Early Days of Rosewood
Family Camping in the Rosewood District 1880s (Photo: State Library of Qld) Before European settlement the lands in the Ipswich region, including the Rosewood…
Month: August 2022
Bernard “Barney” Sloane
Occupation: Bricklayer: Carrier: Proprietor of the Rising Sun Hotel Birth: c.1823 Belfast, Antrim, Ireland Immigration: 9 March, 1833 Surrey 11 (Convict Ship) arrived Port…
John Farrell
Occupation: Railway Worker, Farmer, Contractor Birth: 2 February, 1836 Hollyford, Tipperary, Ireland Immigration: 3 September, 1864 General Caulfield arrived Brisbane from Southampton Land Purchase:…
The Two Rising Sun Hotels 1857-1946
How interesting it was to discover that there were two hotels with the name "Rising Sun" in the Rosewood township and that they were…
Rosewood Store & Bakery
(Photo: Rosewood Scrub Historical Society) Proprietor: Philip ANGEL Birth: 1 June 1857 at Rot, Bad Mergentheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Immigration: 26 November, 1876 Scottish…