Grass Seed Dreaming Tjimpuna-williams-tag moving between stations for ceremonial

moving between stations for ceremonial purposes

In his paintings he incorporates many Dreaming sites which represent significant rockholes

Gloria’s clan has used this shrub as the basis for a bush medicine believed to help with kidney problems

Ada lived the last part of her life at Mulga Bore (borders Utopia)

Her father was Toba Tjakamarra

Grass Seed Dreaming Tjimpuna-williams-tag moving between stations for ceremonialIn many of Barbara Weirs paintings, long, tapering lines overlap gracefully to represent a grass once abundant at Utopia before cattle grazing was introduced in the early 20th century. Its botanical name is Portulaca oleracea. For thousands of years, this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour. Rather than painting the seeds, Weir depicts the grass itself. Her colours show its natural