[1] The couple lived in Mitchell for a year, after which they moved to the Territory of New Guinea when her husband was appointed manager of a plantation near Kokopo.

After securing a lease, Booth ran it whilst her husband started prospecting at Edie Creek.

She set up a bush hospital in September 1926 following a dysentery epidemic, running it until January 1927;[1] this led to her being appointed an OBE in the 1929 Birthday Honours.

[2] Between 1927 and 1929 Booth returned to live in Australia to recover from Malaria, publishing a book about her experiences under the title Mountain Gold and Cannibals.

[3] After a successful spell running a mine, Booth returned to Brisbane again in 1938 and worked for the Mothercraft Association.