEL 4, UNTIL 18 JULY 2004

Discover the triumphs, the fashion, the

science and the passion of sport. In

this highly interactive exhibition you

can put yourself to the test, find out the

latest in improving performance, and

uncover sporting myths and secrets.

Special admission prices apply.

Treasures of Palestine

LEVEL 3, UNTIL 26 JANUARY 2004

The richness and depth of Palestine's

cultural heritage is displayed through a

selection of traditional costumes,

embroidery, jewellery, ceramics and

mother-of-pearl inlay work.

Childhood memories of migration:

images, imagining & impressions

LEVEL 3, UNTIL 26 APRIL 2004

Explores the personal experiences of

children who lived in Villawood and

Cabramatta migrant hostels from the

1950s to the 1990s. Stories, keepsakes,

photographs and multimedia trace their

journey.

DesignTech 2003

LEVEL 3 (MEZZANINE) FROM 6DECEMBER 2003

DesignTech celebrates its 10th

anniversary at the Powerhouse with

another selection of outstanding major

design projects by HSC Design and

Technology students.

Balarinji: ancient culture,

contemporary design

LEVEL 2, UNTIL 30 MAY 2004,WITHIN BAYAGUL

The original trailblazers in Indigenous

design, Balarinji celebrates 20 years of

award-winning work — all with their

signature blend of traditional motifs

and contemporary graphics.

exhibitions atSydney Observatory

Mars: the closest encounter

UNTIL JUNE 2004

Mars was closer to Earth in 2003 than

it has been in recorded history. View

Mars through the Observatory’s

telescopes and learn about the most

recent explorations of the red planet

as well as early astronomical theories

of life forms.

travelling exhibitions

Intel Young Scientist 2003

Campbelltown City Library4 DECEMBER 2003 – 12 JANUARY 2004

Goulburn Library15 JANUARY – 17 FEBRUARY 2004

Wagga Wagga City Library20 FEBRUARY – 21 MARCH 2004

Spinning around:

50 years of Festival RecordsMelbourne MuseumUNTIL 23 NOVEMBER 2003

Works wonders: stories about home

remedies

Shear Outback, Hay12 DECEMBER 2003 – 2 FEBRUARY 2004

Macquarie Regional Library, Dubbo7 FEBRUARY – 28 MARCH 2004

Fruits Tokyo street style –

photographs by Shoichi Aoki

The Dowse Museum, New ZealandFROM FEBRUARY 2004

Women with wings: images of

Australian women pilots

Regional NSWFROM 2004

Astronomy Powerpack

Regional NSW SchoolsFROM FEBRUARY 2004

new exhibitions at a glanceDECEMBER 2003_JANUARY_FEBRUARY 2004

MODEL OF LAWRENCE HARGRAVE’S BOX KITE, PHOTO BY PENELOPE CLAY;CHILDREN OF MIGRANTS BILL AND BRENDA STEWART, 1966, PHOTO COURTESY OFBRENDA STEWART; PUT YOURSELF TO THE TEST IN SPORT: MORE THAN HEROES AND LEGENDS, PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD.

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Great expectations:

new British design stories

LEVEL 3, UNTIL 1 FEBRUARY 2004

Featuring more than 100 British design

projects, Great expectations highlights

the creative process of turning ideas

into products across a range of fields.

Lawrence Hargrave:

Australia’s pioneer aviatorLEVEL 4, FROM 17 DECEMBER 2003

See a selection of box-kite models by

aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave

(1850-1915).

Australian Design AwardsLEVEL 4, SUCCESS AND INNOVATIONGALLERY, UNTIL JUNE 2004

Improved versions of the Sunbeam

Mixmaster, Eveready Dolphin torch and

Test Series cricket helmet are among

the products in the Powerhouse

Museum Selection from the Australian

Design Awards 2003 .

Fruits: Tokyo street style

photographs by Shoichi Aoki

LEVEL 5, UNTIL 26 JANUARY 2004

Pink hair, kimono and platform shoes -

discover fantastic fashion from thestreets of Tokyo. Shoichi Aoki's

extraordinary photographs chronicle a

'fashion revolution in Tokyo's suburbs'

from the mid 1990s to now.

CLOSING SOON — DON’T MISS OUT!

Engineering Excellence

LEVEL 4, SUCCESS AND INNOVATIONGALLERY, FROM DECEMBER 2003

Outstanding engineering projects from

the Engineers Australia (Sydney

Division) Engineering Excellence

awards.

Schools Spectacular: 20 years on

LEVEL 2, UNTIL 4 DECEMBER 2003

Celebrate 20 years of the Schools

Spectacular with the costumes, glitz

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from thecollection

This teapot was made by theWorcester Royal Porcelain CoEngland in 1882 and has atransfer-printed decoration inblue and white and gilt.

Purchased that same year, it isamong the Museum’s earliestacquisitions. It was bought at atime when the fledglinginstitution was attempting torebuild its collection after adisastrous fire destroyed theMuseum’s first home and mostof its collection (see story

page 21).

It is one of a selection ofteapots and coffeepots fromthe Museum’s extensive

ceramics collection which ison show in the Level 4Espresso bar. The pots, fromChina and Japan, England andAustralia, represent the manydifferent approaches todesigning and making vesselsfor brewing tea and coffee.

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