1. Garji ebirrijing ba gu bush. Collecting everything to go out bush.
2. Lugunat burdiwan kantri. looking at the beautiful country.
3. Pulap ba gaji wada. Pulled over to get water.
4. Gardi betri flet. Oh no the battery is flat.
5. Lafta pushum dat trupi. We have to push the troopy.
6. Gudoi imin stat! Yay the troopy started!
7. Mela gon igin. We are going again.
8. Bin gedin en gugum daga. We have arrived and cooked damper.
9. Pushum dat trupi ba gu la kemp. Push start the troopy to go home.

"Main neim im Karen Rogers en mi burrum Ngukurr komyunidi. Sambala main atwek im bla dis kantri we ai bin grouap. Im bla mela laif la Roper en bla mela koltja."

"My name is Karen Rogers and I’m from Ngukurr Community. My artwork often shows the country where I grew up. It’s inspired by our life in Ngukurr and our culture."

Karen Rogers is a renowned Ngukurr artist, author, printer and illustrator. She is also an emerging curator, having co-curated Our Country which presented the work of artists from 5 remote Indigneous Art Centres within Brunswick Street Gallery in June 2022.