Rosie Sitorus
Natalie de Rozario
Rosie Sitorus has lived regionally since moving to Geraldton in 2013, where she worked primarily with Aboriginal people in the Midwest-Gascoyne region to record and share languages for ten years. Now based in Karratha and working with the PKKP peoples to establish their languages program, she has made her life in regional Western Australia.
Rosie is also an artist who has been developing her regional practice and networks since attending the Regional Arts Australia summit in 2014. That summit introduced her to many of her present-day collaborators, leading to the development of the theatre-cabaret show ‘Fat Girls in Bike Shorts,’ a regionally developed (and mostly regionally performed) show. Today, she is a singer-songwriter and storyteller in collaboration with Thiinma Elder Peter Salmon. Since 2017, they have been recording his languages, writing and performing songs in their band ‘Warralgurniya,’ and documenting and sharing his life story.
Rosie is passionate about consistently showing up for the communities she serves, and is looking forward to deepening her ties to her new community in the Pilbara while staying connected to her adopted home in the Midwest, She has developed a strong knowledge of communications strategy and implementation through her work, particularly in engaging a diverse range of stakeholders in ways that are meaningful to them.
With her varied experience, diverse connections, and strategic mind, Rosie will make a strong contribution to Regional Arts WA.
