Historical information

The State Team of Victoria competing in the interstate carnival held in Adelaide in 1929.

Significance

This photo includes some significant people regarding women's basketball (netball) in the 1930s, 40s and even 50s. L.C. Mills was the foundation president of the V.W.B.B.A and gained life membership in 1936, while players such as Edith Hull, Ethel McCarthy and Elsie Johnson would represent Victoria throughout the 1930s.

Physical description

Team photo of the 1929 Victorian Women's Basketball State Team competing in Adelaide.

Inscriptions & markings

'Interstate B.B Victorian Team Adelaide 1929'
Left to Right: L.C Mills (Foundation President), Jessie Barker, Ethel McCarthy, Edith Hull, Margaret Reilly, Eevelyn Hassey, Hazel Wilkins, Val Tasker, Nance Tregear, Elsie Johnson