Rosenthal Heights is a mixed-use

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Rosenthal Heights had a population of 2,664 people.

Geography

The locality is on the south-western outskirts of the town of

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

. The

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, I ...

enters the locality from the north-east (Warwick) and exits to the north-west ( Allan). The South Western railway line enters the location from the north-east (Warwick) to the south of the highway, forms part of the locality's north-eastern boundary, before exiting to the north-west (Allan); no railway stations serve the locality. The

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enters the location from the north-east (

), runs south-west through the locality, forming part of the locality's south-western boundary before exiting to the south-west (

Leslie Dam Leslie Dam is a dam in the locality of the same name Leslie Dam, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It impounds Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, to create Lake Leslie (). It is from Warwick town centre. It was built ...

/ The Glen). The elevation ranges from above sea level with one named peak, Pine Rock in the west of the locality () at . The land nearest Warwick is mostly suburban housing with

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housing beyond that. Those parts of the locality most distant from Warwick are used for farming, predominantly

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on native vegetation with some crop growing.

History

The locality takes its name from the parish, which in turn derived its name from a pastoral run name used by wool grower Frederick John Bracker in the early 1840s, from the German ''rosen'' meaning ''roses'' and ''thal'' meaning ''valley'' or ''glen''. In 1877, of land was resumed from the Rosenthal pastoral run to establish smaller farms. The land was offered for selection on 19 April 1877. Inverleigh State School opened on 6 October 1921. It was officially opened on Saturday 15 October 1921 by George Barnes, the Member of the

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for

. The school closed on 21 July 1942. It was on a site at 508 Lyndhurst Lane (north-east corner of Inverleigh Road, ). Rosenthal Lower Provisional School opened circa 1879. In 1889, it was renamed Rosenthal Provisional School It closed in 1892. It reopened in 1908 as Rosenthal Provisional School and become Rosenthal State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1942. It was at 37 Smelter Road ().

Demographics

In the , Rosenthal Heights had a population of 2,259 people. In the , Rosenthal Heights had a population of 2,664 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rosenthal Heights. The nearest government primary school is Warwick West State School in neighbouring Warwick to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is

Warwick State High School Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 15 Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Te ...

, also in Warwick. There are also private schools in Warwick.

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