Rosewood History

Farm lands, looking south from Tallegalla, Rosewood district, May 1939.
(Photo: Queensland State Archives)

Localities

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

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”

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
Pioneers of 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

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