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Kōrero: Netball

A game of basketball, 1910

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A game of basketball, 1910

This 1910 photograph shows why the game was originally called basketball – the goal is a large basket mounted on a pole. The schoolgirls playing are not encumbered by long skirts, but are still wearing heavy clothing for such a vigorous sport.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, William Archer Price Collection (PAColl-3057)

Reference: 1/2-000260-G

by William Archer Price

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Suzanne McFadden, Netball – Origins of netball, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39210/a-game-of-basketball-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Suzanne McFadden, i tāngia i te 15 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.