She later served as headmistress of Abbotsleigh, a private girls' school in Sydney, and was an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts.

[2] Her father was an Irish professional soldier in the British Army, who died in World War I when Archdale was eleven.

[4] The tour was initiated by Australian captain Margaret Peden, who like Archdale was a Christian Scientist; their mothers had previously corresponded.

[6] After school, Archdale attended McGill University in Montreal, graduating in 1929 with a BA in economics and political science.

[7] Having moved to Australia, in 1946 she was appointed principal of Sydney University's "Women's College", a post she held for 10 years.

She was also influenced by an incident where a Christian Science hospice refused to care for her mother, on the grounds she had visited a hospital following a heart attack in violation of the denomination's restrictions on medical treatment.

[10] In March 1999, Archdale was one of the first ten women to be granted Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club in England.