Carrieton was the town in the north east corner of the Hundred of Eurelia from where the District Council was eventually managed. Originally built as Yanyarrie Whim, it was renamed in 1888 as Carrieton named after Lucy Caroline, the daughter of Governor Jervois.
As the major centre for the Hundred, Carrieton had a school, police station, shops, pub, St Raphaels Catholic Church, an Anglican Church and Methodist Church and was on the Peterborough to Quorn railway line. Carrieton was an important staging post for the movement of goods and wheat both north and south. It held all the most important civil institutions and was the central administration for the area. Eventually the difficult farming conditions led to many people leaving, then the town of Orroroo became the centre of transport and administration and Carrieton became the small but interesting town it now is.
St Raphael’s Church was where William’s brother, James, married Catherine Daly (nee Monaghan) in 1898.
Part of the main street
St Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church Carrieton. This is the church in which William’s brother James married Catherine Daly (nee Monaghan) in 1898. Rev. Doyle was the first resident pastor in the town, and died Christmas eve, 1900 aged 43
One of the old buildings in the town