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 […]
April 7, 2024
Rosewood History Domenico PEDRAZZINI, Mary GRIMLEY, Winifred HOGAN Name: Domenico Giuseppe Antonio PEDRAZZINI Occupation: Farmer Birth: 5th March 1837, Campo, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland Immigration: 19th September, 1855, […]
April 5, 2024
Circus elephants and riders at Rosewood, ca. 1928 Photo: State Library of Queensland Rosewood History Roll up! Roll up! The Circus is in town. Can you […]
April 1, 2024
Rosewood History Unveiling Rosewood’s War Trophies In November 2021, at a Rosewood History Group gathering, I was shown the photo above. It had appeared in the Moreton […]
March 30, 2024
Marburg History GERMAN SAILORS VISIT MARBURG & BOONAH One of Germany’s most modern warships, the German Cruiser “Karlsruhe”, reached Brisbane on 18th January 1934 after a journey […]
March 20, 2024
This photo of the Moran family was taken in 1889 outside of their home in Railway St, Rosewood. L-R: Patrick on the horse, Mary, Ellen, James […]
March 14, 2024
Rosewood History William PERREM and Elizabeth WINDSOR Name: William PERREM Aka: PERRIM, PERRAM Occupation: Farmer – “Epsom Farm” Birth: 22nd November 1836, Pitney, Somersetshire, England Immigration: […]