Most of the women in the study were middle class, conservative, Protestant and white.
The sport was tied with croquet, billiards, chess, fishing, field hockey, horse racing, squash, table tennis and shooting.
[1] During the 1950s, Australian women competed in squash at the Empire Games.
[3] In 1960, there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in Roseville, New South Wales, where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive.
[5] In 1968, Australia had thirty total professional squash players amongst both genders.