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In Ipswich, weekly ‘ladies’ soccer’ meetings were advertised in local newspapers in 1932-33. Teams played in Booval, Ipswich. Another team, Swifts Ladies Soccer Club, formed in Bundamba, Ipswich.
In 1933, an article in Brisbane Telegraph suggested an intercity soccer competition. The all-male committee of the West Moreton British Football Association felt that the games would provide excellent curtain raisers for the men’s competition. However, their conservative Brisbane counterparts did not agree. Those Brisbane residents who petitioned for intercity competition were told that, ‘Football was not a suitable past-time for women’.
Read more about women’s football in Australia during the 1930s at Beyond90.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the events presented in this digital history occurred and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their continuing connection to land and waterways as well as their rich history of sports and significant continuing contribution to football.
