BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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 BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T220000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20250923T051356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T052637Z UID:67555-1763240400-1763244000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-15-nov-25-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,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:20251118T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251118T193000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20250917T050616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T062718Z UID:67363-1763488800-1763494200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Margaret Hickey DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/margaret-hickey-25/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/margaret-hickey-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T183000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20250728T054722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T232935Z UID:66407-1763573400-1763577000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 5\, Recent Years | Ballarat's Her Majesty's Reinvention\, Presented by Richard Nicholson DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/her-majestys-reinvention/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-2025-her-majestys-final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20250917T030336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T031134Z UID:67346-1763578800-1763582400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-19-nov-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Med_on_mind_Sq.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251120T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251120T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20251110T031233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T031636Z UID:68444-1763663400-1763668800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:An Evening with Peter FitzSimons AM DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/an-evening-with-peter-fitzsimons-am/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cover-peter-fitzsimonos-book-e1762145093105.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251121T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20250917T004106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T233455Z UID:67335-1763753400-1763758800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ben Knight: The Parent Teacher Interview | Show now SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ben-knight-parent-teacher/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ben-knight-sq-promo.webp ORGANIZER;CN="KEG Touring":MAILTO:Contact@kegtouring.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251123T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20240822T062240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T012503Z UID:58498-1763805600-1763913600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Open Garden & Devonshire Tea - BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/open-garden-fundraiser-2025/ LOCATION:Errard Hall\, Errard Street North\, Ballarat Central\, City of Ballarat\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Urban Agriculture Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/square-promo-errard-hall.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T184500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T223000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065048 CREATED:20251017T035401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T042444Z UID:68049-1763837100-1763850600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Small Things DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/small-things/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sq-promo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T183000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250728T055539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T233614Z UID:66413-1764178200-1764181800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 5\, Recent Years | Ballarat Arts Foundation: 25 Years Old\, Presented by Paula Nicholson DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-arts-foundation/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-2025-ballarat-arts-foundation.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250917T031231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T031337Z UID:67356-1764183600-1764187200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-26-nov-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Med_on_mind_Sq.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251128T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251128T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250408T004608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T031528Z UID:64310-1764360000-1764365400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Akmal | Live Comedy at the BMI DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/akmal/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/promo-square-akmal.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251129T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251129T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250714T024250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T025904Z UID:66208-1764446400-1764451800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Daniel Muggleton: You Might Be White\, I May Be Crazy DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/daniel-muggleton/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-daniel-muggleton.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251202T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251202T193000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251113T001614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T003410Z UID:68682-1764698400-1764703800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with William McInnes DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/william-mcinnes/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/william-sq-promo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251203T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251203T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250917T031355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T031513Z UID:67359-1764788400-1764792000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-3-dec-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Med_on_mind_Sq.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251206T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251206T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251110T024632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T005707Z UID:68436-1765015200-1765029600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Christmas Book Sale DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi-christmas-book-sale/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Market ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/book-sale-square-promo-christmas-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251207T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251207T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251110T010546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T043313Z UID:68424-1765098000-1765116000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Christmas Market DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi-christmas-market/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Art programs,Christmas,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Market ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/square-promo-christmas-market-calling-for-stallholders-v5-final-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251210T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251210T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250917T031528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T031619Z UID:67361-1765393200-1765396800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-10-dec-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Med_on_mind_Sq.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251211T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251211T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250212T034546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110602Z UID:62004-1765481400-1765486800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | ​Little Richard: I am Everything DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-little-richard/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sqaure-promo-bfs5.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251212T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251212T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20250923T045702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T051149Z UID:67545-1765566000-1765569600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-12-dec-25/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,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:20251213T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251213T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251021T225043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T032321Z UID:68162-1765656000-1765661400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Christmas Comedy Gala at BMI DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/christmas-comedy-gala/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sq-promo-comedy-gala.