Rosewood History
Interior of a general store in Rosewood ca.1950
BUSINESSES
The defintion of “business” is the activity of buying and selling goods and services and work that you do to earn money.
Th definition of “initiative” is the ability to assess and initiate things independently.
The early settlers brought knowledge, skills and initiative with them to their new country. When faced with a blank slate, the responsibility for making a success or failure rested on their shoulders.
Traditionally the population formed two main groups, men and women of the land and town people. Both groups had a shared view of the necessity to overcome any obstacles which stood in the way of their livelihood, such as the money needed to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc.
Some saw a need in the community and believed they had the solution to meet that need. Many had hopes of achieving some personal wealth from their efforts. These people we refer to as business men and women. They took the lead in projects for their own betterment, as well as the betterment of the district as a whole. Not much has really changed today in that regard.
Early residents had to make arrangements for their own transport and make their own roads. Some drove their own bullock drays and there are many stories about wealthy farmers who began as bullock drivers. Farmers needed to be hands-on at all times in their dawn till dark, physically demanding and skilful work. Shopkeepers passed through very difficult times until their businesses were thoroughly established and they had gained the trust and custom of farmers and residents of the town. Many faced insolvency and some stood their ground over and over again until they became successful.
We owe a debt of gratitude to those determined, persevering and enterprising people.
1875-1915
AGENT Insurance – J. L. Frederich, R. Hodge, H. Prebble, Butt Bros, D. Pfrunder, Collett Bros
Commission – William Bergman, Henry Wallace Collett, Percy H. Adams, Robert S. Hodge, W. J. Young, Wm Ruhno, J. Farrell jnr., John Pender, William Wesley, John Maher, Asher Wilfred Millard, John Muller
ARTIST – Emil Julius Moller
AUCTIONEER – W. S. Blackmore, John Pender, Willliam Ruhno, Bulcock & Whitworth
APIARIST – William Perrem, Walter Bunney
BAKER – John Herman, Charles Rumpf, Philip Angel, J. Oliver, E. H. Mann, W. Smallbone, C.T. Bragg, W. H. Collett, Ben Meissner, Nehemiah New, Robert Sellars, H. Rose, Henry Dow, C. J. Spreadborough, R. Grant, James Edward Amos Evers, G. A. Hartley, J. L. Davey, G. Demaine, W. Feltham.
BANK – Queensland Govt Savings Bank, Royal Bank of Queensland
BARBER – Samuel Richard Gilpin
BILLIARDS – Arthur Charles Johnson, John Street
BLACKSMITH/WHEELWRIGHT – D. Elder, P. H. Adams, J. Elder, J. L. Roache, Ernest Smith, Henry Elliott, Max Fung, Charles Ridsdale (Wheelwright), Charles Powers Ward, Alfred Chalk (Wheelwright)
BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER – Elizabeth Ann Lane, Bartholmew Coveney, James Simmonds, William Dolling (Argyle House), Mrs Gillen, Mrs F. J. Dutney, Mrs Smith, Mrs A. Blake
BOOTMAKER – J. S. Aspinall, M. Bourke, Fredrick Schilling, C. Rowbotham, Harold Fraser, H. Dowrick, Hans Hoffmans, Ernest Fraser
BUILDER/CONTRACTOR – R. Hodge, C. Ridsdale, John Thompson, R. J. Murphy, J. G. Hobbs, J. Hoffman, Lawson & Waldron
BULLOCK DRIVER – Robert Elliott jnr., James Yarrow, Charles Alfred Smith
BUTCHER – H. McGeary, Edward Boughen, Walter Bros, M. O’Sullivan, Mrs J. McGeary, James Patrick Simmonds, J. O’Sullivan, Francis Pedrazzini, W. J. Hodge, William White, H. G. McGeary, Robert Elliott, James Simmonds jnr, H. Harris, F. A. Kingston (Mt Walker), A. M. Grant, F. Bignell, O’Shea Bros, Charles Wass, Adam Geiger, William Henry Collett, Frederick Dyson (Grandchester)
CABINET MAKER – William Postill, George H. Jobson, F. W. Gower; John Thomas Merritt, Harry Thurlborn Rutter
CARPENTER – T. Rodgers, E. Bond, Gustav Zornig, Charles Ridsdale, John Thompson, John Bowles jnr., Andrew James Embrey, Albert Ernest Kucks, John George McCarthy, William Otto Jesse Messenger, Thomas Miller, McIntyre Rea, Anthony Auld Rea, Gustav Zornig
CARTER – Thomas Farrell, Richard Webster Blackmore, David Elder, Joseph Edward Griffiths (Cream Carter), Reginald Henning
COLLIERY – Bidworth Colliery Co Ltd., Glencoe Halls Ltd., Excelsior Colliery
CORDIAL FACTORY – George Livermore – H. F. Eggert (Manager), Walter Edwin Thomas
CREAMERY – Lanefield Dairy Co., Ben Meissner, Edward Collins, Rosewood Co-op Dairy Co., Mt Walker Co-op Dairy Co., Rosewood Farmers’ Butter Factory, Pommer Bros.
