Nganalgindja Nganalgindja i(A60160 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Kunwinjku / Gunwinggu / Gunwinygu ; Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Nganalgindja was a Kunwinjku woman from Arnhem Land. Catherine Berndt, who with her husband Ronald Berndt, recorded oral histories and stories of the Indigenous people among whom they worked, recorded her traditional story in writing and published it in English in an award-winning book for children.

In Land of the Rainbow Snake (1979), where the story was first published, Berndt wrote: 'Nganalgindja told the story. She was a young girl when she first heard it from her mother and from her "auntie" who was one of the owners of the country where it happened' (p. 28).

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Pheasant and Kingfisher Gosford Sydney : Martin Educational Ashton Scholastic , 1987 Z866300 1987 single work picture book children's 'Two men escape from danger by turning into birds in this aboriginal myth from Australia which explains how the pheasant and kingfisher came into our world.' (Libraries Australia record).
1988 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
1988 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator Won by Ramond Meeks for the illustrations.
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