Rosewood History
I have abbreviated Station Master/Station Mistress (SM) and Assistant Station Master (ASM).
This list has been compiled from various records. It consists of the names of railway employees and the years they were mentioned.
ROSEWOOD
The first gatekeepers at Rosewood were John Farrell, John Vance and William Mathew, who was the first ganger on the Rosewood length. Later Mrs. John Farrell was appointed gatekeeper until Mr. Kingsborough Black became gatekeeper.
July 1878 – Kingsborough Black was appointed as the first SM (changing places with the station master at Walloon)
Sept 1879 – Kingsborough Black SM was transferred to Chinchilla and succeeded by Mr Knox.
21/2/1881-1/7/1890 Arthur Powell (Night Porter)
1886 – Mr. A. Bensley SM
1/6/1886 – J. W. Shirley appointed Porter
Feb 1888 – Mr. J. S. Cook SM – transferred from Rosewood to Woolangarra 19/1/1889.
John Kerr – appointed 1/6/1888 (Night Porter); Mrs Kerr Gatekeeper at Rosewood until 17/11/1888
1889 – Mr. James Kerr Burns was SM until August 1911 when he retired to Brisbane.
1900 – May 1903 – Mr. H. Venthem was a porter at the station.
May 1903 – Mr. J. J. Walsh was relieving Mr. Nutley as night officer.
1911- 23rd August Mr. Percy Cannon arrived to relieve as SM pending appointment of successor to James Kerr Burns
1911 – Mr. J. R. Allen was SM until he retired in January 1927 – Mr. Schmidt became relieving SM.
Sept 1912 – Mr. Schmidt ASM was transferred to Cooroy.
1914 – Lilia Beatrice Allen (Booking Clerk); Jane Elizabeth Dowrick SM; John Sellars (Porter)
October 1915, – Mr. James Mortimer Tait ASM – promoted to SM at Cheepie July 1916
1918 – Mr W. Murphy was night officer.
1922, 1934 – Mr. J. B. Sloane (Booking Clerk)
1924 – Mr. F. Merton relieved for J. R. Allen who was on holidays at Tweed Heads.
August 1926 – Mr. W. Lourigan (from Kingaroy) was appointed ASM in place of Mr. J. Sellars who went to Darra.
Feb 1927 – Mr. Smith (relieving for J. R. Allen who retired) was replaced by Mr. W. J. Watson. Mr. M. J. Kenny was ASM (still ASM in April 1936). Mr. P. Aylwood was 1st ASM. Mr. A. Roberts from Barcaldine was 2nd ASM.
March 1927 – Mr. Charles Vincent Walker of Southport was appointed SM (still SM in June 1930)
1928 – Alfred Augustus Roberts, Mill Street. ASM
May 1929 – Mr. J. B. Sloane (Booking Clerk) went on annual leave and Mr. P. O’Shea was relieving.
June 1929 – Mr. Patrick Reddan who had been in charge of the maintenance branch retired after 40 years on the Rosewood length.
October 1929 – Mr. A. Roberts SM
July 1930 – Mr. A. A. Roberts ASM was transferred.
1931 – Thomas Michael Fitzgerald SM (retired May 1938)
August 1936 – Mr. E. Ashwood of the staff of Rosewood Railway Station was notified of his transfer to Brisbane.
May 1938 – Mr. David Samuel Thomasson of Lowood was appointed SM at Rosewood
Sept 1940 – Mr. W. Matthews 4th class ASM at Rosewood was appt 5th class ASM at Dinmore.
1941- Thomas Jenkins SM
January 1942 – Mr. W. J. Cloughley SM – transferred to Cannon Hill
March 1942 – Mr. F. G. Gillespie of Wallangarra was SM – transferred to Townsville 1942
1942 – Mr W. Quaine (Mill Hill) SM
1959 – Robert Alfred Heuston SM
1969 – Donald George Macpherson SM
CALVERT
18/1/1890 – Mrs Annie Quainton appointed Gatekeeper.
1890 – Mr. S. C. Dugan – had been relieving SM for some time before his death in October 1890
1906 – Elizabeth Jane Dowrick SM
1914, 1915 – Mr. Philip John Danager SM; Mr. William Alexander Graham (Night Officer)
1927 – Mrs. Alice Lucy McMullen SM – Retired 1929
1932 – Beatrice Maud Smith, Station Mistress
Brisbane Courier – 30 October 1914 – Rosewood – Mr. W. Hagan resigned his position as assistant station master at Rosewood, Calvert, and Grandchester.
GRANDCHESTER
15/7/1865 – Mr. William Henry Norris appointed SM at Bigge’s Camp.
1/10/1874 – William Fry appointed SM
1889 – June 1899 Mr. J. Webster SM (been there over 9 years)
19/11/1889 – John Webster appointed SM
1906 – James Macarthur Mustard SM
1914 – Mr. Frederick James Carney SM
1919 – R. J. Watkins SM
1920 – Thomas John Watson SM
1924 – J. Webster SM (relieving till July 1924)
1926 – Ernest Frederick Walker (Night Officer)
February 1927 – Mr. H. Jordan, the relieving SM had to return to his home at Sandgate, on account of illness. Mr. T. Cleary relieved during his absence.
October 1931 – Thomas John Watson SM transferred to Roma after 11 years
1931, 1936, 1937 – 1939 Mr. William Thomas Hodges SM
May 1939, 1941 – Mr. Walter Jensen SM
1959 – Sydney Harold Davies SM
1969 – William James Doughty Sherman SM
LANEFIELD
1914 – Mrs. Jane McCarthy SM
1928 – Mary Elizabeth Andersen Gatekeeper
MARBURG
March 1923 – Mr. Ben Murrel SM – retired December 1925
April 1934 – Mr. F. W. Diezmann SM
TALLEGALLA
4 September 1918 – Mr. and Mrs. Pashley, of the Tallegalla railway station have left for Nudgee, where they have been transferred. Mrs. M’Gee, from Perry’s Knob, has been appointed to Tallegalla.
THAGOONA
Queensland Government Gazette – 9th March 1889 – It is notified that the stopping place on the Southern and Western Railway, hitherto known as Raeside, will in future be called Thagoona.
24/6/1889 – Annie O’Shea appointed Gatekeeper
1/8/1891 – Winifred Shea appointed Gatekeeper
1914 – Eileen Margueritte McGuire SM
Oct 1928 – Mr. Daniel Maurice McGuire SM – transferred to Ipswich May 1938
1940’s – Mrs. Nora Wilson SM
17th October 1951 – Walter Angus Wilson (62) married, a railway fettler living in a railway cottage at Thagoona, via Rosewood, died suddenly about 11.40p.m. at his residence.
WALLOON
15/7/1865 – Mr. John Standrin appointed SM at Walloon.
1/8/1882 – J. J. Holdsworth appointed SM
27/10/1885 – Mrs Evans appointed Gatekeeper
25/11/1885 – Thomas Dobson appointed Porter
14/1/1888 – William George Cathcart appointed Operating Porter
18/10/1889 – T. Coghill appointed (Lad Porter) (aged 17)
6/12/1889 – Mrs Brodwick appointed Gatekeeper
Jan 1921 – Mr. Roggenkamp SM was appointed relieving SM at Warwick & Mr. J. Kelly transferred from Saltern to Walloon.
1936 – Mr. J. H. Kelly SM
August 1952 – Mrs. I. Owens (Tarzali) transferred from Mulgowie to 2nd class SM at Walloon.
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