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After retiring as a player, Cusack continued her involvement as a netball coach. Positions held include
Assistant Coach NSW Swifts (2001), AIS Netball Scholarship Coach (2008–2009), Australian U21's World Champion Assistant Coach (2010),
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Playing in the
Randwick Netball Association competition, Cusack was selected in the NSW 17/U team in 1982. In 1983, she was selected as goal attack for the New South Wales team at the U19 Australian Netball Championships. She held an
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Prior to taking up netball, Cusack competed at the
Australian Age Group Swimming Championships in 1979 and 1980 competing in the 100m and 200m backstroke. She also played basketball in Sydney for the
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player. After Marcia Ella, she became the second indigenous
Australian to represent the Australian Diamonds in 1989. After her playing retirement, she became a leading netball coach.
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as a demonstration sport. Cusack played 52 times for the
Australian Diamonds and won gold medals at the
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389:"The big Q&A with former Diamond and Bond Bull Sharks specialist coach Nicole Cusack"
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Specialist Coach (2010–14) and South Africa
Proteas Assistant Coach (2015–19).
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Black Pearls : The
Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame
237:. She was a member of the Australian Diamonds that competed at the
320:. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2005. pp. 19–22.
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Indigenous athletes at the
Australian Institute of Sport
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376:. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. p. 245.
261:. She retired after the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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233:on 26 April 1989 in
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249:. She played for
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277:Recognition
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423:28 October
398:28 October
354:28 October
327:1740130707
293:References
771:Erin Bell
639:Liz Ellis
526:Liz Ellis
200:Liverpool
115:Australia
77:1989–1998
245:and the
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50:Playing
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322:ISBN
170:Team
70:Caps
37:1966
34:Born
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