Original Aboriginal gifts for the home.

The neoprene coasters are sold individually and feature Aboriginal art by Barbara Weir from the Utopia Region in Central Australia.

The coasters are Australian Made, lightweight and won't scratch furniture. They are perfect as Australian souvenirs or gifts to take overseas.

Product Details:

• Coasters are sold individually
• Measurements: 10.5cm (height) x 10.5cm (width) x .7cm (depth)
• Material: Neoprene
• Information on the artist and the story of this design is provided on the base of the coaster and confirms that the artist receives royalties for this product
• Australian Made

Barbara Weir was born in the early 1940s at Bundy River Station in the region of Utopia, north east of Alice Springs; her mother the late Minnie Pwerle, is a renowned Utopia and Australian artist, and her father an Irish station owner Jack Weir.

Being of mixed heritage Barbara was hidden from welfare patrol at a young age by her family, including her Aunty, the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Barbara has fond childhood memories living at Utopia with her large extended family, and in some of her works today she will depict the caves where she would collect water with her coolamon.

Her idyllic childhood was disrupted when at the age of ten Barbara was suddenly taken from her family by a welfare patrol near the old Utopia Station homestead, as she was collecting water. She is one of the people known as the "stolen generation". Barbara was taken to Alice Springs, but because she kept speaking her Anmatyerre and Alyawarre tongue, was moved further away to children's homes and foster families around Australia, eventually ending up in Darwin. 

In 1977 Barbara returned to the land of her birth, with her three children for good. Over the coming years, Barbara had three more children and reclaimed her Anmatyerre and Alyawarre languages. Barbara's children had the opportunity to grow up surrounded by their extended family, understand where they came from, as well as learning the lore.

Royalties from the sale of each product goes back to the artist and their community.