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Curtin Family Home

John and Elsie Curtin's modest Cottesloe home brings the life of Australia's wartime prime minister down to suburban scale. Built in 1923, the four-roomed brick bungalow was home to the Curtin family for decades and remained in the family until 1998. Its ordinary proportions are part of what makes it interesting - this was a family home first, even while international events reached right to its front door.

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See the Curtin family photographs in Cottesloe History

View the house from the public footpath opposite 24 Jarrad Street. Check for specifically advertised visits if you would like to see inside.

John and Elsie Curtin bought the Jarrad Street block in 1923, with the property registered in Elsie's name, and local builder Arnold Bullock constructed the house with verandahs on three sides. When the street was renumbered in the late 1930s it became 24 Jarrad Street. Over time parts of the verandah were enclosed as the family's needs changed.

Curtin became Prime Minister in October 1941 and led Australia through most of the Second World War, but Cottesloe remained the family's home. One striking moment came on 28 January 1942, when he made a wartime radio broadcast from the house. After his death in 1945, his funeral procession also departed from Jarrad Street. Four generations of the extended Curtin family eventually lived here.

Today the house is cared for by the National Trust of Western Australia. It is not a regularly open museum, although occasional public tours and special events are held, so check before planning a visit. From the footpath, the simple bungalow and garden still give a strong sense of the domestic setting behind a major chapter of Australian history.

Curtin Family Home - National Trust

Curtin University - Curtin Family Home history

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