February 21, 2024
Rosewood History Walter Edwin THOMAS and Johanna Agnes FARRELL Name: Walter Edwin THOMAS Occupation: Proprietor of the Rosewood Aerated Water and Cordial Factory Birth: 13th January […]
February 21, 2024
Grandchester History Bigge’s Camp -1867. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg 996. Jockey Club Inn – Grandchester’s First Hotel Brothers Frederick and Francis Bigge […]
February 20, 2024
Rosewood History John Henry JACOBS and Caroline Elizabeth DUTNEY Name: John Henry JACOBS Occupation: Cheese Maker, Drover, Stockman, Horsebreaker, Carter, Dairy Farmer; Grazier Birth: 27th February […]
February 19, 2024
Rosewood History Henry JACOBS and Charlotte BUTLER Name: Henry JACOBS Occupation: Butcher; Dairyman; Farmer Birth: 4th October 1829, Yaverland, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Immigration: 3rd […]
February 17, 2024
Rosewood History Model of the Ramillies Thomas HOGAN and Harriet Ann PHELPS Name: Thomas HOGAN Occupation: Farmer: Lengthsman on the railway Birth: 1829 Garrydenchy, Tipperary, Ireland […]
February 17, 2024
Rosewood History Bernard SLOANE, Mary Ann GALLAGHER, Margaret DWYER Name: Bernard SLOANE aka Barney Occupation: Bricklayer: Carrier: Proprietor of the Rising Sun Hotel Birth: c.1822, Belfast, […]
February 16, 2024
Rosewood History Walter Alexander HORE and Frances Elizabeth JOSEPH Name: Walter Alexander HORE Occupation: Auctioneer; School Teacher; Dairy Farmer Birth: 14th December 1843, at Polehore County Wexford, […]
February 10, 2024
Rosewood History The Two Rising Sun Hotels How interesting it was to discover that there were two hotels with the name “Rising Sun” in the Rosewood […]
February 10, 2024
Rosewood History Cobb & Co and Rosewood Many times I’ve heard or read a discussion about whether Cobb & Co coaches traveled to Rosewood and stopped […]
February 10, 2024
Rosewood History The St Vincent 1844 Michael O’Brien and Margaret Jane Lynch Name: Michael O’BRIEN Occupation: Squatter at Rosewood Scrub; Licensee of 1st Rising Sun Hotel; […]
January 16, 2024
Rosewood History John William Vance and Olivia Harriett Johnson Name: John William VANCE Occupation: Teacher; Storekeeper; Farmer Birth: 30th November 1824, Quarrymount House, Castletown, Queen’s Co, […]
January 16, 2024
Rosewood History John Farrell and Margaret McKew Name: John FARRELL Occupation: Railway Worker, Farmer, Contractor Birth: 2nd February 1836, Hollyford, Tipperary, Ireland Immigration: 3rd September 1864, […]
December 16, 2023
Rosewood History William Mathew and Ann Wishart Name: William MATHEW (Born MATHIE) Occupation: Hand Loom Weaver, Linen (1851); Railway Labourer (1861); Ganger (1866); Market Gardener Birth: 13th December […]