Rosedale

Overview

Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town 184 kilometres east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway. Set on the banks of the Latrobe River, Rosedale began as a strategic staging post on the coach route between Port Albert and Sale.
 
It is a pleasant town with its share of historic buildings including the Mechanics Institute (1863) and St Mark’s Church (1874).

History

Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town originally known as ‘Blind Joes Hut’ after a Chinese man who was blind in one eye built his hut there.  The name changed to Rosedale in 1855.

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. 

Now, the district is mainly grazing with a major leather factory located in the town.

Places of interest

Holey Plain State Park
Patrobus racehorse statue
Carved eagle
Original railway station and goods shed

Accommodation

Accommodation options in and around Rosedale include motels, a caravan park and B&Bs. For further information please visit:

Tourism Wellington
http://www.tourismwellington.com.au/accommodation.asp

Wellington Visitor Information Centre
8 Foster Street (Princes Highway), Sale
Open: 7 days a week 9.00am-5.00pm
Telephone: 03 5144 1108
Email: admin@tourismwellington.com.au

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