Rosedale, Victoria

Rosedale
Victoria
Statue of the Melbourne Cup winner, Patrobas at Rosedale.
Rosedale is located in Shire of Wellington
Rosedale
Rosedale
Coordinates38°09′00″S 146°46′59″E / 38.15°S 146.783°E / -38.15; 146.783
Population1,654 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3847
Elevation20 m (66 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Wellington
CountyBuln Buln
State electorate(s)Gippsland South
Federal division(s)Gippsland
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
45 °C
113 °F
-4 °C
25 °F
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Rosedale is a pastoral and agricultural town 184 kilometres east of Melbourne via the Princes Highway. It is situated on the southern side of the LaTrobe River. Once a staging post on the Port Albert to Sale and Port Albert to Walhalla coach runs, it was the administrative centre of the Shire of Rosedale which extended to the east and included the Ninety Mile Beach. It is now part of the Wellington Shire centred in Sale. At the 2006 census, Rosedale had a population of 1,077.[2] The town is in the area of Gippsland explored separately by the Scotsman, Angus McMillan, and the Polish aristocrat, Count Paul von Strzelecki, in 1840. A memorial to McMillan is located in Rosedale, and one to Strzelecki near Traralgon to the west. Strzelecki named the region Gippsland after Governor Gipps.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rosedale (Vic.) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 January 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Rosedale (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 July 2010.