Career
She has written a number of books dealing with Australian history. Her first book, "The Battle of Vinegar Hill" was published in 1989, dealing with the Irish Castle Hill convict rebellion of 1804. In 1998 her book "Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence" was published, regarding the Sandakan Death Marches of World World War II and the coverup of a failed mission to rescue the allied prisoners.
In 2004 "The Bridge at Palit Sulong" was published about a 1942 massacre of allied prisoners by Japanese soldiers.