Evil Spirit Charrnock Woman animated in sand at Narrogin

Narrogin students worked with animation artist Steven Aiton to tell the Noongar Charrnock Woman story using sand animation, stop motion software and blue screen technology.
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Narrogin primary and secondary students have updated the traditional Noongar story of the Evil Spirit Charrnock Woman in three video clips using old and new technologies in two weeks of workshops led by animation artist Steven Aiton in November last year. 

The spirit people of the South-West of Western Australia tried to stop the evil woman, but they could not get close enough to kill her. One day after a Wongi (talk) the spirit people turned themselves into a totem of the Coolbardies (magpie), flying at her in a flock. This way they had a better chance of freeing the Koolungurs from her long white hair.

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