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Dorothy Napangardi grew up at Mina Mina near Lake Mackay in the Tanami Desert until her family was forcibly moved into the government settlement at Yuendumu. After marrying an elderly man to whom she had been promised at a young age she moved to Alice Springs where she brought up five daughters. She began painting in 1987 in her early 30“’s. Read more at our Top 200 Australian Artists Dorothy Napangardi profile page