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260110T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260110T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251209T021738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T041541Z UID:69434-1768050000-1768060800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Artistanbul: Create your own Turkish Mosaic Lamp DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/art-istanbul-workshop/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Christmas,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Market ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sq-promo-art-instanbul.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260112T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260112T190000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20241217T012501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T010209Z UID:60743-1768240800-1768244400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Festival of Organ and Fine Music | Darkness & Delight - Jerry Wong (solo piano) DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/jerry-wong/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classical Music,Live Music,organs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/jerry-wong.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260123T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260123T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251203T003308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T010553Z UID:69281-1769196600-1769203800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Billy Hinde's Big Band presents: A Night of Big Band DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/a-night-of-big-band/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sq-promo-billy-hinde.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260128T193000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251120T065224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T040410Z UID:68764-1769623200-1769628600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Geoff Parkes and Susi Fox DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-geoff-parks-susi-fox/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/sq-promo-geoff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260128T201500 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20251124T043242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T032638Z UID:68875-1769626800-1769631300@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Living From a Place of Inner Peace - Ballarat Public Talk DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/living-from-a-place-of-inner-peace/ LOCATION:VIC CATEGORIES:kadampa,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/square-promo2-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="KMC Australia & Melbourne":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260204T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260204T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20260119T040646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T235306Z UID:70116-1770231600-1770235200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | A Fresh Start: Discover the Power of Meditation DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-4-feb-26/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Square-A_Fresh_Start.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260211T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260211T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20260119T041205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T235116Z UID:70121-1770836400-1770840000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | A Fresh Start: Discover the Power of Meditation DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-11-feb-26/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Square-A_Fresh_Start.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260212T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260212T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20260128T030546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T033730Z UID:70313-1770924600-1770930000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | Flow DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-film-society-flow/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/flow-sq-promo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260214T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260214T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20260112T012814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T060448Z UID:69779-1771070400-1771077600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In conversation with Tori Baxter | Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-tori-baxter/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Untitled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260215T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260215T183000 DTSTAMP:20260614T065049 CREATED:20260112T034344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T000304Z UID:69818-1771174800-1771180200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Joseph Tawadros | Solo Oud DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo – Ballarat \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\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$9.73 – $13.83 \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 Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. \n \n An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo regions. Historian Dr Phil Roberts will provide a summary about gold in Ballarat followed by fellow historian Dr Charles Fahey who will discuss gold in Bendigo during the same years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM \n \n \n \n \n \n Phil Roberts Phil is a former secondary humanities teacher and school principal. Also\, he taught in schools in England in 1971 and in Denver\, USA in 1984. He has written twenty-four local history books – seven involve schools\, six are about sport\, five concern local Ballarat industry and six involve community history. In 2017 Phil received an Order of Australia Award for community service and in 2019 graduated from Federation University with a PhD based on Ballarat’s Avenue and Arch. A keen Geelong supporter\, he enjoys sporting pursuits including Royal Tennis\, golf and cycling. His family includes his wife Geraldine\, son Andre\, daughter Tonya\, six grandsons and one granddaughter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Phil Roberts OAM | BMI Patron & Co-host of Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Fahey formerly taught in the History Program at La Trobe University. His research has focused on the Victorian goldfields\, labour history and agricultural history. His recent publications include the joint authorship of Mallee Country: Land\, People History (Monash 2020) and Living together on Upside Down Country: Faith\, spirituality\, and social cohesion on Victorias goldfields since 1851 to be published by ANU Press. In the June 2025 edition of the Victorian Historical Journal he published an article on the family farm and he is a contributor to a forthcoming special edition of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review on the history of manufacturing in Australia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional publication by Dr Fahey \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Fmaily and Community in the Central Victorian Goldfields – edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey The rich landscapes of the Victorian central goldfields are the legacy of thousands of ordinary men and women who settled in the wake of the alluvial gold discoveries of the early 1850s. Gold Tailings  explores how these men and women established families and created enduring communities that survived long after the alluvial gold was exhausted. Gold tailings explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities. It moves beyond the sterotype of rootless single male diggers and analyses how enduring communities were formed when male gold diggers – who often travelled with mates and kin – were joined by women\, and together they formed families and networks of common interest and mutual support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields | Edited by Alan Mayne & Charles Fahey\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cottage c1860 | MH 138 - The BMI Max Harris Collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Proudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \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 $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/joseph-tawadros-solo-oud/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sq-promo-joseph-tawadros.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR