sentences:  Originally opened in 1877 as Yanyarrie Whim, (Yanyarrie is in the local indigenous dialect "eagle feathers") with the construction of a post office, the settlement was renamed in 1888 as Carrieton, after the daughter of Governor Jervois, Lucy Caroline.The town was on the Peterborough–Quorn railway line which opened in December 1881, served by a Class 1 station.A large goods shed and fettler's cottage were also constructed.