NAIDOC – Faith Thomas: the girl who became the first indigenous person to play cricket for Australia

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Faith Thomas grew up throwing rocks at galahs. She'd only been playing proper cricket for a couple of weeks before she was picked to represent South Australia. Her phenomenal stats made headlines. So, it was no great surprise when Faith got called up to represent Australia against England in Brisbane.

When she stepped onto the Gabba cricket ground, she became the first Aboriginal person to play on any Australian team… not just cricket. But cricket was just a game to Faith. So, not long after that test, she left sport behind to dedicate herself to saving lives as a nurse.

Narrated by cricketer and Muruwari woman, Ashleigh Gardner.

Extra narration by Peggy Webber. Thanks to Daniel Browning and Tyson Baird.

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0:00.0	This is a B.C. podcast.
0:05.0	Ninemani, Nainai Tiana, Nagana Nagana Nagana Gungibina.
0:09.0	Hello, are you good? My name is Tiana. My Ghana name is Gangabina, which means the caring one.
0:15.8	To begin, it's important that we acknowledge the country that we are on.
0:21.6	I'm on Ghanaianata the lands of the Ghana people of the Adelaide Plains.
0:26.6	We would like to pay our respects to the custodians, to the ancestors that nurtured the land and the elders that have led the way for generations.
0:37.6	This is your land, this is your country, it has always been Aboriginal land.
0:42.8	And as this is a podcast whose reach is far and wide,
0:46.8	we would like to extend our respect
0:49.1	to the elders of the lands this recording might reach.
0:52.8	Yes.
0:54.8	Go power.
0:56.8	Hi I'm Shari Sevens.
0:59.0	I'm an actor and director and a proud bardy jubber woman.
1:03.0	We're celebrating Nadoc week here at Fierce Girls Headquarters,
1:06.0	and I've selected some of my favorite stories
1:09.0	about fierce First Nations women for you to listen to.
1:13.0	Happy Nodok Week and enjoy the story.
1:16.0	This is the story of the girl who became the first indigenous person to play cricket for Australia, Faith Thomas, read by Cricketer and Muraworry
1:26.6	woman Ashley Gardner.
1:32.0	Faith eyeballed the pink and grey feathers high up in the wattle tree.
1:35.6	G'da Mr Galah, sorry to do this to you, but you know how it goes around here.
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