This is the story of the girl who became the first indigenous person to play cricket for Australia. Faith Thomas. Read by Cricketer and Murawari Woman Ashley Gardner.

Faith. Ashley Gardner.

Faith eyeballed the pink and gray feathers high up in the wattle tree. G'day Mr. Galer, sorry to do this to you, but you know how it goes around here.

She slowly picked up a rock, lifted her arm, and took aim.

Don't worry, mate.

I'm not going to get you away still munching on wattle seeds.

That'd be too easy. She waited for the bird to take flight. One, two, three.

Gotcha. The rock hit the galar midair. It was pretty naughty, but Faith Coulth and her friends didn't have a whole lot to play with where they lived.

Faith was an Udna Matya girl, born in the Nepa Bunana indigenous community in South Australia.

Her mom worked at pubs and didn't want her daughter brought up around booze and

gambling so she sent her away to live in an Aboriginal children's home.

It fell like it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by red dirt and rocky gorges. To keep herself amused, Faith held rocks at things and sometimes she had rocks held at her.

Ooy!

Faith rubbed her thigh. I'll get you for that. The boys kept a taili of the most gala's hit and

always lied to put themselves in the lead. But Faith knew she was the real winner.

She had the best shot. She was the strongest and the fastest.

When they got bored of hitting birds, the kids found pieces of wood and used them like bats.

Throw a rock at me now,' Faith called out.

She swung her piece of wood and whacked the rocks into oblivion.

But she was a better rock pelter than hit her.

"'Faith, that was too hard.

The other kids winched.

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