Rosewood, New South Wales

Rosewood is a village community and locality in the southeast part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 16 km southeast from Carabost and 19 km northwest from Tumbarumba. At the, 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.



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, comparable to that of Cooma on the eastern side of the ranges, despite being over 300 m lower in altitude. Maxima are especially cool in the winter.