| 1908 | Born in Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1926-29 | Attended Queen Katherine Convent, Stuttgart |
| 1929-31 | Studies at the Bavarian State Institute for Photography, Munich |
| 1931-32 | Photographic assistant in the studio of Adolph Lazi, Stuttgart |
| 1932-33 | Photographic assistant for Olga Linkelmann, Hamburg |
| 1933-38 | Manager of Hartung's Photoshop, Peking |
| 1933 | Visited the Yungang Caves, Shansi |
| 1934 | Visited Zhengding, Hebei |
| 1934-35 | Visited Chengde (Jehol), Hebei |
| 1935 | Visited Hua Shan, Shaanxi |
| 1936 | Visited the 'Lost Tribe' country, Hebei |
| 1937 | Visited Weihaiwei and Qingdao on the Shandong coast |
| 1940 | Visited Baoding, Hebei |
| 1942 | Visited Qufu and Mount Tai, Shandong |
| 1944 | Visited Nanjing (Nanking), Jiangsu |
| 1946 | Married Alastair Morrison |
| 1946-47 | Lived for six months in Hong Kong |
| 1947-48 | Lived in Sarikei, Lower Regang, Sarawak |
| 1949-50 | Lived in Lawas district, Sarawak |
| 1951-52 | Lived in Kanowit, Middle Rejang, Sarawak |
| 1953 | Lived in Baram district, Sarawak |
| 1954-67 | Lived in Kuching, Sarawak |
| 1960-66 | Employed part-time by the Information Office of the Sarawak government |
| 1965 | Awarded Honourary Pegawai Bintang Sarawak for services to the state of Sarawak |
| 1967 | Settled in Canberra, Australia |
| 1991 | Died in Canberra, aged 82 |