Meet our mates who've been putting aside the digital paint brush / weaving / rugby boots / radio mic / pen of justice - to rep the Goose!

At Magpie Goose we've always endeavoured to show real women (and the occasional man!) wearing our clothes. With diverse bodies you get an idea of how things really look and fit; and by working with our customers and friends we get to have a lot of fun doing the shoots!

Our recent run of models have all been our Brissy-region mates: and they're such interesting people doing interesting things, we wanted to share a bit more about them!

Meet the Carmichael women!

Leecee, Sonja and Freja are Ngugi women of the Quandamooka people, from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), QLD. Mama Sonja is a leader in the regeneration of Quandamooka weaving, passionate about fostering cultural knowledge and skills through workshops, exhibitions and field research. ⁠

Wagari Djagun (carry country) by Sonja and Elisa Jane Carmichael. Photograph: Grant Hancock, courtesy of the Art Gallery of SA

Sonja often collaborates with her daughter Leecee, who is a fellow artist and weaver (check out their beautiful ghost net cyanotypes. )! Leecee has some incredible public art pieces around Brisbane that everyone must check out, has been recently acquired by the British Museum, and is nominated for this year's NATSIAAs!

Freja studied creative arts too, but took the path of arts curation after she realised "a need for more First Nations curators and producers involved in the presentation and promotion of culture and stories." (Read her piece in Artlink)

Legends one and all!!

Sisters Ree-Ann and Kim are Bundjalung / South Sea Islander creatives, both living on Yuggera country (in Brisbane). Ree has recently moved from Darwin and is working on her next creative business; and Kim is the mastermind behind K Rae Designs - a digital illustration business that is quirky, cute and powerful (check out her 'self care women' print on the right!)

It's truly been a family affair - meet Meriam / Wagadagam sisters Kat and Alex Dorante!

While studying Journalism and Media, Alex works for the National Indigenous Radio Service and at QUT’s Oodgeroo Unit as a student mentor. She's passionate about getting more blak faces in the media to help rewrite the narrative of our representation in those spaces.

Kat is finishing off a law degree at QUT, and works at Gadens Lawyers (where she's chair of the RAP committee!) as an intern. She's passionate about human rights and First Nations justice.

On the weekends you can find these sisters packing down in the front row and hitting up the ball for their local rugby league team - the Normanby Women’s!

Rachael Sarra is a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng Country, who uses art as a powerful tool in storytelling to educate and share Aboriginal culture and its evolution. Rachael explores her Aboriginality through art and design, with each piece strengthening her identity.

As a commercial artist, she's worked on some pretty incredible collaborations - you'll see her art on busses, stamps, and on the walls of 13+ Kmart stores!

Last but not least, the talented Mundanara Bales; from the Wonnarua and Bunjalung people on her mother’s side and the Birri-Gubba and Gungalu on her father’s side.⁠
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She is co-founder of The Blackcard, a business dedicated to building the cultural capability of corporate organisations to work effectively with members of the Aboriginal community and host of the Black Magic Woman podcast series - an uplifting conversational style program featuring unique stories about Aboriginal identity, culture and history.
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Mundanara is proud mum of 5 beautiful Murri / Fijian kids - including the gorgeous Tiga-Lilli, pictured!

We look forward to introducing you to more fabulous people who rep the Goose!

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Mates who model

Meet our mates who've been putting aside the digital paint brush / weaving / rugby boots / radio mic / pen of justice - to rep the Goose!