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Kadampa Meditation Series | New Beginnings: How to Start Meditating

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

February 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided […]

Free – $15

In Conversation with Megan Brown & Lucy Sussex

February 25 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets Outrageous Fortunes Megan Brown & Lucy Sussex Megan & Lucy will be in conversation with Meg Tasker The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and Her Criminal Son 'Engrossingly illuminating and ultimately deeply moving' - John Connolly 'Mary Fortune's bold fictions electrified colonial […]

$10
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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1, Special Event | Atauro Timor-Leste

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

February 26 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Atauro Timor-Leste Speaker: Gabrielle Samson, Author Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services, we're also […]

$9 – $13

Kadampa Meditation Series | New Beginnings: How to Start Meditating

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

February 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided […]

Free – $15

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

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

March 12 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat's Growth - Infrastructure Pressures Panel Discussion: Chair, Paula Nicholson, BMI President Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning […]

$9 – $13
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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Change in Ballarat’s Car Industry

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

March 19 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Changes in Ballarat's Car Industry Panel Discussion: Chair, Phil Roberts OAM, Twilight Talks Coordinator. Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access […]

$9 – $13
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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Changes to the Canadian Corridor

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

March 26 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Changes to the Canadian Corridor Speaker: Jeff Rootes Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services, […]

$9 – $13

70th Anniversary Minerva Social | Scottish Country Dancing

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

March 30 @ 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm $10 – $30 Venue - Minerva Space Ballarat Scottish Country Dancing | Warm up your dance shoes, it's going to be a gooden! The Annual Minerva Social in the Minerva Space at the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute, 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat (at the Melbourne end of Sturt St.) […]

$10 – $30

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

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

April 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Dr Hardy and St Paul's Anglican Church WWI Participants Speaker: Neil Leckie - Co-Cordinator Twilight Talks Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives […]

$9 – $13
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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Doctor’s Perspective

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

April 9 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets War Grieving from a Doctor's Perspective Speaker: Dr Jean Douglas Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products […]

$9 – $13
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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Chaplain’s Perspective

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

April 16 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets War Grieving from a Chaplain's Perspective Speaker: Catie Indes-Ogden Details being finalised... This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and […]

$9 – $13
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Christmas Holiday Closures | Library

Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60

BMI Fundraiser tickets here
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The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2025 Calendar

Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20

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Like many organisations the BMI faces significant funding challenges. 

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BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing

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