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ACT Heritage Library
- HMSS 0001 Canberra Women's Bowling Club Papers, 1957 - 1992, HMSS 0001; Canberra Women's Bowling Club (1957 - 1992); ACT Heritage Library. Details
Archives Office of Tasmania
- Newspaper clippings, photographs and copies of letters re Marie Bjelke-Peterson, collected by Maggie Weidenhofer and photographs of Maria Island, 1900 - 1970, NS1294; NG1294 Maggie Weidenhofer; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Eileen Wearne - photographs and papers mainly concerning the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, c. 1920 - c. 2002, PXA 998; R 941; Wearne, Eileen (1912 - 2007); Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Joan Hartigan, c. 1930, Home and Away - 3311; Hood Collection part I : Sydney streets, buildings, people, activities and events, ca. 1925-1957; Hood, Sam; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Miss Lyle and Joan Hartigan (left), 1934 - , Home and Away - 2689; Hood Collection Part I : Sydney streets, buildings, people, activities and events, c.1925-1955; Hood, Sam; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia
- Annual report / Federal District Women's Bowling Association, Nq 796.3106 FED; Federal District Women's Bowling Association; National Library of Australia. Details
- [Biographical cuttings on Kay Cottee, yachtswoman, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals], Bib ID 313939; National Library of Australia. Details
- [Biographical cuttings on Zali Steggall, sportsman, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals], Bib ID 1595290; National Library of Australia. Details
National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Betty Wilson interviewed by Nicola Henningham [sound recording], 3 January 2007, ORAL TRC 5755; Wilson, Rebecca (Betty) (1921 - 2010), Henningham, Nicola (1960 - ); National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- Heather McKay interviewed by Nikki Henningham [sound recording], 6 December 2006, ORAL TRC 5743; McKay, Heather Pamela (1941 - ), Henningham, Nicola (1960 - ); National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording) / Interviewer: Gordon Briscoe, 20 March 1990, ORAL TRC 2603/4; Thomas, Faith (1933 - ); National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- [Interview with Faith Thomas, Aboriginal woman, cricketer and outback nurse] [sound recording] / [Interviewer: Ray Aitchison], 22 March 1986, ORAL TRC 2030; Thomas, Faith (1933 - ); National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- Interview with Kay Cottee, adventurer and author [sound recording] / interviewer: Diana Giese, 30 March 1999, ORAL TRC 3848; Cottee, Kay (1954 - ), Giese, Diana; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- Kay Cottee address at the National Press Club on 20 June 1989 [sound recording], 20 June 1989, ORAL TRC 4112; Cottee, Kay (1954 - ); National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection. Details
- Adair Ferguson File, 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Cara Honeychurch File, 1996 - 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Daniela Di Toro File, 1999 - 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Jessica Crisp File, 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Kerry Saxby File, 1986 - 2001; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Melissa Carlton File, 1992 - 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Nova Peris File; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
- Priya Cooper File, 1992 - 2000; Newspaper Cutting Files; National Sport Information Centre. Details
Northern Beaches Council Library
- Netball Australia - Papers, 1927 - ; Netball Australia (1927 - ); Private Hands (contact Australian Women's Archive Project). Details
- Papers of the Victorian Ladies Golf Union, 1906; Women's Golf Victoria - Archives; Women's Golf Victoria (1906 - ); Private Hands (contact Australian Women's Archive Project). Details
State Library of South Australia
- Adelaide Hockey Club : SUMMARY RECORD, 1906 - 1980, SRG 289; Adelaide Hockey Club (1981 - ); State Library of South Australia. Details
- Aroha Hockey Club, 1923, B 61822; State Library of South Australia. Details
- Betty Fisher : SUMMARY RECORD, 1905 - 2015, PRG 1366; Fisher, Elizabeth M. (1925 - ); State Library of South Australia. Details
- Kathleen Le Messurier : SUMMARY RECORD, 1904 - 1947, PRG 472; Le Messurier, Kathleen; State Library of South Australia. Details
- Lois Quarrell : SUMMARY RECORD, 1937 - 1994, PRG 1016; Quarrell, Lois (1915 - 1991); State Library of South Australia. Details
- May Mills : SUMMARY RECORD, 1906 - 1982, PRG 26; Mills, May (1890 - 1984); State Library of South Australia. Details
- Papers relating to the National Fitness Council of South Australia, 1955 - 1977, PRG 1366/38; Fisher, Elizabeth M. (1925 - ), National Fitness Council of South Australia (1939 - 1975); State Library of South Australia. Details
- Radio interview with May Mills [sound recording] Interviewer: Lynne Arnold, 17 August 1969, OH 26/12; Now in Retirement: 1969 (Radio program); J. D. Somerville Oral History Collection; Mills, May (1890 - 1984); State Library of South Australia. Details
- South Australian women's hockey team, 1923, PRG 280/1/34/202; Searcy Collection; State Library of South Australia. Details
- South Australian Women's Memorial Playing Fields Trust : SUMMARY RECORD, 1950 - 2009, SRG 255; State Library of South Australia. Details
- Sportswomen's Association of Australia (S.A. Division) : SUMMARY RECORD, 1966 - 1997, SRG 763; Sportswomen's Association of Australia (S.A. Division) (1966 - 1997); State Library of South Australia. Details
State Library of Victoria
- Victorian Netballer: Victorian Netball Association Official Newsletter, 1985 - 1998, Call Number YA 796.3206 N38V; Victorian Netball Association; State Library of Victoria. Details
State Records of South Australia
- Miscellaneous records - National Fitness Council
National Fitness Council records
National Fitness Council records, 1939 - 1975, GRG95/1; National Fitness Council of South Australia (1939 - 1975); State Records of South Australia. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
- The University of Melbourne Sports Union Records; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
- University of Melbourne. Board of Studies in Physical Education, 1937 - 1974, 2000.0102; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
- University of Melbourne. Department of Physical Education, 1930 - 1970, 1982.0016; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
University of Sydney, Archives
- Papers of the Sydney University Women's Sports Association, 1910 - ; Sydney University Women's Sports Association (1910 - ); University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Bibliographical Resources
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- Talking Heads, Peter Thompson with Margaret Court, 2006-10-30, http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1774139.htm. Details
- Alexander, Alison, A Mortal Flame: Marie Bjelke-Petersen: Australian Romance Writer 1874-1969, Bubblehead Press, Hobart, 1994. Details
- Australia at the Games, with Gordon, Harry, Australian Olympic Committee, 2006, http://corporate.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?p=25. Details
- Australian Softball Federation, 1982-1983 official softball rules as adopted by the International Joint Rules Committee on Softball, International Joint Rules Committee on Softball, 1982, 65 pp. Details
- History of Water Polo and the NWPL in Australia, Australian Water Polo, 2009-12-02, http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/content/view/169/144/. Details
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- Barker, Pauline, A Netball History in Tasmania: 'The First Bounce' - An Account of the History of the Sport in Tasmania, Images and Visual Solutions, Hobart, 2005, 150 pp. Details
- Bellert, Marianne, 'Women's 800 Metres Running: Too Female to Run, Too Good to Stop', in Women's Sport in Brisbane, 2000, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/S2000-Mar-2/http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/women_sport/women_frames.htm. Details
- Women's Sport in Queensland, Brisbane City Council, 2000, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/S2000-Mar-2/http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/women_sport/women_frames.htm. Details
- Buckingham, Bev and Mottram, Murray, Beating the Odds : The Fall and Rise of Bev Buckingham, Allen & Unwin, 2003, 296 pp. Details
C
- Camplin, Alisa, High Flyer, Lothian, South Melbourne, 2005. Details
- Cannell, Mirriam, Game Girls, Spiral Punt Productions and Learning Essentials, 1997. Details
- Cannizzaro, Matt, 'Australian Cara Honeychurch returns to winner's circle with victory at Women's Challenge', Bowl.com, United States Bowling Congress, 9 October 2006, http://www.bowl.com/articleView.aspx?i=12260&f=1. Details
- Cashman, Richard (Senior Consultant); Olds, Margaret and Etherington, Kate (Managing Editors) (eds), Australian Sport Through Time: The History of Sport in Australia, Random House Australia, Milson's Point, 1997. Details
- Cashman, Richard and Weaver, Amanda, Wicket Women: Cricket and Women in Australia, With research assistance by Sandra Glass, University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, Australia, 1991. Details
- Cochrane, Peter, ''Two Much Boldness and Rudeness': Australia's First 'Olympic Ladies Swimming Team'', http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=710&op=page. Details
