Lara Dunkley

{{Short description|Australian netball player (born 1995)}}

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Lara Dunkley (born 31 May 1995) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Queensland Firebirds.

Dunkley began her elite netball career with the Melbourne Vixens in the mid 2010s, playing for the club's reserves team the Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League (ANL), where she captained the team in the 2018 season.{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/dunkley-to-lead-fury-in-2018/|title=Dunkley to lead Fury in 2018|work=Netball Victoria|date=26 March 2018}} She was elevated to the Vixens' senior list for the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season, replacing the long-term injured Tayla Honey.{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/2019/03/15/dunkley-to-replace-honey-in-vixens-10/|title=Dunkley to Replace Honey in Vixens 10|work=Super Netball|date=13 March 2019}}

After leaving the Vixens, Dunkley was signed as a temporary replacement player for the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season by the Queensland Firebirds.{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/lara-dunkley-firebird-now|title=Lara Dunkley A Firebird Now|date=14 October 2019|work=Netball Victoria}}

Dunkley was born in Sydney but grew up in the regional Victorian town of Yarram and is the sibling of Brisbane Lions AFL footballer Josh{{cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/from-yarram-to-the-fury/|title=From Yarram to the Fury|date=10 June 2018|work=Netball Victoria}} and former Melbourne AFL player Kyle. Her father is former Sydney Swans player Andrew. Off the court Dunkley has completed a Bachelor of Education where she works as a substitute teacher and netball coach at various schools and netball organisations. She works for a school in South Brisbane named St Laurnece's College. Her position at the school is being The Head of the sports exellence program.