The Queensland Firebirds have the values of Netball Queensland on their side as they take to the court for Sunday’s Suncorp Super Netball Round 11 clash against West Coast Fever in this year’s First Nations dress.
The 2026 dress design has symbols representing the six values of the organisation – brave, authentic, inclusive, trust, collaborative and innovative – drawn from an original artwork by Mayi-Kulan and Kalkadoon woman Leah Cummins titled “The Dreams of our Future”.
Placed along tracks that move forwards, never backwards, the symbols representing each value are located to reflect the organisation being guided by its values as it forges ahead on its cultural journey.
Revealed in 2024 at the launch of Netball Queensland’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan, Cummins’ artwork has been used as inspiration for the Firebirds’ First Nations dress for the past three seasons.
As well as displaying her artwork, the Firebirds team will also wear black armbands in honour of Cummins, who sadly passed away last year, at Sunday’s match which is part of Suncorp Super Netball’s First Nations Round.
Leading into National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3), Sunday’s game will feature inputs from members of Netball Queensland’s Diamond Spirit Educate program in the pre-game build-up at Nissan Arena.
Diamond Spirit is a capacity-building program delivered in school and community settings, designed to Educate, Engage and Empower First Nations girls, young women and their communities through the power of netball.
Since 2017, thousands of First Nations youth in regional and remote communities have benefitted from programs delivered under the Diamond Spirit banner.
For more information on Diamond Spirit, click here.