- Correll, Kathleen and Lorraine Mildren, Diamond duels: women's softball in South Australia, Correll and Mildren, Myrtle Bank, SA, 301 pp. Details
- Cottee, Kay, Kay Cottee: first lady, Videorecording distributed by Festival Video, Peter Sutton, Direct Video, Homebush, NSW, 1989. Details
- Cottee, Kay, First lady: a history-making solo voyage around the world, Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1989. Details
- Cottee, Kay, All at sea on land: and first lady ten years on, Random House Australia, Milsons Point, NSW, 1998. Details
- Court, Margaret Smith, Court on Court: a life in tennis, McGann, George, Allen, London, 1976, 211 pp. Details
- Critchley, Cheryl, 'She's the coach, man', Herald Sun (Melbourne), April 18, 2005, p. 15. Details
D
- Daly, John, Feminae Ludens: Women's Competitive Sport in South
Australia, 1936-1956 and the Influence of Sports Reporter Lois
Quarrell, Openbook Publishers, Adelaide, 1994, 111 pp. Details
- Daniels, Stephanie and Tedder, Anita, A Proper Spectacle: Women Olympians 1900-1936, Celebrating 100 years of women in the Olympics, Walla Walla Press with ZeNaNa Press and the Centre for Olympic Studies, UTS, Petersham, 2000. Details
- Dunbar, Judy, 1929-1989: 60 Years of Netball in New South Wales, Netball New South Wales, Sydney, 1989. Details
E
- El-Chami, Margaret, Alisa Camplin's Bronze Jump, Transcript (online), 702 ABC Local Radio, Sydney, 23 February 2006. Details
- Embrey, Lynn, Batter up!: the history of softball in Australia, Australian Softball Federation, Bayswater, Vic, 1995, 240 pp. Details
F
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- Gibberd, Joyce, 'Rymill, Shylie Katharine (1882 - 1959)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160193b.htm. Details
- Tasmania the Island: Fact File, http://www.ontas.com.au/fact-file/category-melissacarlton.htm. Details
- Guiney, Cyril, Centenary: the history of the Royal New South Wales Bowling Association, 1880-1980, Royal New South Wales Bowling Association, Sydney, 1980. Details
H
- Hawkins, Joanne, 'Snow Queen Alisa Camplin', The Sunday Telegraph, 28 May 2006. Details
- Henshaw, John, The first one hundred years of the Royal Victorian Bowls Association 1880-1980, Ord Glenn, Patricia Rice, Royal Victorian Bowls Association, Melbourne, 1979, 148 pp. Details
- Hughes, Robin, 'Interview with Shirley Strickland de la Hunty', in Australian Biography Online, Esther Multimedia and Film Australia, Film Australia, January 19 1995, http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/strickland/index.html. Details
- Hyland, Deirdre, :"Little Anne" : a biography of Anne Clarke, B.E.M., N.S.W. Netball Association, Sydney, 1987. Details
J
- Jeffery, Nicole, 'Cooper vows to fly like the men', The Australian (see http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au), 18 January 2007. Details
- Jenkins, Lesley, 'Interview with Daphne Pirie', in Women's Sport in Queensland, Brisbane City Council, 1997, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/S2000-Mar-2/http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/women_sport/women_frames.htm. Details
- Jenkins, Lesley, 'Interview with Vicki Wilson', in Women's Sport in Brisbane, 2004, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/S2000-Mar-2/http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/women_sport/women_frames.htm. Details
- Johnson, Joseph, Grand slam Australia: the story of the Australian open tennis championships, Courtney Books, Newport, Vic, 1985, 361 pp. Details
- Jolly, Lorna M., 'Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth (1893 - 1983)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120208b.htm. Details
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- Lilienthal, Sonja, Newtown Tarts: A history of the Sydney University Women's Sports Association 1910-1995, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1997. Details
- Lyng, J, The Scandanavians in Australia, New Zealand and the Western Pacific, Melbourne, 1939. Details
M
- Magnay, Jacquelin, 'Camplin pins hopes on donor tendon surgery', Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 2005. Details
- Magnay, Jacquelin, 'Cooper a record-breaker in anyone's language', Sydney Morning Herald (see http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport), 9 January 2007. Details
- Maza, Rachel (presenter) and Martin, Kelrick (story producer), Faith Thomas, Interview for the ABC program Message Stick, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 30 July 2004, http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/s1161638.htm. Details
- McDonald, Gilbert, Bowls west: a centenary history of the Royal Western Australian Bowling Association, 1898-1998, W.S. Cooper, J.R. Hall, The Association, Perth, 1998, 218 pp. Details
