[1] Prior to working for CSIRO, her Master of Science thesis at University of Queensland focused on The biology of amegilla friese (hymenoptera, apoidea).
It also discusses four parasites from A. pulchra cells, and the behaviour of females of Amegilla (Asarapoda) sp.
During her work at CSIRO, she took part in the pre-wet survey for insects which may indicate environmental pollution at McArthur River, Northern Territory (October–November 1975).
Cardale was also part of an intensive collecting trip to the Iron Range area of Cape York, Queensland (June–July 1986), which garnered 50,000 specimens (Upton, p. 240).
She was credited with working with Dr John Lawrence in collecting most of the specimens of Psocoptera from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.