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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

‘Brisbane has got its house back’: inside two grand heritage restorations in a famously pro-development city

Lamb House, which perches high on Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, Australia
Lamb House at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane was bought by Steve and Jane Wilson in 2021 and restored after it had been left to become derelict. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

Claire Moore nurses a cup of tea as she drinks in the view of a broad sweep of river from the back veranda of a stately home set amid august figs and an avenue of queen palms.

“I think there is no more beautiful place in Brisbane,” the former senator says.

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