Mullingar Station is situated 15 minutes from the town of Pooncarie in NSW, Australia. The Darling River runs through the station.
Patrick Curran (my paternal great grandfather) was granted the lease of the land that he called Mullingar on 7 December, 1910. He paid a deposit of four pounds, ten schillings. His assets at that time were 670 pounds, 5 horses, and 2 cows.
Patrick and his wife, Isabella Herbert, their family and belongings were moved here by paddle steamer. They camped in a clump of trees by the river till they could build a house there.
Their house was constructed from timber and corrugated iron. It consisted of a living room and bedrooms, a kitchen and dining room.
Source: Gordon Curran, in The Family History of Michael Curran 1836-1997.
Original buildings at Mullingar Station (2009)
Back in the Day at Mullingar
