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Australia has competed at every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. In 1990 they defeated New Zealand in a one-off match when netball was a demonstration sport . Between 1998 and 2022 they have played in every tournament final, winning four gold and three silver medals.
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 ...
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]
The following is a list Australian netball international players who have captained the national team in international tournaments such as the Commonwealth Games, the INF Netball World Cup, the World Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and in other senior test matches.
In Australia, the term women's basketball was used to refer to both netball and basketball. [49] During the 1950s and 1960s, a movement arose to change the Australian name of the game from women's basketball to netball in order to avoid confusion between the two sports.
The following Australian netball internationals were members of the squad that won the 1991 World Netball Championships. In 1992 all the players and their head coach, Joyce Brown, were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. In 2012 they were also inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. [46] [47]
Australia national netball team (5 C, 2 P, 1 F) R. Australia women's national rugby league team (2 C, 6 P) ... Australia women's national artistic gymnastics team;
Norma Plummer coached the Australia national netball team between 2003 and 2011. She previously guided Melbourne City and Melbourne Pumas to premierships during the Esso/Mobil Superleague era before guiding Melbourne Phoenix to the inaugural Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 1997.