With the use of Aboriginal iconography this artworks refers to the Eastern Arrernte women of central Australia gathering yalke .

The Symbols and their Meanings depicted are:

• Concentric circles represent camp-sites
• U shaped icons represent women
• () shaped icons represent coolamons
• I shaped icons represent digging sticks

Bush onions are a traditional bush tucker for Aboriginal people in central Australia. They must be dug up on creek banks when the grass of the onion has dried out. The husk can also be eaten. They are eaten raw or cooked in the hot earth by the fire.

The bush onion is of significance to certain Aboriginal people who own this Dreaming and totem and can only be collected according to law. This means they have been given stories of the origins of the bush onion, and are entitled to tell these stories and paint about them.

If you would like to know more about the Bush Onion and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings