Farm lands, looking south from Tallegalla, Rosewood district, May 1939.
(Photo: Queensland State Archives)
Rosewood History
Localities
© Jane Schy 2024
Published 22/12/2024
AMBERLEY · ASHWELL · CALVERT · EBENEZER · GRANDCHESTER · HAIGSLEA · JEEBROPILLY · LANEFIELD · LOWER MOUNT WALKER · MARBURG · MERRYVALE · MOORANG · MOUNT FORBES · MOUNT MARROW · MOUNT MORT · MOUNT WALKER · MOUNT WALKER WEST · ROSEVALE · ROSEWOOD · TALLEGALLA · THE BLUFF · WALLOON · WOOLSHED
Below are links to interesting and informative newspaper articles which report on the history, development and pioneers of some of the localities in the Rosewood district.
THE ROSEWOOD SCRUB 1877
Destitution Among The Settlers
Families Starving!
A DAY IN THE ROSEWOOD SCRUB 1883
ROSEWOOD AND MARBURG DISTRICTS 1891
MOUNT WALKER AND ROSEVALE 1891
MENTAL JOTTINGS ON A FLYING TRIP THROUGH WEST MORETON 1892
Kirchheim, Marburg, Glamorgan Vale, Rosewood, Ashwell, Tallegalla, Calvert, Grandchester, Lowood
The ROSEWOOD – KIRCHHEIM 1904
Mr Linning’s Butter Factory, Kirchheim (Haigslea)
Mr. Charles Sealy, “Trelawney,” Harrisville
THROUGH THE ROSEWOOD DISTRICT (No 1) 1914
Walloon, Kirchheim (Mr. J. Koch)
Marburg Sugar Mill (Mr. W. Gibson)
THROUGH THE ROSEWOOD DISTRICT (No 3) 1915
Tallegalla, Ashwell (Mr. G. H. Crowther)
THROUGH THE ROSEWOOD DISTRICT (No 4) 1915
Rosewood, Mount Marrow (Thomas O’Shea)
Lanefield (Alexander Rodgers)
THROUGH THE ROSEWOOD DISTRICT (No 5) 1915
Lanefield (Mr. A. T. Waters), Grandchester
Hidden Vale, Franklyn Vale, Gehrkevale
THROUGH THE ROSEWOOD DISTRICT (No 6) 1915
Mount Walker, Glenalvon Station, Rosevale, Moorang
Mutdapilly, Coleyville, Mount Forbes, Ebenezer
MARBURG DISTRICT. 1922
History and Progress
How It Was Developed, by “One of the Pioneers”
HIDDEN VALE 1925
A Beautiful Spot by F. E. Lord
THE UPPER BREMER 1925
Rosevale and District
Fertile Land and Picturesque Scenery
PROGRESSIVE ROSEWOOD. (No 1) 1926
A Fertile District’s Development
Town That Was A Scrub Gate-House
Commercial and Agricultural Activity
ROSEWOOD TODAY. (No 2) 1926
Other Public Institutions
Stormy History of Shire Council
Early Toowoomba Road Settlements
ROSEWOOD DISTRICT. (No 3) 1926
Agricultural Prospects
Development of Better Farming
Bright Future For Coal Mining
ROSEWOOD DISTRICT. (No. 4) 1926
The Story of Marburg
Birth and Growth of the Town
District Rural Education Centre
MARBURG’S EARLY DAYS. 1926
Stump Serves as Lockup by Mrs F. Primus
ROSEWOOD DISTRICT. (No 5) 1926
Pioneer of the Haigslea Area
Life Story of Mr. F. W. Linning
Tale of Enterprise and Attainment
GRANDCHESTER AND DISTRICT 1926
Famous Stations and Rich Farm Lands
ROSEWOOD DISTRICT. (No. 7.) 1926
Another Haiglsea Pioneer (Mr. Valentine Heid)
BREMER VALLEY SETTLEMENT. (No 10) 1926
The First Selector of Rosevale
Forty Years of Railway Promises
THE BREMER VALLEY. (No 11) 1926
Rosevale and Mount Walker
Transport Difficulties Retard Progress
A Pioneer’s Irrigation Suggestions
THE BREMER VALLEY. (No 12) 1926
Mount Walker Settlement
An Octogenarian’s Irish Jigs
Interesting Stories of the Early Days
LANEFIELD AND CALVERT. (No 15) 1926
Choice Pure Bred Dairy Herds
Keeping The Boys On The Farm
Fodder Conservation Lessons
(Mr. W. M. Krause, Cr. A. T. Waters, Mr. L. H. Paten)
AT ROSEWOOD 1931
News and Notes of General Interest for the Man on the Land!
Fertile and Prolific District
Old Settlement
Riches Below And Above Soil