'Rosamond Siemon was educated at St Margaret's and obtained a Ph.D in history from The University of Queensland. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force and was a current affairs broadcaster with ABC Radio and a Radio Australia correspondent, 1955-72.
She has served on the Oriental Studies Society, and the Co-ordinating Committee for Overseas Students in Queensland and was the Singapore government's student liaison officer in Queensland. From 1972-1981 she was the Alumni Officer at The University of Queensland, and also an elected member of the Convocation of The University of Queensland.' (The
Mayne Inheritance, 2003).