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Netball is the most popular women's team participation sport in Australia. [2] In 1985, there were 347,000 players, [ 3 ] and in 1995, there were over 360,000 Australian netball players. [ 4 ] Throughout most of Australia's netball history, the game has largely been a participation sport; it has not managed to become a large spectator sport . [ 5 ]
Netball started to become popular for male players in Australia during the 1980s as men started to watch the sport that their wives and girlfriends were participating in. [4] In Australia, the sport began to be played with the appearance of mixed gendered social teams. [4] In 1985, the first Australian Championship were held in Geelong. [4]
Netball Australia was founded on 26/27 August 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association during an interstate women's basketball carnival. Its founding members included the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (New South Wales), the Australian Ladies Basket Ball Association (), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (South Australia), the Melbourne Girls ...
In 2005 and 2006, netball was the 10th most popular spectator sport for women after tennis. [46] Netball was brought to Australia by English school teachers, with a team having been organised by 1904 at Parramatta Superior Schools. [41] In 1927, a national federation for the sport, Australian Women's Basketball Association, was created. [41]
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own.
Sport in Oceania varies from country to country. The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, [1] while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings.
A pay deal signed by Netball Australia and players in their domestic league marks a "historic day", says former Diamonds captain Kathryn Harby-Williams.
In Australia, sport is an important part of the country's culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.