Charmaine Bennell

Charmaine Bennell is a Noongar author and illustrator from Western Australia. Her published books are written in the Noongar language, the language of Indigenous Australians in the South West of Western Australia. She is the daughter of Glen and Phyllis Bennell (née Wallam) and was born in Pingelly. When she was a child her family moved to Bunbury.

Charmaine was a Noongar language teacher at Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School in Bunbury[1] and is now studying for a Bachelor of Arts of Indigenous Languages and Linguistics degree.[2] While working at Sister Kate's, Charmaine started the Languages Other than English program to teach Noongar. She is passionate about saving and teaching the Noongar language.[1][3]

Author
  • Charmaine Bennell; Cindy Garlett ; illustrator Charmaine Bennell (2005). Nyingarn Koorda Djinanginy (Echidna looks for a friend). Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. ISBN 174131030X.[4]
  • Charmaine Bennell (2009). Maambakoort. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. ISBN 9781741311785.[5]
  • Charmaine Bennell (2009). Marlak. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. ISBN 9781741311747.[6]
  • Charmaine Bennell; illustrator Charmaine Bennell (2005). Kaditj-Kaditj. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. ISBN 174131044X.[7]
  • Charmaine Bennell; illustrations by Charmaine Bennell (2013). Ngalak Waakarl Ngardanginy : We're going on a Rainbow Serpent Hunt. Batchelor, Northern Territory: Batchelor Press. ISBN 9781741312805.[8]

Illustrator
  • Yarran, Kathy (2010). Koorlbardi wer waardong (The magpie and the crow). Bennell, Charmaine., (ilus.). Batchelor Press. ISBN 978-1-74131-228-7.[9]
  • Dann, Gloria (2005). Koora koora (Long long time ago). Bennell, Charmaine., (ilus.). Batchelor Press. ISBN 1741310482.[10]
  • Humphries, Valma (2006). Windja Yongka Kwobidak Bwoka Baranginy (Where the kangaroo got his beautiful coat). Bennell, Charmaine., (ilus.). Batchelor Press. ISBN 9781741310658.[11]
  • Yarran, Kathy (2006). Maawit Nget-nget Koomba Keba Waakarl (The Little mouse and the great big water snake). Bennell, Charmaine., (ilus.). Batchelor Press. ISBN 9781741310610.[12]
  • Waakarl kardakoor bilya-k = The Rainbow Serpent from Blackwood River / storyteller, Lorraine Smith-Marshall ; original illustrations, Sonya Khan ; audio storytelling, Charmaine Bennell ; language consultants, Lois Sphen-Jackson ... et al. ; English editor, Maree Klesch[13]
  • Moort family reader series / concept: Denise Smith-Ali, Gloria Dann, Charmaine Bennel, Maree Klesch ; English text : Maree Klesch ; Noongar translations : Lois Spehn-Jackson ; illustrations: Marissa Clausen[14]
gollark: ddg! Kugelblitz apioforms
gollark: Forestry is neat. Heavpoot cultivated cryoapioforms.
gollark: You could use chronoapioforms, apiotemporoforms, apiogeoforms, apioterragenoforms...
gollark: Undestroy it.
gollark: <@319753218592866315> That is impossible as my internet connection is 7.3 nanoapioarboreoforms (new data has arrived indicating this).

References
  1. Sharon Kennedy (9 July 2010). "Learning Noongar language". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. "Board of Directors". Noongar Boodjar Language Cultural Aboriginal Corporation. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. "Western and Northern Aboriginal Language Alliance Conference - List of Authors". Batchelor Press. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. "Nyingarn Koorda Djinanginy = Echidna looks for a friend / Charmaine Bennell and Cindy Garlett ; illustrator Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. "Maambakoort / Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. "Marlak / Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. "Kaditj-Kaditj / author and illustrator Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  8. "Ngalak Waakarl Ngardanginy : We're going on a Rainbow Serpent Hunt / Story and illustrations by Charmaine Bennellaccessdate=30 April 2016". National Library of Australia.
  9. "Koorlbardi wer waardong = The magpie and the crow / Kathy Yarran : illustrated by Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. "Koora koora = Long long time ago / Gloria Dann ; illustrations Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. "Windja Yongka Kwobidak Bwoka Baranginy = Where the kangaroo got his beautiful coat / Valma Humphries ; illustrations Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  12. "Maawit Nget-nget Koomba Keba Waakarl = The Little mouse and the great big water snake / Kathy Yarran ; illustrations by Charmaine Bennell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  13. National Library of Australia Catalogue
  14. Moort family reader series, [Batchelor, NT] [Batchelor Press], 2012, retrieved 30 April 2016
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