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  • Fashion Parade Fundraiser | Vintage & Preloved Clothing Shop

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    BMI - Minerva Space, level 1 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    14/09/2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $35 – $50 plus bkg. fee Minerva Space Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser The BMI vintage & Pre-loved Shop are showcasing their wares Make time for a lovely get together. A glass of champagne on entry with music accompaniment: Fashion Parade Models will be displaying outfits from the shop.  We are raising money for the…

    $35 – $50

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 3, Spring Season | Into the Dragon’s Den, The Chinese community in Bendigo

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    17/09/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Saving Dragons: The Life and Times of Russell Goldfield (Louey Yeung Man) Jack by Dianne Dempsey Russell Jack, the visionary founder of the internationally renowned Golden Dragon Museum, spent his life breaking barriers and preserving the history of the Chinese Australian community. Growing up…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 3, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    24/09/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

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    BMI - Minerva Space, level 1 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    25/10/2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $20 Plus bkg. feeMinerva RoomPlus bkg. fee Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser Together with The Fashion in Time Club, a wide selection of special curated pieces from private collections will be on display. A variety of linen and lace taking you through the decades, 1880 to 1970. Fine hand made lace to…

    $20

  • Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

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    BMI - Minerva Space, level 1 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    26/10/2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $20 Plus bkg. fee Minerva Room Plus bkg. fee Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser Together with The Fashion in Time Club, a wide selection of special curated pieces from private collections will be on display. A variety of linen and lace taking you through the decades, 1880 to 1970. Fine hand made…

    $20

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook – Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    29/10/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941 HMAS Sydney 2 Crew, 1934 It is nearly 84 years this November that the mighty pride of the Royal Australian Navy was lost together with 645 crew in…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    31/10/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50
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    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    31/10/2025 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan, Presented by David Wright.

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    05/11/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan. Left to right - Australian Service Medal - Afghanistan Medal - International Force East Timor Medal - Australian Service Medal for Korea - Iraq Medal - Vietnam Medal.On ANZAC, Vietnam Veterans and Remembrance Days each year…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel ‘The Swift Dark Tide’ in conversation with Kelly Gardiner

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    BMI - Minerva Space, level 1 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    05/11/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel In conversation Join Katia Ariel for an intimate conversation about her 2024 Stella shortlisted debut The Swift Dark Tide and her second novel Ferryman:…

    Free

  • Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi ‘Cactus Pear For My Beloved’ in conversation with Fatima Measham

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    BMI - Minerva Space, level 1 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    05/11/2025 @ 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. Cactus Pear for my Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza by Samah Sabawi In conversation 2025 Stella shortlisted author Samah Sabawi is joined by Fatima Measham to…

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  • Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    15/11/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50