Ballara Art & Lifestyle Retreat

Ballara is the 100-year-old family home built for William and Emilia (Millie) Baker and their five children.

Built in 1910, it is understood Millie would not come to Warooka until the house was finished and furnished. William Baker came to Warooka as a young boy in 1884 with his mother, sister and two brothers, after the sudden death of his father. In the early 1900s, Will and his brother Alf became storekeepers, trading as Baker Bros. and running two stores in Warooka. Will, Alf and younger brother, Tom, also went on to become farmers. William met Millie when she came from Ballarat to visit her sister who lived at Warooka. Millie named her new home 'Ballara' in memory of her hometown.

A feature of the house is its ornate ceilings, and the story has it that visitors came from afar especially to view them. William ran a wheat agency from an office on the front verandah and was also a contact for World War One recruitment.

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