{"id":84452,"date":"2014-10-11T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=84452"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:28:20","slug":"pioneer-brothers-earn-a-place-in-kingaroys-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/10\/11\/pioneer-brothers-earn-a-place-in-kingaroys-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Brothers Earn A Place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are many Carew brothers descendants in the South Burnett but Dan Carew, from Gordonbrook, still carries the family’s name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The interpretative plaque installed at the entrance to Carew Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 11, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Descendants of South Burnett pioneers William, Thomas and Michael Carew gathered in Kingaroy on Saturday morning to mark the official unveiling of a new park name to remember the brothers.<\/p>\n

Carew Park is located on the corner of Tessmanns Road and Doonkuna Street and overlooks the land where William and Thomas selected land in 1898.<\/p>\n

Michael, who went on to serve on Kingaroy Shire Council from 1920-27, arrived in 1908.<\/p>\n

Pat McCormack, from Oxley in Brisbane, is a grandson of William (Bill).<\/p>\n

He wrote to the former Kingaroy Shire Council in 1986 suggesting that the three brothers should be remembered in some way.<\/p>\n

“I was led to believe that they were going to name a street but it didn’t eventuate, and I didn’t follow it up,” Pat said.<\/p>\n

“Then last year my aunty Mrs Betty Fenton turned 100 – she is the daughter of Bill. I went to the celebration and it spurred me into action.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was not fair that the contribution of the Carews had not been recognised in Kingaroy so I wrote again to council.<\/p>\n

“They wrote back within weeks and they made a very quick decision. I almost fell off my chair I was so delighted.”<\/p>\n

Betty recently turned 101 and is living in a nursing home in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Sadly, another daughter of Bill, Kathleen Burns, died in Kingaroy in June this year but knew about Council’s decision before her death.<\/p>\n

“She was delighted that her parents and our families were going to be acknowledged,” compere for the day, Patrick Burns, said.<\/p>\n

South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann officially named the park by unveiling a plaque and sign.<\/p>\n

He said it was all about “history, heritage, tradition and family”.<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell said the Carews were amongst Kingaroy’s earliest pioneers and the park recognised them and the legacy they have left behind.<\/p>\n

The family members finished off the day with a tour of William Carew’s old farm “Greenfield”, now known as “Newlands” and owned by Bob and Lorene Green.<\/p>\n