Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Two Jangala men

Two Jangala men

This flour can be made into damper or cookies

swirling patterns

Nyangarni’s family and other groups migrated north to the cattle station country surrounding the Fitzroy Valley

I talked only Juwaliny when I came out from the desert but today I speak Juwaliny

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Two Jangala menIn 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