Rosewood

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.

Rosewood Post Office opened on 1 August 1885.

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.