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  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins.

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

    06/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room The archaeology of a Goldrush city - identifying, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. Speaker: Jeremy Smith. Heritage Victoria recently received funding from the Heritage Council Victoria to prepare an Archaeology Management Plan for parts of the City of Ballarat. The plan has reviewed…

    $8 – $12

  • Open Garden & Devonshire Tea – BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall

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    Errard Hall Errard Street North, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    16/11/2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $25 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 and a beautiful high tea with: Fashion Parade...

    $25

  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King

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

    20/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room Get tickets How James became King: The true story of James 'King' O'Malley Speaker: Author, Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley is a retired Australian Federal public servant with experience in law enforcement functions and wide range of work and travel experience. Has has won the ACT Marjorie…

    $8 – $12

  • Golf Day Fundraiser | Join Us at Snake Valley Golf Club

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    Snake Valley Golf Club 341 Chepstowe Road, Snake Valley, Victoria, Australia

    22/11/2024 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm $100 – $1000 Snake Valley Golf Club Registration now complete Take part in this important BMI fundraiser 9 holes of golf (approximately 2.5hrs) preceeded by lunch, a raffle, presentations and then the option to play another 9 holes of golf and enjoy daylight saving on the picturesque golf course. This is a fund raising day for BMI and…

    $100 – $1000

  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety

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

    27/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room Get Tickets Johnny Alloo... of Ballarat notoriety Speaker: Author, John Smyth Article: by Edwina Williams, Ballarat Times - Friday 24 May 2024  When you hear ‘Johnny Alloo,’ you might be like many people in Ballarat who associate the name with a local cafe. But it stems far…

    $8 – $12

  • Summer Book Sale | Stockpile for the holidays

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

    30/11/2024 @ 10:00 am - 01/12/2024 @ 2:00 pm Free Lending Library Books priced from $1 - more for collectable items. Image, artist impression only | Photo by | helloiamtugce Don't miss our book sale this weekend. Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books - some of which are in gently used condition and some…

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  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1, Special Event | Dancers on the Sea by Gabrielle Samson

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

    26/02/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Dancers on the Sea: Stories from Atauro Island, Timor-Leste 1994-2002 Speaker: Gabrielle Samson, Author Gabrielle SamsonGabrielle, a writer of fiction and memoir, has won national prizes for her short stories and has co-written a radio play produced by the ABC. She has lived and…

    $9 – $13

  • A BMI Fundraising Public Talk | The world in 2025 and beyond with Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC

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    05/03/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $35 – $110 Bar Open from 5:30pm $35 – $110 Humffray Room Get tickets The world in 2025 and beyond : What is the good news? What is the not-so-good news? Brought to you by Nicolson Construction Speaker: Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC Now in his mid nineties, Professor Geoffrey Blainey – Australia’s most significant and popular historian is…

    $35 – $110

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Ballarat’s Growth: Infrastructure Pressures

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

    12/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat's Growth - Infrastructure Pressures Panel Discussion: Chair, Paula Nicholson, BMI President Paula Nicholson | Chair, Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Panel Members Terry Natt, Strategic Planning Manager, City of Ballarat Terry has been an urban planner in Ballarat, Sydney, Melbourne and London where he has…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Change in Ballarat’s Car Industry

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

    19/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Changes in Ballarat's Car Industry Panel Discussion: Chair, Phil Roberts OAM, Patron & Twilight Talks Coordinator. Dr Phil Roberts OAM Phil Roberts is the co-ordinator of the BMI Twilight Talks and BMI Patron. He is a former secondary school history teacher and school principal and…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Changes to the Canadian Corridor

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

    26/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets The Changing Face of the Canadian Corridor This talk will outline the impact of the goldrush and forestry on the corridor's native vegetation and waterways. Featuring the long gone Bunny Railway, mining water races, mining infrastructure, forestry and rifle ranges. And focussing on the…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Dr Hardy

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

    02/04/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Dr Hardy and the Men of St Paul's Anglican Church WWI Participants Speaker: Neil Leckie - Co-Cordinator Twilight Talks Neil Leckie is a BMI Member with many years of military service and an interest in The Great War in particular. Neil Leckie Dr Hardy…

    $9.73 – $13.83