Rosewood, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Rosewood is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Part of the town's border is marked by the Bremer River to the south[citation needed], and the decommissioned Marburg branch railway line on the Little Liverpool Range to the north.

[7] The Main Line railway enters the locality from the east (Thagoona) and exits to the west (Lanefield).

[2][10] The site of the town was first owned by two men, William Mathews and Foote Moore.

[4] The first coal mine in the Lanefield district, west of Rosewood, commenced production in 1918.

[15] St. Brigid’s Church was opened on 13 February 1910 by Bishop Duhig, replacing an earlier timber building.

[4] In the 2016 census, the locality Rosewood recorded a population of 2,834 people, 53.3% female and 46.7% male.

The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, South Africa 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

91.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.3% Dinka, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Auslan and 0.1% German.

The other top responses for country of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.6%, South Africa 0.4%, and Germany 0.3%.

87.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Dinka, 0.2% Afrikaans, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Tongan, and 0.2% Bengali.

The route services key Lockyer Valley centres, such as Laidley, Gatton, Grantham and Helidon,[51] to the west of Rosewood.

Rosewood Show, 1908
New Oakleigh Mine closed in 2013
St Brigids Catholic Church