[2] Bliss studied fashion design at the East Sydney Technical College and subsequently became an air hostess for Qantas.

She went on to work in public relations at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel in Perth, where she first met businessman Alan Bond in 1979.

[6] On 15 April 1995, Bliss married Alan Bond at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

[8] During the night of 28 January 2012, Bliss was found dead in the swimming pool at the family home in Cottesloe.

[10] Bliss was the subject of a 1997 episode entitled The Parson's Daughter, on the documentary television series Australian Story.