[2] The rights to her novel, If Blood Should Stain the Wattle, were bought for £150 by The Sydney Morning Herald.
Described as "told with quiet, but compelling power in the manner of Daphne du Maurier",[3] it was serialised by that paper in April 1947.
[10] She became a cadet journalist with The Australian Women's Weekly, then moved to The Sydney Morning Herald and was their London correspondent from 1954 to 1957 and is "believed to be the first woman to hold the position".
[2] Back in Australia, in 1957, she joined Woman's Day where she worked until 1976, in a number of roles including news editor and feature writer.
In the latter role, she won a Walkley Award for Best Magazine Feature Story (Non-Fiction) in 1966.