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Rosewood
New South Wales
Rosewood War Memorial 001.JPG
War memorial at Rosewood, 2020
Rosewood is located in New South Wales
Rosewood
Rosewood
Location in New South Wales
Population 214 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2652
Elevation 602 m (1,975 ft)
Location
LGA(s)
  • Greater Hume Shire
  • Snowy Valleys Council
County Selwyn
State electorate(s) Albury
Federal Division(s) Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.1 °C
66 °F
4.4 °C
40 °F
906.3 mm
35.7 in

Rosewood is a village community and locality in the southeast part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southeast from Carabost and 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest from Tumbarumba. At the 2016 census, Rosewood had a population of 214. The village is administered by two local governments; the northern part of the locality by the Greater Hume Shire and the southern part of the locality by the Snowy Valleys Council. The village of Rosewood is within the Snowy Valleys Council area.

History

Rosewood Post Office opened on 1 August 1885.

Rosewood General Store & Post Office

Heritage listings

Rosewood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Coppabella Blacksmith Shop

Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail

Rosewood is currently at the furthest extent of a 21 km long rail trail from Tumbarumba, which reuses a portion of the route of the former Tumbarumba railway line. It opened on 3 April 2020. The remainder of the old railway, between Rosewood and Wagga Wagga, has not been used since in 1987, but largely remains in place, in a degraded state, although some sections of track have been removed. The rail trail has been described as a 'pilot', indicating that a future extension, beyond Rosewood, is possible.

Climate

Owing to its location on the boundary zone between the South West Slopes and the Riverina plain (in pine plantation country), Rosewood features cool maxima relative to its altitude: its annual mean maximum lay at 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), comparable to that of Cooma on the eastern side of the ranges, despite being over 300 metres (980 ft) lower in altitude. Maxima are especially cool in the winter.

Climate data for Brookfield Forest Station (1938–1968); 457 m AMSL; 35.80° S, 147.93° E
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28.7
(83.7)
27.7
(81.9)
24.8
(76.6)
19.1
(66.4)
14.5
(58.1)
10.9
(51.6)
9.9
(49.8)
11.8
(53.2)
15.6
(60.1)
18.6
(65.5)
21.8
(71.2)
26.0
(78.8)
19.1
(66.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.1
(50.2)
10.1
(50.2)
7.5
(45.5)
3.9
(39.0)
1.4
(34.5)
0.2
(32.4)
−0.8
(30.6)
0.3
(32.5)
1.7
(35.1)
4.0
(39.2)
6.0
(42.8)
7.9
(46.2)
4.4
(39.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 56.0
(2.20)
47.2
(1.86)
65.5
(2.58)
65.6
(2.58)
86.2
(3.39)
82.3
(3.24)
99.0
(3.90)
92.3
(3.63)
81.6
(3.21)
98.7
(3.89)
70.8
(2.79)
60.1
(2.37)
906.3
(35.68)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 6.0 5.6 6.3 8.0 10.8 12.7 13.9 14.5 10.7 11.9 8.5 7.3 116.2
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Brookfield Forest Station
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