Rosewood and Rosewood Shire

Rosewood, a rural town on the Toowoomba railway line, is 17 km west of Ipswich. It is thought that it was named after a Rosewood tree or shrub, a common name for various species, but probably Dysoxylum or Acacia harpophylla, both endemic to south-east Queensland. Other possibilities exist, as the Rosewood scrub extended from Rosewood to Fernvale, 20 km northwards.