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  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins.

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    06/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room The archaeology of a Goldrush city - identifying, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. Speaker: Jeremy Smith. Heritage Victoria recently received funding from the Heritage Council Victoria to prepare an Archaeology Management Plan for parts of the City of Ballarat. The plan has reviewed…

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  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    20/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room Get tickets How James became King: The true story of James 'King' O'Malley Speaker: Author, Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley is a retired Australian Federal public servant with experience in law enforcement functions and wide range of work and travel experience. Has has won the ACT Marjorie…

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  • Twilight Talks 2024, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    27/11/2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $8 – $12 Bar open at 5pm $8 – $12 Humffray Room Get Tickets Johnny Alloo... of Ballarat notoriety Speaker: Author, John Smyth Article: by Edwina Williams, Ballarat Times - Friday 24 May 2024  When you hear ‘Johnny Alloo,’ you might be like many people in Ballarat who associate the name with a local cafe. But it stems far…

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  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1, Special Event | Dancers on the Sea by Gabrielle Samson

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    26/02/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Bar open at 5pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get tickets Dancers on the Sea: Stories from Atauro Island, Timor-Leste 1994-2002 Speaker: Gabrielle Samson, Author Gabrielle SamsonGabrielle, a writer of fiction and memoir, has won national prizes for her short stories and has co-written a radio play produced by the ABC. She has lived and…

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  • A BMI Fundraising Public Talk | The world in 2025 and beyond with Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC

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    05/03/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $35 – $110 Bar Open from 5:30pm $35 – $110 Humffray Room Get tickets The world in 2025 and beyond : What is the good news? What is the not-so-good news? Brought to you by Nicolson Construction Speaker: Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC Now in his mid nineties, Professor Geoffrey Blainey – Australia’s most significant and popular historian is…

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

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    12/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat's Growth - Infrastructure Pressures Panel Discussion: Chair, Paula Nicholson, BMI President Paula Nicholson | Chair, Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Panel Members Terry Natt, Strategic Planning Manager, City of Ballarat Terry has been an urban planner in Ballarat, Sydney, Melbourne and London where he has…

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

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    BMI - Humffray Room, level 2 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    19/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Changes in Ballarat's Car Industry Panel Discussion: Chair, Phil Roberts OAM, Patron & Twilight Talks Coordinator. Dr Phil Roberts OAM Phil Roberts is the co-ordinator of the BMI Twilight Talks and BMI Patron. He is a former secondary school history teacher and school principal and…

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