Based in Werri Beach, Rose and her artist/film-maker partner George Gittoes are planning their next documentary around the small indigenous town of Aurukun - which has a population of about 1200.

Gittoes will document what life is like with a camera, while Rose wants to learn about life through learning the indigenous language and create a choir.

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"There's so much wisdom in music and songs ... and I think there's a lot of wisdom there we need to hear and feel," she said.

"George and I are kind of like healers through the arts. We believe in the power of art ... and we're hoping we can work with other artists up there and bring back more culture. Bring back that feeling of pride in culture ... as well as have their story heard."

It's not the first time she's embarked on using her voice to "break down social barriers".

Rose was the first woman in 80 years to sing in public in Afghanistan, when she sang in the native language Pashtun for International Women's Day 2017.

"We're all people, we all love, we all suffer, we all fear, we are all human and I think that's the great think about music - t's that instant human connection," she said.

"I love moving around the world doing music in different cultures and different languages and bringing those together."

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Since Rose and Gittoes got together in 2008, the pair have spent stints of several months living abroad in places most westerners wouldn't dare to go - such as war-torn Jalalabad in Afghanistan, or south side Chicago which is riddled with gun violence.

Rose has also created the soundtracks to the Gittoes' documentaries White Light and Snow Monkey, and is currently working on a new album collaborating with musicians she met in Chicago.

But the singer wants to remind the world her artistic past began long before she married her husband, having been a back-up singer for the Beasts of Bourbon and ran the three-storey Sydney performance space called the Hellen Rose - Schauersberger LabOratorium.

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