In 1986 she was ordained as one of Australia 's first female deacons and served as curate at parishes in Thomastown / Epping and Deer Park / St. Albans and then moved to Western Australia to become school chaplain at Perth College in Mount Lawley .
In 1986 she was ordained as one of Australia 's first female deacons and served as curate at parishes in Thomastown / Epping and Deer Park / St. Albans . 
 Later that year she moved to Western Australia to become school chaplain at Perth College in Mount Lawley .