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Queenie McKenzie grew up on a cattle station, staying away from the grasps of the authorities, who would take Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids like her from their families at will. As she grew up, she\xa0solved problems everywhere she saw them.\xa0 From building schools\xa0and\xa0teaching\xa0kids\xa0in her community,\xa0to\xa0saving a man\u2019s life by\xa0repairing\xa0his scalp stitch by stitch.

But deep down, she\xa0wanted to tell the stories of her\xa0Country.\xa0To preserve their\xa0importance.

She\xa0started painting\xa0in her 70s\xa0\u2014 becoming the first woman in her community to do so \u2014\xa0and\xa0realised\xa0the power of telling stories through art.\xa0And once\xa0she started, she never stopped.

Narrated by\xa0Wiradjuri\xa0poet and artist Jazz Money.