Rural Notes – 1878
Young girl sitting on the back of large bull at Rosewood, Queensland, ca. 1890 - 1900 (State Library of Queensland) RURAL NOTES, ROSEWOOD (1)…
Category: Pioneers
Provisional School Teacher Walter Alexander Hore
Occupation: School Teacher; Dairy Farmer Birth: 14 December, 1843 at Polehore County Wexford, Ireland Immigrated: 19 April, 1870 the “Maryborough” arrived at Brisbane from…
The Dollings and Argyle House
Wilhelm DÖLLING Occupation: Grocer; Storekeeper; Proprietor Boarding House Birth: 29 March, 1874 Rosewood Scrub, Queensland Death: 7 July, 1942 Argyle House, 16 Albert Street, Rosewood…
Joseph William Evans & Mary Vance
Joseph was born at Dudley in Worcestershire England on 29 December 1839, the third child of Joseph Evans and Anne Eliza Biddle. He was…
Heinrich Füllekrug
Johann Heinrich Ludwig Füllekrug A German Immigrant Arriving in 1859 Johann Heinrich Ludwig Füllekrug was born in the Klein Flöthe in the Kingdom of…
Bartholomew Coveney
My paternal great-grandfather, Bartholomew Coveney, came to Australia from Kilpatrick, near Bandon in County Cork, arriving in Brisbane on the “Golden Dream” in 1863 …
William Mathew (Matthew)
(Photos: Rosewood Scrub Historical Society) Occupation: Hand Loom Weaver (1851); Railway Labourer (1861); Ganger (1866); Farmer/Gardener Born: William MATHIE Birth: 13 December, 1834 Colessie, Fifeshire,…
John William Vance J.P.
Occupation: Teacher; Storekeeper; Farmer Birth: 30 November, 1824 Quarrymount House, Castletown, Queen’s Co, Ireland Education: 1833 Castletown; 1836 Mountrath Immigration: 12 August, 1864 Young…
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…
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…