DAIRY COMPANY – Rosewood Co-op Dairy Co., Lanefield Farmers’ Co-operative Dairy Co.
DEALER – Michael Bourke (Cattle), Bartholomew Coveney, John O’Donohue (Grandchester)
DENTIST – M. Campbell (Visiting)
DEPARTMENT STORE – J. L. Frederich, W. Ruhno, E.A. Maher
DRAPERY – Emmott, H. Prebble, J. L. Frederich, T. B. Tronson, John Bruce
DRESSMAKER/MILLINER– Mrs Sloane, Mrs W. H. Wright, Mrs J. Collett, Miss G. Prebble, Miss Ada Prebble, Miss Annie O’Brien, Anna Hohnke, Bridget Madden, Misses Ryan and Nilans, Miss E. McCarroll, Mrs G. H. Hobson, Mrs J. S. Waters, Miss M. Elliott, Misses Mary Ann Farrell and Marion Bourke (Milliner), Miss Ita Kington, Violet May Grant (Milliner)
FISH/OYSTER SALOON – Alex Fites
FRUITERER – Mary Farrell, Isabella Collett, John Oliver, Robert Sellars, Mrs W. E. Collett, J. Farrell, B. Coveney, William J. Bennett, Mrs M. H. McLaren, Alex Fites, Charles Hohnke
GENERAL STORE – John William Vance, P. Angel, C. F. Arndt, D. Pfrunder, Johann L Frederich, Robert Sellars, T. B. Tronson, William Ruhno, Butt Bros, H. Prebble & Co, Ruhno & Maher, E. A. Maher, Bulcock Bros, William Young, M. O’Reilly, Young & Dutney; Johann L. P. Hahm, Michael Joseph O’Reilly
GROCERS/PRODUCE – H. Prebble & Co, D. Pfrunder, J. L. Frederich, C. F. Arndt, Butt Bros, A. M. Duncan, R. Hodge, T. B. Tronson, Roberts Sellars; Johann Paul Hahn, William Dolling
HAIRDRESSER – Samuel Richard Gilpin
HOTEL – Rising Sun Hotel, Rosewood Hotel, Royal Hotel, Commercial Hotel.
HOUSEKEEPER – Jane Louisa Cash (Wycombe Lodge, Lanefield)
MARKET GARDNER – William Mathew, Oscar Bensley
MUSIC TEACHER – Francis Makin, Elsie Ruhno
NEWSAGENT – Mrs Margaret H. McLaren
NEWSPAPER – Rosewood Register & Marburg Mail
PAINTER – Ernest Knight
PIG BUYER – John Webb
PHOTOGRAPHER – W. H. Gillett
PLUMBER – Henry Elliott, Demis Akes, C. Ridsdale, J. Timm, Richard Begbie Wilkie
POULTRY FARM – John Heiner
SADDLER – J. Quinn, L. R. Harcla, G, Weingartner, ? Spencer, H. Zornig, Samuel Phleps, A. Baumann, A. C. Johnson, E. Hemsworth, D. Crane, Charles Williams, T. Dickson, William Schoenfeldt, E. K. Zornig, William E. Collett, C. Moore
SAWMILL – Collett Bros., Wohlgemuth & Spann, E. Woodford, E. A. Maher, H. Woodford, Boyle & Atkinson
SOLICITOR – E. J. Pender, Pender & Pender, J. Hargreaves (visiting), Cardew & Simpson (visiting)
STATIONER/FANCY GOODS – W. E. Collett, Mrs Margaret H. McLaren, W. J. Bennett
TAILOR – T. Thomas, H. Wood, Sydney Murray, Thomas Tierney, R. C. Muller, C. McNaught, J. M. Bruce, F. Dargatz, Frederick William Mengel, Ellen Miller, Ernest John Tribbick
TEAMSTER – Frederick Absalom Loney, George Loney, Edward Ernest Baills (Mt Walker), Arthur Freeman (Tallegalla)
TOBACCONIST – Samuel Richard Gilpin, W. J. Bennett, C. Hohnke
UNDERTAKER – D. Boetcher
WATCH MAKER – Herman Schipper