On-Country Workshop
29 May 2026
Join Nunukul Yuggera for a morning of cultural and spiritual connection at Musgrave Park, a place of deep significance for First Nations peoples in Meanjin. The morning will begin with a welcome by the sacred fire, where Traditional Owners will guide participants through a smoking ceremony, led with a message stick, setting the intention for the day’s workshop.
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Participants will then be guided by the Nunukul Yuggera team through a series of immersive cultural activities, including painting, bush food and medicine exploration, tribal dance, and boomerang throwing. Working in teams, you will move through each activity, fostering connection with peers while engaging in the healing powers of culture.
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Following the morning’s activities, the group will return to the InterContinental for a buffet lunch, before concluding the afternoon with a yarn led by Aunty Kaylene. Drawing on her experience volunteering with incarcerated women, Aunty Kaylene will share how cultural connection, storytelling, and artistic performance are used as pathways to healing, resilience, and reconnection. Her yarn will reflect on the morning themes of cultural grounding, collective strength, and wellbeing, highlighting how culturally led practices support healing from trauma and strengthen identity, community, and belonging.
About Musgrave Park
Musgrave Park holds deep cultural, social, and political importance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Brisbane. For generations, it has been a place of gathering, connection, and collective action. The Park has played a prominent role in Aboriginal advocacy and community-led movements, including sustained campaigns for land rights and justice, and continues to be a focal point for major community events and commemorations, including nationally significant NAIDOC Week celebrations.
About Nunukul Yuggera
The Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dancers have been in existence for over 25 years traveling the world extensively showcasing Traditional Aboriginal culture through song, dance and other various forms of cultural expression.
They have performed alongside some of the world's greatest performers and Cultural ambassadors.
Their main focus is to bring awareness to Indigenous Culture and current Indigenous issues; they have taught Aboriginal youth and continue to expose youth to their beautiful Culture which teaches them to be proud and strong.
The directors of the dance troupe are descendants of the Nunukul, Yuggera/Turbul, Yugimbir and Nugi Tribes.
Workshop Agenda
8.30 AM
Bus to Musgrave Park
*You are welcome to meet us at Musgrave Park, please arrive before 9am*