Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag The people of Utopia call

The people of Utopia call these plants anemangkerr and akarley

The women also paint a commonly occurring plant which has provided a staple food for Aboriginal people in Utopia for thousands of years

This story is about the Anumara (Caterpillar) travelling from WA to the north-west of South Australia

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Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag The people of Utopia callIn 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