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27/05/2024 @ 1:30 pm - 31/03/2025 @ 3:00 pm The Reading Room This volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly, the last Monday of the month, in the Heritage Reading Room (subject to availability) . Members will select books to be discussed which will include fiction, non-fiction, poetry and short stories. If you would like to be a part of this group (free… 
28/05/2024 @ 2:00 pm - 29/10/2024 @ 3:00 pm $10 A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. By appointment only, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Group Tours: Group tours can also be accommodated on other days.
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02/10/2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Also a part of the VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL | The Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. The heart-stopping new historical adventure from the bestselling author of The Sugar Palace
$10
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02/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our daily…
Free – $15
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3 events,
03/10/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 31/10/2024 @ 10:30 pm $3 – $80 Meet Thursdays in the Humffray Room
$3 – $80
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04/10/2024 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am $10 VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL | A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.
$10
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04/10/2024 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm $10 VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL | A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.
$10
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04/10/2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm $10 VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL | A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.
$10
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05/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm $47 One of the world’s top 30 guitarists under 30. Named one of the World’s Top 30 Guitarists under 30 and hailed as a “virtuoso of the fingerstyle guitar” by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Calum Graham is a captivating force in the acoustic music scene. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and now based in Victoria,…
$47
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09/10/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 TWILIGHT TALKS - VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL
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09/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our daily…
Free – $15
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10/10/2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Lavish Italian Artist Drama The famous 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio is well known for his intense realism and use of strong contrasts of light and dark. Living in Milan, Naples, Malta and Sicily he was a rebellious man with an eye for beauty, the streets and high drama, and was hugely influential on succeeding… |
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13/10/2024 @ 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm $15 – $35 This event is also a part of the VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL.
$15 – $35
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16/10/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 TWILIGHT TALKS - VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL
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16/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our daily…
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21/10/2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm $10 Humffray Room The Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father | The love of a daughter | The secrets that divide them. The international bestselling author of: Scrublands & The Seven The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven. Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back – and Nell is thrown…
$10
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5 events,
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23/10/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 TWILIGHT TALKS - VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL
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23/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our daily…
Free – $15
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25/10/2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm $28.69 Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a fascinating history that is just waiting to…
$28.69
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25/10/2024 @ 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm $28.69 Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours!This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a fascinating history that is just waiting to be…
$28.69
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26/10/2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Free Humffray Room Squat John Safran. An unmissable opportunity to hear John Safran recount his time squatting in a celebrity’s abandoned mansion. Enquiries: Any event specific enquires should be direct to Collins Booksellers on Lydiard Free. Bookings Collins Booksellers, Ballart on Lydiard This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People…
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27/10/2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $60 BMI FUNDRAISER | The BMI vintage & Pre-loved Shop are showcasing their wares Make time for a lovely get together. A glass of champagne on entry with music accompaniment and a beautiful high tea with: Fashion Parade...
$60
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30/10/2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson. Strap yourself in for Christmas hijinks, done the way only Benjamin Stevenson can.’ Hayley Scrivenor An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery. - Sunday Times When a Christmas show takes a dark turn after a magician’s guillotine trick goes awry, who should be in the front…
$10
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30/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 Lending Library These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peacethrough meditation and Buddhist teachings.The in-person setting fosters a supportive community andoffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve ourdaily problems and find the lasting…
Free – $15
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01/11/2024 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $32 The finest guitar player of this generation. The young virtuoso recently described as “the finest guitar player of this generation” has been selling out shows all over the globe and will be bringing his dynamite live show back home audiences this Spring! Growing up in the Bega Valley on the Far South Coast of New…
$32
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02/11/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $30.75 Minerva Space Grogan These are the tribulations of someone just trying to stay alive until he’s dead, while attempting to remain a man of the people. The people aren’t really honouring their end of the bargain. Besides nothing, the crushing majority of people don’t know anything. In fact, most of them are heading in the…
$30.75
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Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Linen & Lace Exhbition
Includes Devonshire Tea | $20
Sat & Sun 22, 23 Oct
10am-4pm
Remembrance Day:
A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Recent War Memoribilia
Wed 29 Oct & 5 Nov, 5.30pm.
Coming soon…
Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns
Coming soon…
Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson, Rozzi Bazzani.
Coming in November…
Stella Day Out, Ballarat, Rachael Johns & Margaret Hickey
Australian Heritage Festival
Minerva's Secrets
25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets.
Spring Season, History Talks:
Ballarat's Henry Lawson - The Dragon's Den - Gold! Gold! Gold!
Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm.
Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60
The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2026 Calendar
Featuring illustrations from our Heritage Book Collection $40
Your gift will be tax-deductible this financial year if you make it before June 30.
Like many organisations the BMI faces significant funding challenges.
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
