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Brenton E. McKenna Brenton E. McKenna i(A139132 works by)
Born: Established: 1982 Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yawuru
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1 1 y separately published work icon Hairy Holes Brenton E. McKenna , Broome : Magabala Books , 2023 25424128 2023 single work graphic novel children's ‘Our history is full of stories about hairy people, furry people, yowies, bunyips and monster apes. But this is the story about the hairy holes. The bush judges who kept everything in balance. Until the new people came. ’Ever wonder about the shadows lurking in the bush at night? Yawuru creator Brenton E. McKenna brings you a superb storytelling experience of the outback supernatural, in his new black-and-white graphic novel, Hairy Holes. Begley and Redley Hole are two hairy hole people living ordinary lives in the bush — that is until their world is lifted up and tossed on its rear when a lost tourist named Joplin stumbles upon them with promises of friendship and help to search for their parents. Featuring some of Australia’s toughest animals, suspiciously hairy holes in the desert and a crash course on the wonderful world of the internet, this hilarious graphic novel will crack you up and take you on a ‘kray-zay’ ride one the whole family will enjoy, hairy or otherwise.' 

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1 y separately published work icon Meet Sam at the Mangrove Creek Paul Seden , Melbourne : Puffin , 2020 18932039 2020 single work children's fiction children's 'Hi! I'm Sam
I have a new throw net.
My cuz, Peter and I can't wait to try it out.
We want to catch a BIG barra!' (Publication summary)
1 Hairy-man Hashtag Brenton E. McKenna , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Funny Bones 2019;
1 y separately published work icon Ubby's Underdogs : Return of the Dragons Brenton E. McKenna , Brenton E. McKenna (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2019 15403204 2019 single work graphic novel young adult

'It is the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still recovering from WWII. Ubby and her gang of Underdogs cross into the Forbidden Zone on the Broome coastline in a desperate bid to locate their missing friend Sai Fong who has disappeared without a trace. What they encounter is worse than anything they could ever have imagined. To survive, the Underdogs must call upon the local gangs to unite, solve the mystery of the Dragon Summoner, and make contact with the mysterious Phoenix Dragon to fight the battle of all battles against an evil and unearthly enemy. What is at stake is the future of humanity itself.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 2 y separately published work icon Bush Holiday Leonie Robin Norrington , Parkside : Omnibus Books , 2013 6190556 2013 single work children's fiction children's

'Tillithia loves the school holidays and doing stuff with her mum. But Auntie Doreen is here in her big truck to take them both on a real bush holiday!' (Publisher's blurb)

1 3 y separately published work icon Ubby's Underdogs : Heroes Beginnings Brenton E. McKenna , Brenton E. McKenna (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2013 6067575 2013 single work graphic novel children's

'It is the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still recovering from WWII. Ubby, a smart, street-wise Aboriginal girl, is the leader of a small rag-tag gang known as the ‘Underdogs.’ Ubby’s Underdogs: Heroes Beginnings (Book 2) is storytelling on a remarkable scale. It continues with established characters that have links to other worlds amidst an intricate backdrop of Aboriginal and Chinese mythology. In this second graphic novel of the Ubby’s Trilogy, efforts to locate Sai Fong, the Dragon Summoner, by Ubby and her gang have been halted by the ambitious Pearling Master, Paul Donappleton. Yupman, the guardian of Sai Fong, is pushed to breaking point as his past reaches out to strike and his greatest fear now sits upon the horizon.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 The Art of Hunting Brenton E. McKenna , 2012 single work prose
— Appears in: Things a Map Won't Show You : Stories from Australia and Beyond 2012; (p. 243-250)
1 10 y separately published work icon Ubby's Underdogs : The Legend of the Phoenix Dragon Brenton E. McKenna , Brenton E. McKenna (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2011 Z1767589 2011 single work graphic novel young adult adventure

Ubby is a smart, young Aboriginal girl who is twice as tough as the streets she lives on. She is the leader of a rag-tag group of youth known as the 'Underdogs'. When Ubby meets Sai Fong, a Chinese girl who has arrived fresh off the boat from Beijing, street life in Broome takes on a multitude of new dimensions. From the moment the two girls meet, they find themselves immersed in a series of bizarre adventures influenced by Aboriginal and Chinese myths and legend, and secrets never before exposed.

'This is a heroic tale that measures the limits of courage and friendship. Ubby's Underdogs: The Legend of the Phoenix Dragon boasts a multifaceted narrative with staggering graphic detail in order to introduce a series of complex characters with links to other worlds. Amidst a backdrop of fictionalised Aboriginal and Chinese mythology in the unique multicultural town of Broome, Brenton's first graphic novel leaves you gasping for air and in anticipation of things to come.'

(Source: Magabala Books website; http://www.magabala.com)

1 3 y separately published work icon Ubby's Underdogs Brenton E. McKenna , Broome : Magabala Books , 2011-2019 8379387 2011 series - author graphic novel
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