{"id":64813,"date":"2014-04-24T17:55:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T07:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=64813"},"modified":"2020-12-04T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T01:53:28","slug":"park-name-recalls-pioneer-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/04\/24\/park-name-recalls-pioneer-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Name Recalls Pioneer Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The original Carew brothers, Bill and Tom, who took up their selection on July 8, 1898 are in the centre row with arms folded; early Kingaroy settler\u00a0 Dan Carroll is on horseback.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Five of the original six Carew brothers with a son of Thomas at the funeral of their eldest brother John in 1929 … front row, William and Michael; middle row, Patrick and Thomas (twins); and back row, Dominic (Tom\u2019s son) and James\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has unanimously voted to name a park on the corner of Tessmanns Road and Doonkuna Street after the Carew brothers who moved to the region in 1898.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be able to recognise families with a historical connection to the area rather than giving the park a generic name,” Cr Damien Tessmann said.<\/p>\n

“There is a bit of story to go with the naming of this park after the Carew brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first two Carew brothers, William and Thomas, arrived in 1898 and selected 640 acres on the eastern side of Tessmanns Road and the north side of Kingaroy Barkers Creek Road.<\/p>\n

“These brothers worked on the Kingaroy railway line and railway dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were later joined by their brother Michael who was a member of the Kingaroy Shire Council as well as a director at the Kingaroy Butter Factory.<\/p>\n

“One of William’s five children, Kath Burns, 92, still lives in Kingaroy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her sister, Betty, is aged 100 and lives in a nursing home in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Council sought submissions about the naming of the park in December 2013 and again this month. No submissions were received.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis block of land is the perfect place to have a park named after the Carew family. It is located just across the road from where the Carew brothers had their first block of a land,\u201d Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe naming of this park will mean a lot to the Carew family, who still have links to the South Burnett.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council will look at scheduling a small unveiling of the sign to occur in the future.<\/p>\n