Women's ice hockey in Australia

[7] The following year Australia again played in the qualification tournament in order to be promoted to Division I for the 2003 championships.

[7] In 2003 the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) introduced a new format for the World Championships with the inclusion of second and third division.

[7] The next World Championship in 2007, Australia improved, again gaining promotion to Division II for the next years tournament.

The Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

[10][11] Starting their time in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League as the Adelaide Assassins, the team began by winning the finals championship for the first 5 years in a row.

The Assassins were renamed the Adelaide Adrenaline when they became part of the existing club that had a men's team in the national competition, the Australian Ice Hockey League in the 2011–2012 season.

From 2010, the Melbourne Ice home stadium was the Medibank Icehouse, which was renamed as of September 1, 2015 the O'Brien Group Arena.

The Sydney Sirens were one of the four founding teams in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League and represent New South Wales.

[13] In December 2014 Australia hosted the New Zealand women's national under-18 ice hockey team for a five-game series at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne.

[15] Australia lost the opening game 2-12 with Natalie Ayris and Madison Poole scoring the team's two goals.

[15] In the second game of the tour Australia lost 1-9 with Emily Davis-Tope scoring the only goal on the third period buzzer.

[16] In January 2016 the team will debut at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, playing in the Division I Qualification tournament in Austria.