Left: Max Tucker and Des Rogers regularly meet to discuss Max's plans for a campground at Namatjira House. Right: Des Rogers is advising Samara Hanley on board representation and public speaking.

Straight Talk. No Promises, No Lies.

When considering how he could make a significant difference in other’s lives without access to considerable funds, prominent local figure Des Rogers decided to make use of his “extensive networks and life experiences in a whole range of areas.”

This decision has manifested as pepperedBLACK® Ndundarinj (mentoring), the Indigenous mentoring initiative Des has commenced in Central Australia. Des is sharing his commercial, public and personal life experience with Aboriginal people who are looking for guidance and information about private enterprise as well as involvement with boards and committees. His services are offered pro bono as a way to “give back.” Being Aboriginal, Des says he has “a deep understanding and experience of Aboriginal history and a great compassion for sustainable social change that will bring about a renaissance; a re-birth of Aboriginal culture.” Read more

Logo Story

This logo has a strong artistic and cultural base. The pepperedBLACK® aspiration is to have a high level of Indigenous participation shared with a multicultural group of staff, friends and mentors, hence the pepperedBLACK® connotation. Also the cultural belief within the Pertame clan is that the stars at night are a reflection of the earth. This theme is followed through in the “speckling” of different colours in the logo. The swirling and mixture of colours in the bottom left hand corner reflects the “fusion” of ideas.

The logo idea has been developed to represent the many layered approach to business development, the multi cultures involved in inspiring the concept, and multicultural nature of the business drawing from the knowledge, experience and life learning of many people. The name and logo have been developed in close consultation with Des’s Southern Arrerente elders who have a deep understanding and knowledge of law and culture with his clan group “Pertame”.

The name pepperedBLACK® has also been registered as a business and trademarked in three different categories.