BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20210403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20211002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20220402T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20221001T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240526T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240526T163000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240305T053624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142919Z UID:52084-1716735600-1716741000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI165th Birthday Devonshire Tea Party DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi165-birthday-devonshire-tea/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:About us,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/claire-adams-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240522T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240522T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240301T031503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142952Z UID:51926-1716400800-1716404400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 5 | Stories of the Silver Screen in the Golden City DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:About us,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/American-Graffiti-19.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240521T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240521T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240226T031716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143017Z UID:51554-1716325200-1716328800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 4 DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-bhf-copy-copy/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_265285705882698-e1708919200874.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240521T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240521T203000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240226T032014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143005Z UID:51556-1716319800-1716323400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 3 | This session is now fully booked DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-bhf-copy-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240518T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240518T233000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240221T234347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143022Z UID:51318-1716058800-1716075000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/vegas-70/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Vegas-70-Logo-Lined.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240226T025525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143020Z UID:51530-1715979600-1715983200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 2 DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-bhf-copy/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_265285705882698-e1708919200874.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T203000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240226T023808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T011235Z UID:51520-1715974200-1715977800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 1 | This session is now fully booked. DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-bhf/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240530T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240305T031915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142937Z UID:52073-1715941800-1717084800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/exhibition-not-the-last-picture-show-archives/ LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:About us,Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,Exhibition,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/archives-16-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240517T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240530T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240301T042355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142940Z UID:51968-1715941800-1717084800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/exhibition-not-the-last-picture-show/ LOCATION:Hugh Williamson Foyer\, Level 1 CATEGORIES:About us,Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,Exhibition,Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MH94-Coliseum-Grenville-St-Retouched-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240515T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240515T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240320T035525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142907Z UID:52537-1715796000-1715799600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 4 | THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-australian-heritage-festival/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/City-of-Chaos-and-Hope.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240508T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240508T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240320T042937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T162657Z UID:52570-1715191200-1715194800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show-3/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Mechanics-Institute-8.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240501T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240501T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240320T040939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T012239Z UID:52555-1714586400-1714593600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 2 | Not the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-lost-city-of-melbourne/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-04-08-113519-e1712542090741.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240320T042943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T012343Z UID:52571-1713981600-1713985200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 1 | At Play in the Fields of the past: Roleplaying\, gaming and local heritage DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show-4/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cover-for-Lola-front.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240413T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240413T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20240227T032727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T050136Z UID:51774-1713036600-1713045600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Fundraiser | Shindig DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/shindig/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Live Music,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/shindig-thumbnail-event-promo5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231205 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20231013T022508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T023541Z UID:46252-1701478800-1701651599@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Summer Book Sale DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/summer-book-sale/ LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bios.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231201T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231201T153000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20230816T020026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T053849Z UID:43742-1701423000-1701444600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Golf Day Fundraiser | Join Us at Snake Valley Golf Club DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/golf-day/ LOCATION:Snake Valley Golf Club\, 341 Chepstowe Road\, Snake Valley\, Victoria\, 3351\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/golf-day-square-promotional-image-v6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030339 CREATED:20231019T064643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T230832Z UID:46420-1701032400-1701036000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-november-9/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/costumes-night-tours-insta-facebook-special-offer-e1700018159487.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20231019T064332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T230517Z UID:46417-1701025200-1701028800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-november/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/costumes-night-tours-insta-facebook-special-offer-e1700018159487.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231028T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231028T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230824T231325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T112300Z UID:44061-1698501600-1698508800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Fashion Parade Fundraiser | BMI Vintage & Collectables DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/fashion-parade/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Members,Vintage & Collectables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/promotional-square-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231022T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231022T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230705T043018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T015116Z UID:41367-1698008400-1698012000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-8/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/night-tours-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231022T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230705T043021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T015104Z UID:41368-1698001200-1698004800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-7/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/night-tours-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231010 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230808T040719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T033348Z UID:43076-1696640400-1696813199@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Spring Book Sale DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/spring-book-sale/ LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pexels-clem-onojeghuo-375892.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230924T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230924T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230705T042605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T015126Z UID:41364-1695589200-1695592800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-6/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/night-tours-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230924T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230924T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230705T042602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T015134Z UID:41363-1695582000-1695585600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-5/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/night-tours-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230415T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230416T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20230310T045900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T002615Z UID:35050-1681549200-1681653600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Autumn Book Sale DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi-autumn-book-sale/ LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Fundraiser,Library,Market ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG-0851-e1678425194379.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220917T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220917T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20220913T033019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T033156Z UID:21690-1663434000-1663441200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:'Mine-Field' Documentary Screening + QnA DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/mine-field/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Externally Produced Event,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-13-at-11.56.24-e1663039747360.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220725T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220725T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20220609T043335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T034816Z UID:19402-1658768400-1658775600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Fundraiser | Carols in Winter | Ballarat Singers & Little Brass Band DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/carols-in-winter/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Carols-banner-final-v2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220714T184500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220714T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T030340 CREATED:20220607T004435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T232426Z UID:19301-1657824300-1657828800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Fundraiser | The Phantom of the Open DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 23\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$8 – $12 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subject - Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Award-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. In Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a ferventlove story in the mix. Don’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. Barry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: Ross McMullin \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and anentertaining speaker.He has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biographyPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaquessurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. His biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:Australia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the NationalBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALPcentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:Chris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ross McMullin | Charlton 'Pompey' Elliott unveiling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bookings\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI News \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026\n Melbourne Rare Book Week 24 Jul – 2 Aug 2026... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Model Murder Amanda Hampson Don’t miss Amanda who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-phantom-of-the-open/ LOCATION:Regent Cinemas Ballarat\, 49 Lydiard Street North\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fun-the-phantom-of-the-open-banner-v2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR