[6] In 2005 and 2006, netball was the 10th most popular spectator sport for women with Australian rules football (1,011,300), horse racing (912,200), rugby league (542,600), motor sports (462,100), rugby union (232,400), football (212,200), harness racing (190,500), cricket (183,200) and tennis (163,500) all being more popular.

An All-Australian Tournament, later called the Australian National Championships, was first contested between states in 1928, when it was won by Victoria.

[12] This tour resulted in a number of Commonwealth countries meeting together in order to try to standardize the rules of the game.

[16] Prior to the creation of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship in 2013, the National Netball League was the major competition in Australia.

[18] The Netball demographic profile is a 18 to 24 year old, unmarried, Australian-born, female who is employed full-time.

[20] Most New South Wales based adult players played netball for fun, and for the physical benefits of the sport.

[24] Australia beat the Silver Ferns to win the World Youth Netball Championships in July 2009 in the Cook Islands.