About Bama Creative Collective

'Buruburu Dulguburra Yidinji Bama'.  

Carly Wallace is a proud Dulguburra Yidinji bama from the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, based in Magandjin (Brisbane), and the Founder of Bama Creative Collective. ​

Carly's professional and cultural leadership sits at the intersection of First Nations self-determination and storytelling, disability justice, and human rights. She brings over two decades of experience across media and communications, First Nations engagement, youth work and disability advocacy.   

Her expertise blends storytelling, strategy and community organising to create platforms where voices that are often excluded are centered and heard.​ Her work challenges traditional consultation models by embedding accessibility, cultural safety, and co-design as non-negotiables.  

Carly and Bama Creative Collective is deeply committed to amplifying the voices Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities and using the power of story, culture and community to influence systems, organisations and build more just inclusive places and spaces for all.