Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To celebrate the stories behind the exhibition Connections across the Coral Sea, the Dingaal community from the northeast coast of Australia led Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands: 3-days of cultural events during 7-9 July 2023.
The program brought to life traditional knowledge and stories of walking on Country through dance, storytelling, hands-on workshops, and immersive digital projections.
Mangal Bungal means “clever with hands” in Guugu Yimithirr language and is about connecting culture and spirituality and using your hands to create.
Dingaal stories are entwined with Country and Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands brought this remote Country to Queensland Museum through artworks made from natural materials from Jiigurru (Lizard Island) and a planetarium video of the island and its cultural sites.
Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands is a Queensland Museum event created in partnership with the Dingaal people through the Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation, and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH). The event is also supported by James Cook University, UNSW Sydney, University of Wollongong, Deakin University and Monash University. The research presented in the associated Connections across the Coral Sea exhibition was undertaken by CABAH in partnership with the Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation and Hope Vale Congress Aboriginal Corporation.
To celebrate the stories behind the exhibition Connections across the Coral Sea, the Dingaal community from the northeast coast of Australia led Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands: 3-days of cultural events during 7-9 July 2023.
The program brought to life traditional knowledge and stories of walking on Country through dance, storytelling, hands-on workshops, and immersive digital projections.
Mangal Bungal means “clever with hands” in Guugu Yimithirr language and is about connecting culture and spirituality and using your hands to create.
Dingaal stories are entwined with Country and Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands brought this remote Country to Queensland Museum through artworks made from natural materials from Jiigurru (Lizard Island) and a planetarium video of the island and its cultural sites.
Mangal Bungal: Clever Hands is a Queensland Museum event created in partnership with the Dingaal people through the Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation, and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH). The event is also supported by James Cook University, UNSW Sydney, University of Wollongong, Deakin University and Monash University. The research presented in the associated Connections across the Coral Sea exhibition was undertaken by CABAH in partnership with the Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation and Hope Vale Congress Aboriginal Corporation.
