Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute | Series

Lending Library 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. By appointment only, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Group Tours: Group tours can also be accommodated on other days.

$10

The Reading Room

Heritage Reading Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

This volunteer lead discussion group meets on the last Tuesday of the Month 10.30am - 12 noon.

Kadampa Meditation Series | Dealing with Difficult People

Lending Library 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

Weekly classes 7pm Wednesdays These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. Classes consist of two guided meditations and a teaching to help us solve our daily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. Beginners welcome. Free for Kadampa members […]

Free

Ballarat Chess Club

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

Meet Thursdays in the Humffray Room

$3 – $80

In Conversation with Leah Kaminsky & Kylie Ladd

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

Leah Kaminsky Leah is a physician and award-winning writer. Her debut novel, The Waiting Room, won the Voss Literary Prize. The Hollow Bones won both the Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories of the 2019 International Book Awards, and the 2019 American Book Fest’s Best Book Award for Literary Fiction. She is the author of […]

$10

In Conversation with Rita McInnes | Book Launch

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

Wake the Dust by Rita McInnes Jane Harper (The Dry) meets Nick Cave in backroad noir and beyond. When burnt-out Aussie nurse and wannabe writer, Ella, flees her suffocating life in Melbourne for a housesitting assignment on a remote rural property, she is thrust into a brutal and unfamiliar landscape. Her budding friendship with Tom […]

Free

Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 1 | Not the Last Picture Show | Australian Heritage Festival

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

Special Edition Twilight Talks This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers and film based presentations highlighting the history of cinema and performance spaces in Ballarat and Melbourne titled, Not the Last Picture Show. The full program is still being finalised. The final session will be presented as part of the […]

$8 – $12

BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing