) ▁Qu ar rell . ▁She ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Ad ela ide ▁Techn ical ▁High ▁School , ▁where ▁she ▁also ▁played ▁hockey ▁and ▁cr icket , ▁and ▁was ▁captain ▁of ▁the ▁senior ▁basketball ▁team . ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁She ▁began ▁her ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 7 , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁and ▁began ▁sports ▁writing ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 . ▁She ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁sports ▁journal ists ▁in ▁Australia ; ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁write ▁for ▁The ▁Ad vert iser , ▁Ad ela ide ’ s ▁daily ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁Qu ar rell ' s ▁work ▁regularly ▁identified ▁and ▁recogn ised ▁the ▁skill ▁of ▁South ▁Australia ' s ▁early ▁pione ers ▁in ▁women ' s ▁sport ▁including ▁Australian ▁represent atives ▁M abel ▁C ash more ▁and ▁Ev ely n ▁T az ew ell ▁in ▁hockey , ▁Net ball ers ▁G wen ▁Rank in ▁and ▁Lor na ▁Ryan , ▁Cr ick eters ▁D ot ▁L aught on ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Or ch ard ▁and ▁the ▁state ' s ▁first ▁female ▁Olymp ian , ▁sw immer ▁Den ise ▁N orton . ▁Her ▁column ▁regularly ▁covered ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁sports ▁including ▁table ▁tennis , ▁soft ball , ▁cr icket , ▁hockey , ▁net ball , ▁tennis , ▁sail ing , ▁sur f ▁life ▁saving , ▁e quest rian ▁and ▁row ing . ▁In ▁an ▁age ▁without ▁digital ▁technology , ▁Qu ar