Women's cycling in Australia

[1] Malvern Star was also featuring female cyclists on the cover of their cycling catalogs during the same period.

It was considered "medically appropriate" for all girls to be able to participate in, so long as they were not done in an overly competitive manner, swimming, rowing, cycling and horseback riding.

[6] In 1937, Joyce Barry rode from Newcastle, New South Wales to Sydney, a distance of 160 kilometres (99 mi) in six and a half hours.

Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period.

When international sport resumed in the post-war period, Australian women were at an advantage as a result.