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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2002-02-08 human Dr Joan Durdin for ANMHP updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004111b.htm person Thomas Faith AACR2 Coulthard, Faith 22 February 1933 Place of Birth Nepabunna Mission, via Copley, South Australia, Australia Nurse Midwife Faith Thomas (née Coulthard) was the first of six Aboriginal nurses in South Australia to complete training in 1954, and was the first Aboriginal nurse in South Australia to become a public servant. She trained as a midwife at Queen Victoria Hospital in Adelaide, registering in 1957, and began working at Point McLeay Aboriginal Reserve (now Ralkon) in 1958. During this time Faith was well-known as a cricketer and played for the Australian Women's Cricket Team. She has worked widely in the area of Aboriginal heath and community services and is a member of the Northern and Far Western Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee. Her philosophy of health recognises and acknowledges the skills of local healers who know the complexities of Aboriginal values, spirituality and culture.

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 'Thomas, Faith', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomas, Faith Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Women of the Centre Pring, Adele Women of the Centre Apollo Bay Pascoe Publishing 1990 Report: Survey of Accommodation and Health Care Needs for Aged Aboriginals in the North of South Australia: a Report to the Minister of Health from the Aboriginal Housing Board Thompson, Jill, Thomas, Faith and Morisset, Robyn Survey of Accommodation and Health Care Needs for Aged Aboriginals in the North of South Australia: a Report to the Minister of Health from the Aboriginal Housing Board Adelaide Aboriginal Housing Board 1982 Edited Book: Survival in Our Own Land: 'Aboriginal' Experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836, told by Nungas and others Mattingley, Christobel and Hampton, Ken Survival in Our Own Land: 'Aboriginal' Experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836, told by Nungas and others Adelaide Wakefield Press 1988 Interview with Faith Thomas, Aboriginal woman, cricketer and outback nurse (sound recording), interviewer: Ray Aitchison National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Interview with Faith Thomas, Aboriginal woman, cricketer and outback nurse (sound recording), interviewer: Ray Aitchison TRC 2030 22 March 1986 90 minutes. Thomas speaks about playing women's cricket in 1950s; her childhood in an Aboriginal children's home; becoming a nurse; racial prejudice she suffered; present situation of Aboriginals; the Adnyamathanha people; providing health services to Aboriginals in remote areas; playing cricket for Australia; playing hockey; her husband and son; and Aboriginal beliefs and customs. Audio Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording), interviewer: Gordon Briscoe National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording), interviewer: Gordon Briscoe TRC 2603/4 20 March 1990 Miss Thomas talks of her return to Nepabunna for a week after being taken away from them as a baby; her first impression of tribal aborigines; her experiences staying at Nepabunna mission and visiting her family's camp; her relationship with her family; her family's reaction to her and hers to them; the relations between the missionaries and the aborigines; her memories of camp life. Audio Faith Thomas and her son, Stuart, aged 8 Faith Thomas and her son, Stuart, aged 8 Taken in 1973 when Faith was working with the Family Planning Association in Adelaide. Courtesy Joan Durdin. Reproduced with kind permission of Faith Thomas.

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