Joanne is a proud Kokatha woman who lives on Ngarrinderi and Raminjeri land. Joanne has been painting for 20 years, her visions and dreaming comes to her with no understanding and she transfers theses visions onto canvas, "I am very passionate of my work and it is me on a canvas, my expression, and my stories."
Joanne's family has been through a great deal through the years, with alcohol abuse, drug abuse, domestic abuse and much more. This is not a world for any child to have grown up in and this is how her story begins.
Joanne's stories are about her Grandfather, who gave up his life to fight in the Rats of Tabrook, WWII for the freedom of his family, promising the Australian Government that he would leave behind his culture and become a white man.
Recently Joanne found that her Great Grandfather was stolen from his family in Ngukurr and her family name is not Kite but Rogers. Joanne's stories also reflect how she continues to find and know her new Mombuli (family). She is now a proud Kokatha and Ngukurr women and you will see many more of her stories. | 
