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===Collaboration===
Barnard's writing career was inspired by her meeting with Flora Eldershaw in her first year at university, and her first work was a children's book, ''The ivory gate'', published in 1920. However, on seeing an advertisement for [[The Bulletin]] prize, she and Eldershaw wrote their first collaborative novel, ''A house is built'', which went on to win the prize in 1928, shared with Katharine Susannah Pritchard's ''Coonardoo''. Using the pseudonym M. Barnard Eldershaw, they wrote five novels, as well as a wide range of non-fiction works including histories and criticisms
Their final collaborative novel, ''Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow'', published in 1945 as ''Tomorrow and tomorrow'', is considered to be one of Australia's major early science fiction novels and was highly regarded by Australia's only [[Nobel Prize]] winner for literature, [[Patrick White]]. ▼
It is generally accepted that Barnard was the more expressive writer of the two, and that Eldershaw contributed her acute critical sense. However, Rorabacher also states that in their early collaborative novels it is impossible to distinguish their separate contributions.<ref>Rorabacher (1973) ''Collaboration'' chapter</ref>▼
▲It is generally accepted that Barnard was the more expressive writer of the two, and that Eldershaw contributed her acute critical sense. However, Rorabacher also states that in their early collaborative novels it is impossible to distinguish their separate contributions.<ref>Rorabacher (1973) ''Collaboration'' chapter</ref>Overall, Barnard did more of the creative writing while Eldershaw focused on the structure and development of their major works but, because Eldershaw was the more outgoing and articulate of the two, it was frequently assumed, at the time, that she was the dominant partner. This did not spoil their partnership, which lasted two decades, bearing testament to the fact that both derived value from it.<ref>Modjeska (1981) p. 79-80</ref>
▲Their final collaborative novel, ''Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow'', published in 1945 as ''Tomorrow and tomorrow'', is considered to be one of Australia's major early science fiction novels and was highly regarded by Australia's only [[Nobel Prize]] winner for literature, [[Patrick White]].
===Solo career===
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