Julli-Julli

A story about a long time ago, before the spirits of all living things became settled, there was a Dreamtime spirit named Julli-Julli. Julli-Julli was a very handsome spirit. Julli-Julli was also very conceited and did not have any consideration for the other Dreamtime spirits. Instead, he spent all his time preening himself, and gazing at his reflection in the waterhole. The rest of his spirit clan were very concerned about his attitude because Julli-Julli was breaking all the rules in the existing codes of behavior and this was very serious indeed and caused great embarrassment to the rest of his spiritual clan.

This story comes from the Kubba Kubbi people of Undumbi from the coast to Samford, northwest of Brisbane in Queensland.

This TV series consists of 91 episodes.

Over 1,000 schools across Australia purchased educational kits based on the first 39 episodes.

A children's animation series, The Dreaming tells of the journeys and the deeds of Spirit ancestors who made the trees, rocks, waterholes, rivers, mountains and stars, as well as the animals and plants, and whose spirits inhabit these features of the natural world today. The Dreaming stories have been passed down through thousands of years and have continued to tell Aboriginal people how they should behave, what is good and bad, and the history of their environment.