Careers, Culture and Turtles: Dr Felicity Gerry KC in Lombadina

From 31 October to 4 November 2026, Greens List member Dr Felicity Gerry KC spent time at Christ the King Catholic School at Djarindjin Lombadina, a remote community on the Dampier Peninsula north of Broome in Western Australia. 

Felicity spent much of the week in 3 classes with children from age 6 to 12, encouraging them to see careers in law and education and investigation as pathways genuinely open to them. The older children had been learning to identify trusted role models who make a difference locally, nationally and internationally, and many were curious about the law and about injustice and its deep influence on society. Younger ones were keen to see old pictures of Felicity in a wig. 

Felicity’s message was that there is no single route into the law: curiosity, persistence, and the right support matter more than any particular starting point. 

The week was not only about talking. Felicity joined classes in cooking, numeracy, literacy and basketball, learning alongside the students and seeing the school day as it really is. She spent time with staff as well as students, engaging with them about teaching and learning in a remote community and the skill and commitment it takes.

The learning ran both ways. As the school had promised, the CTK students shared their own stories of Country and Culture. In one memorable session on turtles, the students simply knew more than Felicity. It was a fitting moment at a school whose emblem is a sea turtle, that expertise is not confined to courtrooms, and that the best education leaves everyone both teacher and student.

For Greens List, the visit reflects commitments that matter: access to the profession, education as a route to opportunity, and respect for First Nations knowledge and culture. A career in law can begin anywhere, now including classrooms on the Dampier Peninsula. So, for that matter, can a career in teaching, and the staff and students of Christ the King are powerful evidence of both.

Felicity thanks the staff and students of Christ the King Catholic School for their warm welcome and for what they taught her. She hopes to return.

While Felicity was there she was also interviewed on Goolarri Radio by Big T, you can listen here.