[1] It lies beside Happy Valley Creek which commences at the top of the Rosewhite valley, crosses Carrolls Road, and passes through the town of Ovens, and then Myrtleford.

After World War I, the land was dissected into soldier settler blocks, mostly running dairy farms.

The valley was renamed Rose White or Rosewhite, after Rose White Lincoln (1904-1927) the deceased sister of the Myrtleford Post master Max Lincoln.

The Post Office opened on 2 October 1919, as Barwidgee Settlement, to serve the settlers.

[2] Today the valley remains primarily rural, with beef cattle production and a couple of dairy farms.