Lacrosse in Australia has a rich and celebrated history, and can trace its beginnings back to a letter to the editor that was sent from Lambton Mount to The Australasian newspaper and published on 8 April 1876.

[2] In his letter, Mount announced that he was calling a meeting the following week with respect to the formation of the "Melbourne La Crosse Club", and four days later, the club was formed.

[4] Proposals for a national governing body for lacrosse were reported as early as 1903,[5] with the Australasian Lacrosse Union formed after the national Lacrosse Conference in 1904,[6] however disagreements between member associations[7] led to its demise by 1908.

[8] The need for a national body persisted, and while discussions of forming one were reported in 1923,[9] it took eight more years before the Australian Lacrosse Council was finally formed.

[11] These organisations merged in 2008 to form the Australian Lacrosse Association (ALA).