(Agric) from the University of Sydney, and went to work at the New South Wales Herbarium (then a part of the NSW department of Agriculture).
[2] She was Honorary Secretary of the Systematic Botany Committee of ANZAAS from 1952 to 1954.
[2] In 1956 she married Max Thompson and, as a public servant, resigned from her position as was required at the time.
Ten years later, after the birth of her two children, she returned to work at the Herbarium, in a part-time position.
[2] On her retirement in 1982, she became an Honorary Research Associate,[3][1] and until 2009, continued to work in this role, making the 2.5 hour train journey from Mittagong once a week.