Rosewood, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Rosewood
city = Ipswich
state = qld


caption =
lga = City of Ipswich
postcode = 4340
pop = 1,966 (2006)
area =
dist1 = 61
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 20
location2= Ipswich
fedgov = Blair
stategov = Ipswich West
near-nw = Tallegalla
The Bluff
near-n = Tallegalla
near-ne = Mount Marrow
near-w = Ashwell
near-e = Thagoona
near-sw = Lanefield
Lower Mount Walker
near-s = Ebenezer
near-se = Jeebropilly

Rosewood is a small town in the Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia. It is located 60km west of the Brisbane CBD in the Ipswich City Council area and is the terminus of QR Citytrain's Rosewood railway line. Rosewood Railway Station provides Citytrain commuter rail services to Ipswich and Brisbane via Ipswich.

The origin of the suburb name is from the Rosewood (Acacia harpophylla) tree. [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=29071 Place name details ] ]

The New Oakleigh Mine is located close to the town. This is the last remaining coal mine in the area.

The first coal mine in the Lanefield district, west of Rosewood, commenced production in 1918. As part of these workings, two railway branches from the Brisbane to Toowoomba main line were constructed to the mines at Lanefield Colliery (1934 to 1965) and Westvale Colliery (1929 to 1960) ["Colliery Branches of the Lanefield District" Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, March, 1987, pp62-66] .

Education

*Rosewood State High School
*Rosewood State School
*St Brigid's Primary School

References

External links

* [http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/division10/index.php Ipswich City Council - Division 10]