The Koorie Heritage Trust H.Q building at 21 -45 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne was to proudly provide a fully indepent home for education, research and exhihibition for the first time in its fourteen year existence. The planned transformation of the interior of the existing building would have provided high quality support spaces for the trust's activities.
Early in February 1999, three weeks before it was due to open it's doors, this exciting new home was tragically destroyed by an arson attack. This was a devastating blow to the Trust and the large team of committed individuals and organisations,who had striven for over five years to raise the finance and plan and build the centre.
After some painful soul searching, the Board of the Trust decided to leave the ill-fated Lonsdale Street site and to buy another building in King Street and start all over again.This requires a courageous regathering of commitment , vision and will.