August 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 TBA Get Tickets The Occupation A Woman’s Voice Chloe Adams Alli Sinclair ‘Assured, deft, sophisticated, Chloe Adams is the real deal’ – Emily Bitto A sweeping romantic adventure based on true events of the women’s liberation movement The Occupation | Chloe Adams In the autumn of […]
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July 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm $11.78 TBA Get Tickets J.S. Davidson Hunted: The Aztec Saga If one should fall, they each will fade… Tethered: The Aztec Saga Darkness will come, no one will evade… Hunted: The Aztec Saga | J. S. Davidson Tethered: The Aztec Saga | J. S. Davidson I don’t
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August 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The White Crow Michael Robotham She upholds the law. Her family breaks it. ‘A twisty-turny, second-guessing great read with a killer ending’ – Herald Sun for ‘When You Are Mine’ Michael Robotham Beloved character Police Constable Philomena McCarthy, from When You Are
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Stella Day Out, Ballarat 5 November 2025 | As events are confirmed they will be listed HERE.
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September 6 @ 10:00 am – September 7 @ 2:00 pm Free Lending Library Books priced from $1 – more for collectable items. Don’t miss our book sale this weekend. Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books – some of which are in gently used
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May 31 @ 10:00 am – June 1 @ 2:00 pm Free Lending Library Books priced from $1 – more for collectable items. Photo: Pexels – Clem Onojeghuo Don’t miss our book sale this weekend. Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books – some of
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June 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Mix-Up Kylie Ladd. One Tiny Mistake, Two Families affected Kylie Ladd A beautifully told and thought-provoking novel about a mix-up that leaves two children wondering who they really are and where they belong. What would you do if you found out
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May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Humffray Room The Deepest Thing: A Poetic Memoir E A Gleeson. An Afternoon of folk music and poetry. The Deepest Thing: A Poetic Memoir | E A Gleeson The poetic memoir portrays the beauty and harshness of my sister Denise’s life. The poems depict the reality of
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May 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The House of Kwa Mimi Kwa. The dragon circles and swoops … a tiger running alone in the night … Mimi Kwa ignored the letter for days. When she finally opened it, the news was so shocking her hair turned grey. Why
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April 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Private Island | The Last Illusion of Paige White Ali Lowe | Vanessa McCausland. The Private Island Ali Lowe Ali Lowe New Year’s Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific ocean, the champagne
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Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Night Tours
Fri 31 Oct – Sat 15 Nov
& Fri 12 Dec
Tour 1 at 7pm
Tour 2 at 9pm.
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.
Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20
Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60
Spring Season, History Talks:
Ballarat's Henry Lawson - The Dragon's Den - Gold! Gold! Gold!
Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm.
Australian Heritage Festival
Minerva's Secrets
25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets.
Linen & Lace Exhbition
Includes Devonshire Tea | $20
Sat & Sun 22, 23 Oct
10am-4pm
Coming in November…
Stella Day Out, Ballarat, Rachael Johns & Margaret Hickey
Coming soon…
Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson, Rozzi Bazzani.
Coming soon…
Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns
Remembrance Day:
A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Recent War Memoribilia
Wed 29 Oct & 5 Nov, 5.30pm.
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
