What can the gum tree tell us about care, adaptation and resilience in an era of rapid ecological change?

Join curator of Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum Tree, Alisa Bunbury for a conversation with weaver and Cultural Fire practitioner Tammy Gilson, urban ecologist Dr Dave Kendal, and cultural ranger and storyteller Jakobi exploring the evolving relationships between eucalypts, people and Country.

Together they will draw on cultural knowledge, ecological research and lived practice to consider the journey of the eucalypt across landscapes and generations, the role of fire and land management, and how we might respond to a changing climate.

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Image credit: Installation view of Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2026. Featuring Nikki Browne, STOP KILLING COUNTRY 2022, courtesy of the artist. Photography by Gregory Lorenzutti.

Bookings are required, with capacity limits applying to the event.

This event will take place in the Primrose Potter Studio on Level 1 of the Potter Museum of Art.

Please note that this event will include discussions about colonisation, climate change, environmental damage and destruction.

This event is fully seated with infrared hearing assistance available in this space.

Auslan interpretation can be booked on request. Please contact mc-publicprograms@unimelb.edu.au by Wednesday 9 September.

Please visit our accessibility page for additional information about the Potter Museum of Art.

For further access requests or queries regarding this event contact mc-publicprograms@unimelb.edu.au.

Supported by the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund, Eucalypt Australia, and Bosistos