Rosedale, Victoria

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Rosedale
Victoria
Population: 1486 (according to 2006 census)
Postcode: 3847
Location:
LGA: Shire of Wellington
State District: Gippsland South
Federal Division: Gippsland
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
45 °C
113 °F		 -4 °C
25 °F		 ?

[edit] History

Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town 184 kilometres east of [Melbourne] via the Princess Highway. Once a staging post on the Port Albert to Sale coach run, it is now the administrative centre of the Rosedale shire which extends to the east and includes Ninety Mile Beach.
The earliest European inhabitant in the district is thought to have been a man named Blind Joe who lived in a hut on the Latrobe River. The town is named after and built upon the site of a station owned by David Parry-Okedon, who, in 1843, called his run Rosedale after his wife, Rosalie.
The area was once part of the Holey Plain grazing run, owned by the Curlewis brothers. Edward Cooke, who emigrated to Australia in 1837 and purchased a station at Omeo in the early 1840s, used the run as a holding station for the livestock which he drove to Port Albert for shipment to Van Dieman's Land. He later leased the property and his son built an impressive homestead with a four-tiered tower on the site in 1889. Cooke's descendants still live in the district.

[edit] Rosedale Football Club

The Rosedale Football Club consists of 7 teams : Seniors, Reserves, Under 18, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10 and Auskick. The club has had many great success over the past few years with many of the club teams taking out the premierships. Recently in 2007 the Rosedale Under 18's took out the North Gippsland Footbal League (NGFL) premiership and are heading on the right track for a second premiership in 2008 with 2nd on the ladder after 9 rounds. This year (2008) the Reserves side has a little less success but still remain a tough side to contest against. The Seniors are in 6th position after 9 rounds and are having a good go with many younger players taking on the challenge of senior football.

[edit] References

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Victoria/Rosedale/2005/02/17/1108500207273.html http://www.wellington.vic.gov.au/Directory/S2_Item.asp?Mkey=665&S3Key=74

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Coordinates: 38.15° S 146.783° E