 In 1959 she made her first visit to Macquarie Island with the ANARE relief ship, returning in 1960, 1965 and 1968.From 1959 to 1971, she was a Professional Officer at the University of Sydney, and received the first Honorary Master of Science from the University of Sydney in 1962.She was a temporary Associate Professor at Stanford University in 1963 and a delegate to the 11th Pacific Science Congress in Tokyo in 1966.