- Metzler, Paul, Great players of Australian tennis, Harper & Row, Sydney, 1979, 202 pp. Details
- Mitchell, Susan, Winning Women: Challenging the Norms in Australian Sport, Penguin, Melbourne, 1985. Details
- Morelle, Lettie, The first fifty years: a brief history of the growth and development of the Queensland Ladies' Bowling Association, 1930 to 1980, The Association, Brisbane, 1980. Details
N
- 'Newbury Secret Revealed', The Canberra Times, 5 February, 2007, p. 8. Details
- Nova Peris, Nova, My Story: The Autobiography of Nova Peris, Ian Heads, ABC Books, Sydney, 2003. Details
O
- O'Brien, Kerry, Museum gives Cottee pride of place over American Cup winner, ABC 7.30 Report, Transcript, Mark Bannerman, 2 April 2000. Also available at http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/. Details
- Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities, Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2004, State of Victoria, 2004, http://women.vic.gov.au/web12/rwpgslib.nsf/Graphic+Files/2004_Honour_roll/$file/2004_Honour_Roll.pdf. Details
- Official softball guide and playing rules of the Australian Women's Softball Council, Wilton Distributors, Melbourne, 1961, 47 pp. Details
- 'Olympic Athletes: Jessica Crisp', ABC News Online, ABC Online, 2000, http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/crisp.htm. Details
- O'Regan, Mick, 'Bowling - The New Glamour Sport?', The Sports Factor, ABC Radio National, 2002, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/stories/s635097.htm. Details
P
- Paxinos, Stathi, 'Cooper back from the brink to fly high again', The Age (see http://www.theage.com.au/articles), 25 August 2004. Details
- Pearlman, Jonathan, 'That's it for snow - Zali's going to wriggle her toes in the sand', Sydney Morning Herald (see http://www.smh.com.au/articles), 11 May 2002. Details
- Perry, Phyllis, From Green to Gold: The First Fifty Years of the Australian Ladies' Golf Union, Australian Ladies' Golf Union, 1976. Details
- Pollard, Jack, Lawn bowls: the Australian way, G. Sargeant, Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1962, 126 pp. Details
R
- Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Broadway, NSW, 1988, 258 pp. Details
- Randall, Leonie M., 'A Fair Go?: Women in Sport in South Australia: 1945 - 1965', Hons thesis, Flinders University, 1986. Also available at http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/ASSHSSH/ASSHSSH06.pdf. Details
S
- 'S.A. guides wartime chief dies', Adelaide Advertiser, 3 April, 1959. Details
- Sauvage, Louise, Louise Sauvage: My Story, Ian Heads, HarperSports, Sydney, 2002. Details
- Sauvage, Lousie, 'From athletes to their mentors - Louise Sauvage thanking Andrew Dawes', Sports Coach, vol. 24, no. 2, 2001. Details
- Senyard, June, The Ties that Bind: A History of Sport at the University of Melbourne, Walla Walla Press, Petersham, New South Wales, 2004. Details
- Shea, Andy, Petria Thomas: Swimming Against the Tide, 2005. Details
- Smith Amanda, 'The Paralympics', The Sports Factor, ABC Radio National, 13 October 2000, http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/sportsf/s198909.htm. Details
- Website for the Australian Open Women's softball team, Softball Australia, 2009-12-02, http://www.softball.org.au/default.asp?Page=21993&MenuID=High_Performance/4019/0/. Details
- The Sports Factor, Surfing into the Olympics, with Mick O'Regan, Australian Broadcasting Commission, September 22, 2006, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/sportsfactor/stories/2006/1743137.htm. Details
- 'Stalwart in women's hockey dies at 89', Adelaide Advertiser, 30 December, 1983. Details
- Stell, Marion, Pam Burridge, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1992. Details
- Stell, Marion, 'Wicks, Tory Marcella (1900 - 1977)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160647b.htm. Details
- Stone, Peter, 'Bridges built for women's Open', The Age, May 31, 2006. Details
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- Vamplew, Vray; Moore, Katharine; O'Hara, John; Cashman, Richard; Jobling, Ian (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport, Revised Second edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997. Details
- Verghis, Sharon, 'Out there with Madonna', Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November, http://www.smh.com.au/articles. Details
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- Warren, Ian (ed.), Gender, theory and sport: the formative years of tennis and snowboarding, Australian Society for Sports History, Melbourne, 2005, 127 pp. Details
- Athlete Profiles, http://www.wheelchairsportswa.org.au/2/51/3/Priya_Cooper.pm. Details
- Whitington, R.S., An illustrated history of Australian tennis, Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1975, 126 pp. Details