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    Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan, Presented by David Wright.

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

    November 5 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan. Left to right - Australian Service Medal - Afghanistan Medal - International Force East Timor Medal - Australian Service Medal for Korea - Iraq Medal - Vietnam Medal.On […]

    $9.73 – $13.83
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    Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel ‘The Swift Dark Tide’ in conversation with Kelly Gardiner

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

    November 5 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel In conversation Join Katia Ariel for an intimate conversation about her 2024 […]

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    Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi ‘Cactus Pear For My Beloved’ in conversation with Fatima Measham

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

    November 5 @ 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. Cactus Pear for my Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza by Samah Sabawi In conversation 2025 Stella shortlisted […]

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  • In Conversation with Rachael Johns

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

    November 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Lucky SistersRachael Johns The breakout blockbuster of the year - a deeply moving novel about life, death and the miracles in between, by the award-winning author of The Patterson Girls. The Lucky Sisters...Will their luck run out... What would you do if […]

    $11.78
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    Ballarat Film Society | ​Hammarskjöld: The Fight for Peace

    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    November 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Compelling Cold War Political Thriller In 1961, the charismatic Swedish diplomat, economist and implacable idealist Dag Hammarskjöld was in his seventh year as Secretary-General of the United Nations. By some, he was considered the ‘clearest thinker in the room,’ but by others as the victim of a […]

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    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    November 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets 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 […]

    $27.50
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    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    October 31 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets 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 […]

    $27.50

  • In Conversation with Margaret Hickey

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

    November 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets An Ill Wind Margaret Hickey A Small Town Divided - Secrets Are Blown Apart Author of Cutters End and Stone Town High on a hill above the small fictional Victorian town of Carrabeen, 300 wind turbines constantly spin. All except for one, now […]

    $11.78
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    Twilight Talks 2025, Season 5, Recent Years | Ballarat’s Her Majesty’s Reinvention, Presented by Richard Nicholson

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

    November 19 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Her Majesty's Renovation This talk will examine the recent renovation of Her Majesty's Theatre and explore the challenges, rewards and outcomes for the community that accompany transformational change to a treasured Heritage Building in the heart […]

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • An Evening with Peter FitzSimons AM

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

    November 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Minerva Room Get Tickets The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop: Surgeon, prisoner-of-war, life -saving leader and legend of the Thai-Burma RailwayPeter FitzSimons Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer Peter FitzSimons AM will be in Ballarat to celebrate his latest book about Weary Dunlop.Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction […]

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    Open Garden & Devonshire Tea – BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall

    Errard Hall Errard Street North, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    Get Tickets November 22 @ 10:00 am - November 23 @ 4:00 pm $27.50 plus bkg. fee Errard Hall, 5 Errard Street North, Ballarat Central Take part in this important BMI fundraiser Open Garden and Devonshire Tea at Errard Hall - BMI Fundriaser   Errard Hall was built in 1902. Built in the grand Victorian style, […]

    $27.50
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    Twilight Talks 2025, Season 5, Recent Years | Ballarat Arts Foundation: 25 Years Old, Presented by Paula Nicholson

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

    November 26 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat Arts Foundation: 25 Years Old The Ballarat Arts Foundation (BAF) has been supporting the emerging artists of Ballarat for 25 years. The Foundation is completely community funded and supports artists from any genre, with an […]

    $9.73 – $13.83