Goanna Dreaming Purple-Flutter Dress-38cm Miniland

The Goanna Dreaming Indigenous Flutter Dress is a beautifully designed and child-friendly doll’s dress which promotes cultural awareness for children to further their learning about Indigenous Australia. The dress is perfect for little hands as it has been designed with no Velcro, zips or clips and can be easily stretched around the neckline to slip over the head or up and over the legs whilst tucking the arms in.

The Goanna Dreaming print is an authentic Indigenous design by Melissa Napangardi Williams.

The Story Behind the Design

This Jukurrpa tells the story of a Japangardi man named Wamaru who travelled south from Jarradajarrayi to Yarripilangu. When Wamaru arrived he approached a group of ‘karnta’ (women) that were sitting in a circle on the ground. Wanting to woo a woman within the circle, a Nungarrari woman named Yurlkurinyi, but was the wrong skin for him. By tribal law this woman was his mother-in-law and their relationship would be Taboo. Wamaru wooed the woman and developed a relationship, they travelled up Hill in Yarripilangu together. When they arrived the earth turned to ‘ngunjungju’ (white ochre) and the man turned himself and the karnta into ‘wardapi’ (goannas)

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• Authentic Indigenous artwork designed by Melissa Napangardi Williams
• Handmade in Australia
• Child-friendly designed without velcro, zips or clips
• The dress measures 38cm in length
• Suggested to fit over a 34cm doll