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Yukultji\xa0Napangati\xa0grew up with no contact with the outside world. Just her and her family, living on a shimmery\xa0salt lake. She learned how to live on Country, how to find food, water, and shelter. She was a particularly great hunter.\xa0When she turned 14, everything changed. She saw her first other\xa0humans, and\xa0saw a car for the first time.\xa0She had been brought to live with other people from her mob, and here she found out she was\xa0really good\xa0at something else too, painting. It used to be men\u2019s only business, but by the time\xa0Yukultji\xa0picked up her first paintbrush, it was something women in her community would do too.

Her stroke was unique. It was special. It made her work shimmer just like the\xa0salt lake\xa0she grew up on. And her paintings now hang on the walls of some of the most famous people in the world.

Narrated by artist\xa0Atong\xa0Atem.