Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag The area is shaded by

The area is shaded by large gum trees

Crocodile Hole and lived there for many years

dancing lines and their homeland Atnwengerrp

With her family she lived a nomadic lifestyle before moving east to the ration depot at Haasts Bluff

Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag The area is shaded byIn 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