Clarke worked as a journalist at the
Australian News and Information Bureau in Melbourne and Canberra, for the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the Press Gallery,
Parliament House, Canberra, as journalist and editor for
Maxwell Newton Publications and as Editor of Publications for the
National Capital Development Commission. She has published numerous books about women in Australian history, with a particular interest in female journalists. fellow of the Federation of the Australian Historical Societies and awardee of a Medal of the
Order of Australia for contributions to literature on Australian history. == Death ==