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

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

    November 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room Get Tickets Johnny Alloo... of Ballarat notoriety Speaker: Author, John Smyth Article: by Edwina Williams, Ballarat Times - Friday 24 May 2024  When you hear ‘Johnny Alloo,’ you might be like many people in Ballarat who associate the […]

    $8 – $12

  • Finding Joy: Meditation in a Busy Life – Public Talk with Gen Kelsang Rabten

    January 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm $25 Venue: Minerva Space Whether we’re looking for ways to manage stress or to grow emotionally and spiritually, meditation can help us bring more calm and joy into our lives. However, while many of us feel we could benefit from meditation, we often find it challenging to […]

    $25

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

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

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

    $9 – $13

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

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

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

    $9.73 – $13.83

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

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

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

    $9.73 – $13.83

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

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

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

    $9.73 – $13.83

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

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

    April 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Dr Hardy and the Men of St Paul's Anglican Church WWI Participants Speaker: Neil Leckie - Co-Cordinator Twilight Talks Neil Leckie is a BMI Member with many years of military service and an interest in The […]

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Doctor’s Perspective

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

    April 9 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets War Grieving from a Doctor's Perspective Grief is a natural response to loss. War Grief is complex.  Ballarat’ s participation in WW1 was substantial: about 4000 men from Ballarat enlisted in World War One and approximately […]

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Medals and Memorabilia

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

    April 16 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Medals and Memorabilia David will talk about Australian medals from the Sudan in 1885, The Boer War 1899-1905, WW1, WW2 and the other conflicts where Australians were awarded medals. He will also talk about the correct […]

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Feeling the Battlefield Spirits

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

    April 23 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Feeling the Battlefield Spirits Speakers: Rene Degryse, Garry Snowden & Marion Snowden Feeling the Battlefield Spirits Sometimes in life, a seemingly inconsequential event can, without us realising it, nudge our life along a new and exciting […]

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • Beyond Limits | An Evening with Mick Marshall

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

    April 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Minerva Space Get Tickets An Evening with Mick Marshall About the Screening Advanced screening of the uncut version of the documentary Beyond Limits, telling the remarkable true story of Mick Marshall’s fight to run again. The audience will have the opportunity to not only watch the yet […]