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My paternal grandparents, Herbert Curran and Kelleen (also known as Queenie) Cullinan met in 1918 at the Pooncarie Ball (in New South Wales, Australia).

They married on June 4, 1919 at Mullingar Station (New South Wales), in a dual wedding with Herb’s mate, Ernie Page who married Herb’s sister, Annie Herbert. Herb was 22 years old, Kelleen was 20 years old.

Herbert and Kelleen lived at the following places during their life together:

• 1919 Curlwaa (corner of Channel and Poplar roads, lot 5, section 2), Victoria. This was a dried fruit and citrus block.
• 1920 Mullingar Station, Pooncarie, New South Wales
• 1921 – Telegraph Hotel, Pooncarie, New South Wales
  • Herb and Kelleen lived in the original slab hotel building (erected 1875 – demolished 1925) which had an iron iron roof, and was located on McKinley and Mallara Street. 
  • The existing Telegraph Hotel (see image below) began life in 1922, the year Herb and Kelleen moved to Benetook Avenue. This hotel was completed in 1925.

1925 Telegraph Hotel, Pooncarie (Photo by Greg Curran 2009)

• 1922 – Benetook Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
  • Mud brick or adobe house, destroyed in Murray River floods in 1956 (Curran, D. The Family History of Michael Curran1836-1997)

• 1925 – Cowra Avenue, Mildura
• 1926 – 1939 66 Eighth Street, Mildura
• 1939 – 1972 Thirteenth Street, Mildura (Herbert and Kelleen)
  • This was a fruit block (grapes and citrus)

• 1972 (1st November) Herb dies of a heart attack
  • He is buried at Mildura Lawn Cemetery
• 1972 – 1993 Thirteenth Street, Mildura (Kelleen)
• 1993 Kelleen dies.
  • She is buried at Mildura Lawn Cemetery

See Herbert Curran page for additional photos.