Our Pertame Community

Our Elders

  • Valda Forrester

    Elder

  • Kathleen Bradshaw

    Elder

  • Christobel Swan

    Elder

  • Kathy Luckey

    Elder

  • Anne Luckey

    Elder

  • Elsa Swan

    Elder

  • Auriel Swan

    Elder

  • Samantha Armstrong

    Emerging Elder

Staff Team

  • Vanessa Farrelly

    Pertame School Administrator

    Vanessa is a full-time Administration Officer for the Pertame School. Vanessa has 5 years experience coordinating the Pertame School, after training in language immersion from the Global Indigenous Language Caucus in New York. She received the 2019 College of Indigenous Futures Student Award in recognition of outstanding academic performance within her undergraduate degree in Applied Social Science majoring in Indigenous Community Language Work. She also received the Beryl Price and Lowitja Institute Postgraduate Award, and was a 2021 AMP Changemaker.

Parent Educators

  • Shania Burdett

    Parent Educator

  • Devina Butcher

    Parent Educator

  • Brittany Swan

    Parent Educator

  • Sashanna Armstrong

    Parent Educator

  • Kayla Solomon

    Parent Educator