Rosamond Siemon was born in Boonah, Queensland, in 1921. She 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 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 1972–81, she was the Alumni officer at the University of Queensland, and is an elected member of the Convocation of the University of Queensland. She lives in Brisbane.