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Kora-Weari, (formerly Point Lonsdale Coffee Palace), 18-20 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale
18-20 Baillieu Street POINT LONSDALE, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

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Kora-Weari, (formerly Point Lonsdale Coffee Palace), 18-20 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale

Koraweari, 18 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale

Koraweari, (formerly Point Lonsdale Coffee Palace), 18 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Koraweari has been called the first boarding house in Point Lonsdale(4) but, in 1884-5, the light keeper John Hanby had erected a house near the site of the Terminus, and, whilst he lived in the keeper's cottage near the light, his daughter ran a boarding house called Point Lonsdale House.(5) Another Coffee Palace was opened at Point Lonsdale in 1980, after attempts to establish one as early as 1888. The Sentinel disapproved of its failure to blend with the 'picturesque surroundings'.(6) Koraweari however, remains the earliest still standing.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Kora-Weari, (formerly Point Lonsdale Coffee Palace), 18-20 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale - Physical Description 1
  
  Extract from the 2009 study
  
  As with Reflections (formerly Beach House) at 147 Point Lonsdale Road, Kora-Weari's basic rectangular plan has been augmented on the south and north with gabled bays. Between them runs a return ogee-roofed, timber return verandah which uses timber slatting for decorative frieze work. The main roof has hipped forms. Each gable end has timber truss work, scrolled-corner brackets and an apex finial, representing the few decorative additions to this otherwise austere building. The entrance door is located adjacent to the front gabled projecting bay/wing; the latter has a timber-framed three-light window. The window under the verandah has a simpler double-hung sash form.
  
  A large and prominent Norfolk island Pine tree is located in the front setback.
  
  Intactness
  
  Kora-Weari, (formerly Point Lonsdale Coffee Palace), 18-20 Baillieu Street, Point Lonsdale - Intactness
  
  GOOD
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Urban Conservation Study
  
  Author: Allom Lovell & Associates P/L, Architects
  Year: 1982
  Grading:
  
  Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Heritage Study
  
  Author: Lovell Chen
  Year: 2009
  Grading:
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- BALLARA
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1126
- ARILPA
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1132
- POINT LONSDALE MARITIME AND DEFENCE PRECINCT
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1517
- "1890"
  
  Yarra City
- 'BRAESIDE'
  
  Boroondara City
- 'ELAINE'
  
  Boroondara City