19
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

First of all, sorry if this really isn't the right spot for this but I figured that maybe some Aussies in here recognise it.

I've had this stuffed frilled-neck lizard since roughly 2006 when a family member brought it back from Australia for me, I know for sure that my brother had a stuffed dinosaur with a similar design on it. According to the tag it was hand made in Australia by "Kurrajong Aboriginal Products". A quick search brought me to a company with the same name that sells child education books and hand made dolls, so the connection is kinda there but I can't be sure; they don't sell stuffed animals (anymore). I'd really like to know if anyone has seen these or even has one.

Here's some pictures I took of it.

When I was in Australia myself a while ago I searched for similar things but couldn't find anything. Even the museum shops I went to only seemed to sell generic Chinese-made stuff, which really is a shame but anyway...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Could be; looking at their webstore they definitely sell similar stuff but nothing Aboriginal as far as I can tell.

Actually, I used to have a Kookaburra hand puppet similar to one they're selling but mine was of better quality for sure.... Unfortunately that one was lost to time

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Is it filled with sand? Reminds me of a sand filled one but they were usually more gecko shaped

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

No, it feels more like really dense synthetic stuffing.

Makes me think it wasn't really meant for children because it's not really that cuddly, although I don't know if it's always been this way.

this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025
19 points (100.0% liked)

Australia

4242 readers
46 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @[email protected] who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @[email protected] and @[email protected]

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS