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Restoration Australia
2015 - 2024 8.2 (2 votes) 7 Seasons
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Documentary Reality Action & Adventure
Networks
ABC TV

Restoration Australia

Restoring heritage ruins into living homes

Overview

Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2015)

Across Australia, thousands of heritage buildings lie in ruins--forgotten, neglected and slowly decaying into the landscape. But these are more than just crumbling old homes. They are touchstones to our past and deserve to be saved. Join renowned designer Sibella Court as she follows seven families battling the odds to rebuild and rescue wonderful slices of our history.

7 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Keith Hall
2015-09-01

Built in 1885 by a stone mason from Aberdeen, Keith Hall is no more than a pile of granite. Clay is planning to rebuild the original building, manhandling the stone blocks entirely on his own.

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 2: Woodcot Park
2015-09-08

Attempting to leave the ghosts of the Kinglake fires behind them, Jo and Marcus bought Woodcot Park. They find that they have taken on not only a restoration but also the ghost of the original Scottish owner.

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 3: Harrington Street
2015-09-15

The little shop in Harrington Street is one of the oldest timber buildings left in Hobart. Vacant and derelict, it has been the victim of two arson attacks. To avoid demolition, owners Haydn and Penny need to act.

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 4: Gervasoni Homestead
2015-09-22

Marnie and Dale dream of converting 'Gervasoni Homestead' into a family home. But with the buildings near collapse and a modest budget, has the romance of these buildings gone to their heads?

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 5: Emmaville
2015-09-29

Emmaville could be the lost birth place of bush poet and composer Banjo Paterson. With the cottage precariously situated and under threat from developers, the local community of Orange in NSW must act quickly to save it.

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 6: Keera Vale
2015-10-06

Built in 1843 of convict bricks, Keera Vale has suffered severe damage and needs love and care. Jen and Harold have fallen for 'the house on the hill', but is love enough to save this grand old dame?

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 7: Holowiliena
2015-10-13

Holowiliena was settled in 1853 by the Warwick family and their descendants still live on the property. With no money or heritage skills, can they save the original settler's buildings?

Runtime: 55 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2019)

Stuart Harrison, Architect and Historian, follows homeowners across the country as they restore Australia's greatest buildings.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Paganin, WA
2019-03-17

Host Stuart Harrison meets a Perth couple who want to resurrect their adored family home that was lost to fire in 2015. But will they be able to rebuild the 1960s iconic modernist house as its original architect envisioned?

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 2: Hunting Ground, Tas
2019-03-24

Dale and Michael embark on a project to restore two 19th Century timber cottages on their Tasmanian rural property. Will they accomplish their dream?

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 3: Jack Clarke, Vic
2019-03-31

The 1960's introduced us to shag rugs, lava lamps, minimalism and bright, open spaces. Melbourne couple Laura and Reece are leaving inner Melbourne for suburbia, with plans to restore a modernist home to its former glory.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 4: Rosenthal, Qld
2019-04-07

Snapping up a piece of local history and preserving it appealed to Jan and her daughter Annie. Joined by Annie's carpenter partner, Chris, they tackle the daunting task of making the 1840s homestead a new family home.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 5: Tatachilla Stables, SA
2019-04-14

Johnny and Ann want to transform a 19th Century stables and pickers cottages, in the wine region of McLaren Vale, into their new home. With a Christmas deadline, the pressure is on to restore the derelict buildings.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 6: Gasworks, Vic
2019-04-21

AFL fanatics John and Rosie have bought an iconic 19th century gasworks building overlooking the North Melbourne Football Club and oval, and they want to turn into their dream home.

Runtime: 57 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2020)

Stuart Harrison, Architect and Historian, follows homeowners across the country as they restore Australia's greatest buildings.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Milton Terrace, NSW
2020-10-11

Milton Terrace at Millers Point in Sydney was sold off for $4.25M in 2015 as part of the NSW Government's disposal of 300 public housing buildings. For property developer Michael Stokes, it's a Mayfair terrace in the making.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 2: Egan House, NSW
2020-10-18

Hardware store owners Jo and Digby McNeil took on more than just the restoration of a heritage home in Inverell, NSW, when they bought an historic 'job lot' that included a convent and an old boys' boarding school.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 3: Nanima, NSW
2020-10-25

Carl and Jennie Palmer set about trying to recreate their Federation homestead's grandeur but finding the line between a functioning modern home and a heritage restoration is harder than they anticipate.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 4: Clydesdale, Vic
2020-11-01

When carpenter Kate and her mother Ann buy two old prospecting huts for $100,000 in Clydesdale in regional Victoria, they take on 180 years worth of dilapidation.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 5: Ballarat, Vic
2020-11-08

When a former Baptist Church cum nightclub hits the market in Ballarat, local anaesthetist Michael Whitehead buys it and plans to turn it into a home, but he soon finds the task could drag on for eternity!

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 6: Grimes Cottage, NSW
2020-11-15

When a Sydney couple buy a colonial cottage in one of Australia's most protected heritage areas, they get more than they bargained for. How will they transform a home from the 19th century into a family home for the 21st?

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 7: Cooroy, Qld
2020-11-22

When Mel and Jack buy a derelict old Queenslander for $21,000 and move it to their land in Noosa it seems they've scored the bargain of the century, or at least a century old bargain!

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 8: Mittagong, NSW
2020-11-29

Heritage devotees Val and John Jessop decide to buy and reassemble two old buildings - an old ghost town cottage and an old sawmill. What could be more difficult than that?

Runtime: 57 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2021)

Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.

7 episodes

Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2023)

Host and Architecture Professor, Anthony Burke follows the progress and pitfalls of single-minded restoration enthusiasts who stop at almost nothing to revitalise their beloved buildings.

7 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Castlecrag
2023-07-16

Anthony Burke meets self-confessed 'Architecture Nerds' Annette and Michael Pitman who own the smallest of all the Walter Burley Griffin-designed houses in Castlecrag and want to restore and extend the house.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 2: Pinnaroo
2023-07-23

Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple turning a big crumbling church in remote South Australia - bought with a credit card - into a family home, using the internet as their guide.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 3: West End
2023-07-30

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a neglected inner-city Queenslander into a period showcase and eco-friendly, healthy haven as one partner recovers from cancer.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 4: Miner's Cottage
2023-08-06

Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple transforming a tiny miner's cottage into a family home in a celebration of sustainability and old-fashioned craftsmanship.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 5: New Town
2023-08-13

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a dilapidated orphanage into a family home. Can their restoration bring laughter and warmth back to an institutional building with a confronting history?

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 6: Dorothy
2023-08-20

When a charming old Queenslander travels 800 kilometres south of the tropics to an eco-village, it needs a complete retrofit to become uber energy efficient - but will this come at the expense of its heritage?

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 7: St Martins
2023-08-27

Host Anthony Burke meets a family aiming to turn a tiny war memorial church into a holiday home in the face of local hopes it would be kept as a venerated public landmark.

Runtime: 57 min
Season 6 poster
Season 6 (2024)

Anthony Burke follows some of the country's most passionate homeowners as they roll up their sleeves and set about rebuilding and preserving some of our most culturally important heritage homes that are on the brink of ruin.

6 episodes

Season 7 poster
Season 7 (2025)

Breathing new life into heritage houses, grand or humble, is a testing, bittersweet adventure that engages and inspires architecture expert Anthony Burke in this brand new series of Restoration Australia.

6 episodes

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