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SUMMARY:Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/linen-and-lace-fundraiser/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Urban Agriculture Month,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251026T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251026T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250903T045545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T013159Z
UID:67296-1761472800-1761494400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/linen-and-lace-fundraiser-2/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Victorian Seniors Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/linen-and-lace-sq-promo-v3.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251029T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251029T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250728T043616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T043434Z
UID:66385-1761759000-1761762600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 4\, Remembrance Day | A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-surgeon-commander-leading-cook/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/hmas-sydney-2.webp
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251029T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250813T050626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T050736Z
UID:66969-1761764400-1761768000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-29-october-25/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250923T045951Z
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UID:67550-1761937200-1761940800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-31-oct-25/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T210000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T220000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250923T044958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T051126Z
UID:67531-1761944400-1761948000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-31-oct-25-2/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250728T053444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T033437Z
UID:66400-1762363800-1762367400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 4\, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia - from WW2 to Afghanistan\, Presented by David Wright.
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-war-memorabilia/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T184500
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250812T005546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T040122Z
UID:66788-1762365600-1762368300@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel 'The Swift Dark Tide' in conversation with Kelly Gardiner
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/stella-day-out-katia-ariel/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Important Dates,Library,Stella Day Out
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250813T050815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T050909Z
UID:66971-1762369200-1762372800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-5-november-25/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T191500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250812T054350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T035952Z
UID:66822-1762370100-1762372800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved' in conversation with Fatima Measham
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/stella-day-out-samah-sabawi/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Important Dates,Library,Stella Day Out
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250711T034827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T003339Z
UID:66176-1762453800-1762459200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:In Conversation with Rachael Johns
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/rachael-johns/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251112T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251112T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20251017T014102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T032148Z
UID:68029-1762966800-1762975800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Crafting Conversation: The Artists Edition
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/crafting-conversation-artists/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Make Good Things Happen":MAILTO:angela@daltonbaker.com.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250813T050947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T051100Z
UID:66973-1762974000-1762977600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-12-november-25/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250212T031341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110605Z
UID:61989-1763062200-1763067600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | ​Hammarskjöld: The Fight for Peace
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-hammarskjold/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250923T040314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T052823Z
UID:67502-1763233200-1763236800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-15-nov-25/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T210000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250923T051356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T052637Z
UID:67555-1763240400-1763244000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251118T193000
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CREATED:20250917T050616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T062718Z
UID:67363-1763488800-1763494200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:In Conversation with Margaret Hickey
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
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:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
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:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-19-nov-2025/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251120T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20251110T031233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T031636Z
UID:68444-1763663400-1763668800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:An Evening with Peter FitzSimons AM
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250917T004106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T233455Z
UID:67335-1763753400-1763758800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Ben Knight: The Parent Teacher Interview | Show now SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ben-knight-parent-teacher/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="KEG Touring":MAILTO:Contact@kegtouring.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251123T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20240822T062240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T012503Z
UID:58498-1763805600-1763913600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Open Garden & Devonshire Tea - BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T184500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251122T223000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20251017T035401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T042444Z
UID:68049-1763837100-1763850600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Small Things
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
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:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
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:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-26-nov-2025/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251128T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251128T213000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250408T004608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T031528Z
UID:64310-1764360000-1764365400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Akmal | Live Comedy at the BMI
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/akmal/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251129T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251129T213000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20250714T024250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T025904Z
UID:66208-1764446400-1764451800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Daniel Muggleton: You Might Be White\, I May Be Crazy
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/daniel-muggleton/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251202T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251202T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20251113T001614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T003410Z
UID:68682-1764698400-1764703800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:In Conversation with William McInnes
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251203T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
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:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-3-dec-2025/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:kadampa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251206T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251206T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T190501
CREATED:20251110T024632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T005707Z
UID:68436-1765015200-1765029600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:BMI Christmas Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:‘The Chipilly Six were extraordinary men in extraordinary times. Lucas Jordan reveals a wider story of Australia’s Great War veterans as they battled a nation forgetting\, a bitter Depression\, another World War and beyond. This is a remarkable insight into a vanishing world’ — Bill Gammage\, Emeritus Professor\, Humanities Research Centre\, ANU. On 9 August 1918\, on high ground overlooking the Somme River\, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen\, for no gain. Meanwhile\, two Australian sergeants\, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews\, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates\, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn’t end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers\, chronicling their return home and years after service\, through a pandemic\, the Great Depression\, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service. 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					The Chipilly Six | Lucas Jordan\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									About the Author LUCAS JORDAN grew up in Burekup in Western Australia. He holds a PhD in history from the Australian National University. Lucas spent more than a decade teaching and researching in the Kimberley\, Cape York and central Australia and co-wrote Amnesty International’s global report ‘“The land holds us”: Aboriginal peoples’ right to their traditional homelands in the Northern Territory’\, which was based on six years of collaboration and camping with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr people of the Northern Territory. Lucas is currently a leading teacher at Western English Language School\, a secondary school for new arrivals and refugees in Melbourne\, and occasionally consults on history projects. He is the author of Stealth Raiders: A few daring men in 1918. Lucas lives in Lara\, Victoria\, with his wife and two sons. 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Lucas will be in-conversation with Tim Constantine 								\n				\n									Tim has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is a multi-award winning actor\, and has also worked extensively as a presenter\, producer and writer. As well as selling his soul to advertise products that people don’t need and can’t afford\, he has appeared in favourite Australian TV shows\, including Neighbours\, Underbelly\, City Homicide and Stingers. During the pandemic\, Tim played Hamlet in the highly regarded “Shakespeare Republic – The Lockdown Chronicles”\, a webseries which received awards and nominations from festivals all over the world. Tim is passionate about books\, learning and the arts\, and is a keen amateur linguist and historian. (Amateur in the original French sense of “lover of”\,  rather than the more modern\, pejorative “unprofessional” sense.) He also taught himself French during the pandemic\, and hopes soon to return to France now that he can speak the lingo. 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Check out this Book Review by Garry Snowden\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									$10 per person plus booking fee & gst 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n										\n						\n									Book now\n					\n					\n								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																\n															\n															\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Download Flyer\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n										\n						\n									Why Not become a member\n					\n					\n								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n					\n		\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 is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution 								\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					BMI news				\n				\n					\n            \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Rosemary’s Book of the Week\n                        The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman Don’t miss Victoria who will... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Ballarta Writers – write it your way\n                        Stella Day Out\, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Newsletter – May 2026\n                        Rosemary's New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks - Live... \n                    \n        \n    \n        \n            \n                \n            \n        Brian Chapman & Friends\, A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets\n                        New Releases\, Recommendations & Author Talks \n                    \n        \n    \n            \n                    \n                \n                    \n                    Load More
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
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