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Step inside an elegantly restored Launceston home that’s ideal for weekends away.

PHOTOGRAPHY SUE STUBBS

A SOCIAL HEART beats at Wahroonga on Bourke, a recently refreshed Federation home and holiday stay that presides over the Tasmanian town of Launceston, on the traditional lands of the kanamaluka people. Leeroy Gorman, 34, and Anthony Crawford, 42, purchased the prominent property in 2021 and were pleased to learn about its history of bringing people together.

The house was built in 1901, and by

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