Wendy Bacon, an activist, journalist, and Australian contemporary of Neville, told BuzzFeed News there were things published in Oz that would shock people now.

"Looking back on it, Neville had an approach to children and sexuality that would be disapproved of in 2016," she said.

"It raises interesting questions. Maybe looking back it was sexist and maybe on the other hand it was just more open, and right now we are living through a puritanical era with the internet."