Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm She was the daughter of

She was the daughter of Irish station owner Jack Weir and Minnie Pwerle

ensuring the transmission of cultural knowledge and practices

“come on you have to go”

a community rich in cultural heritage

and geographic ties

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm She was the daughter ofIn 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