The event will feature under-23 teams from every state and territory as they compete at the State Netball Centre in Naarm (Melbourne).
Netball always made Gamilaroi woman Natalee George feel accepted. "Growing up I didn't always feel like I belonged in different spaces, whether that was at school or anywhere," she told NITV. "In netball, you're always part of a team, so I always felt like I belonged there ... regardless of whether it was a junior rep team or a club team. "Netball was the thing that's always been there throughout my whole life.
"It's just important for all the Indigenous girls around Australia who want to be involved in high performance sport and get a taste of it," she said. "And it's also important just for community and mob in general, to be able to see people they care so much about playing in these tournaments. "This is definitely going to contribute to hopefully having more Indigenous people in the national leagues.
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