Roseneath, Queensland


Roseneath is an outer suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the, Roseneath had a population of 154 people.

Geography

Most of Roseneath forms the foothills of Mount Stuart and is mountainous terrain rising to unnamed peaks of up to 300 metres. It is mostly undeveloped bushland. The Flinders Highway and the Great Northern Railway pass through the very eastern part of the locality which is the base of the mountain near to Stuart Creek. The small residential area is mostly located east of the highway and railway beside Stuart Creek but there are a small number of the homes immediately to the west of the highway and railway.

History

The suburb named and bounded on 12 June 1992. The name is believed to be a local pastoral property name before the Great Northern Railway was built in 1880.