Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags She sings the haunting Warnalirri

She sings the haunting Warnalirri with Peggy Patrick on the second half of the group’s CD released in 2002 during PIAF

Ngarralja is an important person for art and culture in Fitzroy Crossing

They include sand hills

the National Gallery of Victoria

Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags She sings the haunting WarnalirriIn 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