Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Nyangarni’s family and other groups

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

Ada participated in the batik program at Utopia and therefore was one of the originators of the 'Utopia School'

Barbara was taken to Bungalow (now the ‘Telegraph Station’) in Alice Springs and later to other children’s homes around the country

This special Soakage is where the Indulkana community first began

is a celebrated Aboriginal artist who began her career during the batik era and remains a pivotal figure in the Aboriginal painting movement

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Nyangarni’s family and other groupsIn 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