August 7, 2024
Rosewood History The Rosewood Q.C.W.A. celebrates its centenary this year (2024). The Country Women’s Association was first formed at Easter (April) in Sydney, New South Wales, in […]
August 1, 2024
Walter, Alfred Ernest and Caroline Bunney (1903) Rosewood History Walter BUNNEY and Caroline BIGGS Name: Walter BUNNEY Occupation: Gardener (1861); Policeman; Gardener; Aviarist; Dairy Farmer Birth: 22nd July […]
July 25, 2024
Rosewood History Tom Kerle of Calvert – A True Bushman While browsing Ipswich First, the Ipswich City Council’s news and information feed, in June 2020, I […]
July 21, 2024
Rosewood History Rosewood’s First Grand Annual Camp Draft As much enjoyment and fun as could be packed into a full day were provided by the First […]
July 11, 2024
Rosewood History James BAMBURY and Eliza FETCH Name: James BAMBURY Occupation: Labourer (1851); Farmer Birth: 16th November 1834, Norton-under-Hamdon, Somerset, England Baptised: 25th December 1834, Norton-under-Hamdon, […]
July 1, 2024
Rosewood History The Travelling Dairy Visits Rosewood The first travelling dairy in Queensland was started in April 1889, under the management of Mr. Baron Jones, and […]
June 24, 2024
Rosewood History Frederick Moore’s “White Lion Inn” While researching this story I was reminded that these early settlement days were indeed the “Wild Colonial Days”. The […]
June 14, 2024
Rosewood History BELMONT ESTATE This is a collection of newspaper articles about the sale of the Belmont Estate in 1910. BELMONT ESTATE, ROSEWOOD We learn from […]
June 9, 2024
The Waight family home (cnr Belmont St & Albert St, Rosewood) L-R: Samuel Waight, Emily Waight, Joseph Waight Photo: Zane Sinnamon Rosewood History Samuel WAIGHT and […]
June 1, 2024
Rosewood History Martin BEAVIS and Mazellah PALFREY Name: Martin BEAVIS Occupation: Shepherd; Cotton Farmer at Rosewood; Freeholder of the Rosewood Hotel Birth: c.1819, St Mary’s, Norwich, Norfolk, […]
May 23, 2024
John Street decorated for a special occasion, but as it would have looked before the fire. Rosewood History ROSEWOOD ABLAZE “I learn, with great regret, of […]
May 12, 2024
Rosewood History Marburg History Hon. Samuel Griffith’s Visit To Marburg & Rosewood While I was compling the story about the Rosewood Hotel I discovered that the […]
May 6, 2024
Rosewood Hotel c.1914 (Photo: State Library Qld) Rosewood History The Rosewood Hotel 1879-1963 “I hear that we are to have another hotel erected immediately, so you […]
May 1, 2024
Rosewood History Conrad Friedrich ISZLAUB & Martha ROBERTSON Name: Conrad Friedrich ISZLAUB Occupation: Schäfer (Shepherd); Shoemaker; Publican at the Rosewood Hotel; Farmer Birth: 6th April 1834, […]
April 13, 2024
Prisoners of War working on the Burma Railway. Grandchester History Sergeant James Miller Stewart At the end of World War 11, in October 1945, all Australians […]