Author: Pamela Davenport

Pamela Davenport is a former teacher of History at Somerville House, a Brisbane Independent Girls” School, who attended the school in the 1950s and taught there for 45 years. She has a passion for History, both Modern, which she taught for several years, and Ancient History, in which she has several post-graduate degrees. She has worked as a volunteer archaeologist in Paphos Cyprus for 25 years. Now retired, she maintained her love of History for many more years teaching at U3A. Throughout her life, she has maintained a great love for animals, and has raised dogs, cats, donkeys, goats, ponies, sheep, chickens, and more besides, entertaining her generations of students and friends with their anecdotes.