Talk:Rosewood, Queensland

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What's the botanical name for the Rosewood?

Queensland Place Names says the town is named after the plant Acacia harpophylla. However, there is no evidence that anyone calls the Acacia harpophylla a "rosewood". An anonymous editor tried to change the botanic name to Tipuana tipu which is a tree known as a Rosewood that grows in Queensland as an exotic weed. However, there is no citation that links the town's name to this exotic weed, so I felt I had to revert the edit, as at least we have the QPN citation (which is somewhat authoratative) to support the link to the Acacia harpophylla, but I agree with the anonymous editor that there's something a bit dubious here. Can anyone help? Thanks. Kerry (talk) 07:19, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have found this "NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND—253". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 14. Retrieved 17 January 2014. which confirms that the town was named after a locally-growing rosewood tree, but not what the botanic name of the tree is. But I think it unlikely that an exotic species took hold prior to the area being given a name. One would expect weeds to follow settlement rather than precede it.Kerry (talk) 07:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This brochure says it is named after the rose mahogany trees that were felled in the area. Rose mahogany in Queensland is Dysoxylum fraserianum according to this. Kerry (talk) 07:33, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]