She would then win an Orient free scholarship through the University in 1929 to undertake three years overseas study.
[6] After studying classics and Latin at the University of Grenoble, France[7] and at the Sorbonne in Paris, Campbell-Brown was appointed an Anglaise assistant at the Ecole Normale at Saint Germain-en-Laye and later a teachers' training college.
[8][9] Campbell-Brown joined the staff of St Margaret's College in Brisbane as senior mistress in French in 1935.
[10] In addition to her lecturing responsibilities, Campbell-Brown was active in establishing the UQ staff and graduates club.
[16] Campbell-Brown was honoured with a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes académiques in 1958 by the French Government.
In 1985 the University commissioned Rhyl Hinwood to sculpt a grotesque in Campbell-Brown's honour, to be placed within the Great Court.