The August 1875 petition in support of the application for a new school at Carapook was signed by twenty-four residents and a map submitted in support for this new school showed the location of local families and the number of school-aged children in each family. This document provided a snapshot of the composition of a significant section of the Carapook community in 1875. An attempt has been made to identify the family groups associated with the names on the petition or map and are summarised below with links to individual family pages that provide further information.
Additional information on these family groups welcomed.
- ANDISON, Simon, 1 school-aged child, living 2 miles SW of Carapook.
- BELLINGER, John, Farmer of Bruk Bruk, 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook.
- BRIERLEY, Samuel, Farmer of Carapook, not shown on map.
- BURCHELL, Henry, Labourer of Carapook, 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile NE of Carapook.
- COTTER, Michael, Labourer of Carapook, 5 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile NW of Carapook.
- DIXON, William, Labourer of Bruk Bruk, 3 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook.
- DOUGHENEY, James, Farmer of Bruk Bruk, 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook.
- FERRIER, John, Farmer of Beerik, not shown on the Carapook map as Beerik is the parish to the east of Carapook.
- GIBSON, John, Baker of Carapook, not marked on map.
- GILBO, John, 2 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook.
- GUTHRIDGE, Richard, 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile NW of Carapook.
- HART, James, 5 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile E of Carapook.
- HAYES, William, Labourer of Bruk Bruk, 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile N of Carapook.
- HEENAN, John, 4 school-aged children, living 2 & 1/2 mile E of Carapook.
- HOUSTON, David, Carpenter of Carapook, 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile S of Carapook.
- JENNINGS, Joseph, Carrier of Carapook, 5 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook.
- JOHNSON, Abraham, 2 school-aged children, living 2 miles SW of Carapook.
- KING, Charles McArthur, Station Manager of Muntham, not marked on map, son of Admiral Philip KING, later became Police Magistrate at Bourke.
- LUERS, Christoph, Farmer of Carapook, 5 school-aged children, living 1 mile ESE of Carapook.
- MARSH, Thomas, Labourer of Bruk Bruk, 4 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook.
- McCAHILL, Mary of Carapook, 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile SW of Carapook. This was probably Mary KENNY, widow of Hugh McCAHILL who died in 1869.
- McDONALD, John, 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile SW of Carapook.
- McKENZIE, Nathaniel, of Carapook, 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile S of Carapook.
- MENZIES, John, Blacksmith of Carapook, not marked on map.
- MILBURN, William, Farmer of Bruk Bruk, 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile N of Carapook.
- MOLLOY, Lawrence, Farmer of Carapook, 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile NW of Carapook.
- MURRAY, David, Farmer of Bruk Bruk, not shown on map.
- PENROSE, 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile NW of Carapook.
- PROUDFOOT, John, Storekeeper of Carapook, 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile W of Carapook.
- STOCK, John, 5 school-aged children, living 2 & 1/2 miles S of Carapook.
- TEMPLETON, James, Farmer of Carapook, 7 school-aged children, living 1 mile SW of Carapook.
- WARD, Peter, 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile S of Carapook.
- WHITE, Thomas, Farmer of Carapook, 6 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile N of Carapook.
- WOODALL, Hugh, 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile N of Carapook.
Please email if you have any information to share which is connected with these or any other early Carapook families.
Daryl Povey