Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Dora Mungkirna was a respected

Dora Mungkirna was a respected senior law woman whose life journey spans from the Tanami Desert to various stations and communities across the region

Walking in the Bush

paint and brushes for the artists and to collect finished artwork

She is single and has one sister and three brothers

Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Dora Mungkirna was a respectedIn 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