Published Monday, 30 June, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Minister for Main Roads and Local Government
The Honourable Warren Pitt
Bridge to be named after pioneering family
A pioneering family of the Kilcoy district will be recognised when the bridge over Kamerigo Creek on the D'Aguilar Highway is named Carricks Bridge.
Main Roads Minister Warren Pitt today announced the previously unnamed bridge would be named after Thomas Carrick and his family, who settled at Woolmar near Kamerigo Creek in the early 1880s.
"Thomas Carrick and his family are well known and fondly remembered for their pioneering roles in the district and for their family property – Sunnybank," Mr Pitt said.
"It was on the 480 acres of Sunnybank that Mr Carrick established a prize jersey dairy herd and a piggery. In days gone by, cream from the herd was taken to Caboolture by wagon.
"Descendants of Thomas and Henrietta Carrick still reside in the area today."
Mr Pitt said the naming of the bridge had the support of the Kilcoy community.
"The community was very supportive towards naming the bridge in honour of the Carricks and in recognition of the family's history and role in the development of the area.
"The Somerset Regional Council has also voiced its support for the bridge's new name."
Mr Carrick died in 1930, while his wife passed away in 1934. Both are buried in Kilcoy Cemetery.
The family spent their first years at Sunnybank living in a hut, before moving into a three-room timber house. A larger, more formal home was subsequently built in 1910.
Media contact: Minister Pitt’s Office 3227 8819
Main Roads Minister Warren Pitt today announced the previously unnamed bridge would be named after Thomas Carrick and his family, who settled at Woolmar near Kamerigo Creek in the early 1880s.
"Thomas Carrick and his family are well known and fondly remembered for their pioneering roles in the district and for their family property – Sunnybank," Mr Pitt said.
"It was on the 480 acres of Sunnybank that Mr Carrick established a prize jersey dairy herd and a piggery. In days gone by, cream from the herd was taken to Caboolture by wagon.
"Descendants of Thomas and Henrietta Carrick still reside in the area today."
Mr Pitt said the naming of the bridge had the support of the Kilcoy community.
"The community was very supportive towards naming the bridge in honour of the Carricks and in recognition of the family's history and role in the development of the area.
"The Somerset Regional Council has also voiced its support for the bridge's new name."
Mr Carrick died in 1930, while his wife passed away in 1934. Both are buried in Kilcoy Cemetery.
The family spent their first years at Sunnybank living in a hut, before moving into a three-room timber house. A larger, more formal home was subsequently built in 1910.
Media contact: Minister Pitt’s Office 3227 8819