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Rosewood

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Snowy Valleys Council NSW, PO Box 61, Rosewood, NSW 2652
1300 275 782

Description

Rosewood is a village community and locality in the south east part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.

Rosewood is a village community and locality in the south east part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.It is situated about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south east from Carabost and 19 kilometres (12 mi) north west 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.

Weather

Owing to its location on the exposed westernmost edge of the South West Slopes (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 winter.

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Details

Type: Towns

Population: 101 - 1,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 149.857 km2

Elevation: 501 to 1000 metres

Town elevation: 602 m

Population number: 214

Local Government Area: Snowy Valleys Council

Location

Snowy Valleys Council NSW, PO Box 61, Rosewood, NSW 2652

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Rosewood, New South Wales