Benn's father, Jimmy Kemerre, must have also been involved in teaching his son as he was also an artist; most known for creating beautiful traditional artefacts; including boomerangs and spears.
[3] On 5 August 1967, Benn fatally shot former colleague Harry Neale 14 times while he was sleeping in his swag nearby the Hart Range racecourse.
Ultimately he was found by tracker Ted Egan; assisted by Sonny Woods and a young boy known only as William.
Benn always remembered Albert Namatjira, who he once met with his "flash shirt, good hat and big truck"[7] as an inspiration.
[3] In the 1990s, during his breaks, Benn began painting on off-cuts of timber and metal and, in doing so, begun to map out his father's country; which he had not seen since his arrest.