Grass Seed Dreaming Gloria-petyarre-tag he carried the responsibility of

he carried the responsibility of preserving sacred lore through his art

Her artworks depicted Jukurrpa stories

Galya recalls a time when its seeds formed an important part of her clan’s diet and held deep cultural significance

is a series of sacred and mythological song cycles which describe the epic journey of the Ancestors in the Dreamtime (Tjukurrpa) as they travelled through the land creating particular sites and teaching Aboriginal law

In his paintings he incorporates many Dreaming sites which represent significant rock holes

Grass Seed Dreaming Gloria-petyarre-tag he carried the responsibility 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