In the 1920–30s Dulcie Deamer was a poet, playwright and author in
Sydney, where she was Australia's first female boxing reporter. Deamer was known as the "Queen of Bohemia" due to her involvement with
Norman Lindsay's literary and artistic circle, the Bohemian world of
Kings Cross, Sydney, and vaudeville. During the inter-war years, many balls were held in Sydney, including those known as the "
Artists' Balls" which had been held as far back as the 1880s. Dulcie Deamer attended every Artists' Ball for 30 years. The balls regularly made the newspapers and behaviour at the 1924 Ball, which Dulcie referred to as "The Night of the Great Scandal", resulted in the introduction of restrictions on alcohol and a greater police presence for subsequent events. A modern critic has noted that Deamer's work "demonstrates a fascination with religion, mythology and classical literature (typical of associates such as
Norman Lindsay,
Rosaleen Norton and
Hugh McCrae) and is characteristically ornamental in style." Poems written by Deamer appeared in the souvenir program of the 1924 ball along with those of
Kenneth Slessor. ==Literary works==