Frank Cullen (1909-1991) was an Australian architect, who designed over 200 churches, school, monasteries, convents and other church related buildings in

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and Northern

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, Australia

Early life

Francis Leo Cullen was born on 2 February 1909 in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland to Frank Cullen and his wife Elizabeth Duhig, the sister of Catholic Archbishop

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. He was educated at St Joseph's Gregory Terrace.

Career

Frank studied his Diploma in Architecture from the

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. He was an articled pupil of Sydney architectural firm, Hennessy, Hennessy and Company from 1928-1933. Cullen then went on to work the for the

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as draughtsman from 1933-1934. He became assistant architect with H.V.M Brown of

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from 1934–35 and then formed his own partnership of Cullen and Egan from 1937-1941. He received a number of commissions through his contacts with the Roman Catholic Church Archbishop James Duhig. In the 1960s, he was a partner in Cullen, Fagg, Hargraves and Mooney. They took on a number of church design projects.

Personal life

Cullen married Mary Cronin in April 1941. Cullen on died 2 November 1991 and is buried in Glamorgan Vale Cemetery.

Legacy

Approximately 1500 architectural plans and drawings from the firm of Cullen and Partners are held in the

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Fryer Library.

Notable works

* Church,

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via Esk (1936) * St Luke's Church,

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(1936) * St Columba's Church,

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(1936) * Holy Spirit School,

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(1937) * St Sebastian's School,

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(1937) * Villa Maria extension (1938) * St Joseph's School,

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(1939) * St Mary's School, Beaudesert (1939) * Kenilworth Hotel,

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(1939) * Bribie Hotel,

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(1940) * St Philomena's Catholic Church, Basin Pocket, Ipswich (1940) * Mount St Michael's School, Ashgrove (1941) * Christian Brothers’ College, Greenslopes (1941) * Nurses Home, Mater Hospital,

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(1945) * Monto Hospital, Nurses Quarters,

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(1948) * Marist Brothers College, Rosalie (1948) * St Peters School,

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(1950) * Star of the Sea School,

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(1950) * Sisters of Mercy Convent, Bardon (1950) * St Joseph's Catholic Church,

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(1951) * Our Lady of the Assumption Infant's School, Enoggera (1955) * St Finbarr's Church, Ashgrove (1957) * McAuley Hall, All Hallows School, Brisbane (1958) * St Monica's Church, Tugun (1959) * St Joseph's School,

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(1962) * St John's Church, Northgate (1962) * Memorial Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel,

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(1963–64) * Our Lady of Dolours Church,

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(1964)

References

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