A new exhibition at Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art celebrates the cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, the show Ngarn Wa’ngal brings together more than 160 works that capture this defining feature of the Australian landscape. Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum Tree opens on 10 July; admission is free
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A new exhibition at Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art celebrates the cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, the show Ngarn Wa’ngal brings together more...
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Eucalyptus obliqua by Pierre Joseph Redouté (draughtsman) and Francois Hubert (engraver), 1788
The Gilbert Family by Alexander Schramm, 1864
Gisborne Hill from the slopes of Mount Macedon by Louis Buvelot, 1875
Cockatoo by Robert Prenzel, 1915
Last of the messmates by Arthur Streeton, 1928
Red hills of Aroona, Flinders Ranges by Hans Heysen, 1933
Eucalyptus preissiana by Margaret Stones, 1963
Angophoras and Hawkesbury by Shay Docking, 1975
Nesting by Hossein Valamanesh, 2005
Pu?u-ngura (Tree country) by Hector Burton, 2013
No More Give Away by Mervyn Rubuntja, 2024
Wirlumarra (Ghost gum) by
?ä?arr - Tongue of Flame by Wanapati Yunupi?u, 2025
Corymbia ficifolia by Jane E Brown, 2026
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