[1] Her father was a successful politician serving in the parliament of Western Australia.

[2] She went to Claremont Girls' High School where she gained an enthusiasm for the piano.

[1] She went to London to become a concert pianist leaving her work in a music shop.

[1] In 1972 her ballet school was sold and two years later Dame Margot Fonteyn successfully nominated her to join the Royal Academy of Dancing's board.

She had hoped to found a chair of dance at the University of Western Australia.