She led the women's section of The Bulletin, The Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Its contributors were Florence and her sister Lillian and a group of moonlighting writers from The Argus.

The editor forbade his writers from working elsewhere and paid them extra for their loyalty.

[2] In 1895 veteran journalist Mary Hannay Foott interviewed Florence about her time on "The Bohemian" and about her and her sisters visit to Samoa.

She was employed by the periodical, as their lead writer "Sappho Smith" (Ina Wildman) was ill and she died that year.

A commentator who welcomed her appointment, noted that she was the only woman who had written a leader for The Argus.

[5] Her place was taken by Jean Williamson who was to also be a leader in writing for Australian women in newspapers.