 She then lived in Hobart, Tasmania, from 1960 to 1967, where she worked as an Adult Education Officer.In 1970, she took the position of Manuscripts Field Officer for the State Library of Victoria, a job she held until 1982.From 1976 to 2001, Adam-Smith was a member of the Board of Directors for the Royal Humane Society Australasia, and from 1983 to 2001 she was a Committee Member of the Museum of Victoria.