08/07/2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $11.78 TBA Get Tickets Ella Stone Breakfast With You Breakfast WIth You | Ella Stone The plan is simple. Nicole will return to her hometown of Riverbanks for the funeral and provide a eulogy for a father she no longer knows. Afterwards, she will slip back to Sydney where she’ll wear the infamous Diamond Dress to…
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06/08/2025 @ 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 1949, two women convene in the parlour of an
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08/07/2025 @ 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 know how long I have been in this room.
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20/08/2025 @ 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 Mine, returns in a heart stopping thriller from the
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06/09/2025 @ 10:00 am – 07/09/2025 @ 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 condition and some in mint condition – and many start at a
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31/05/2025 @ 10:00 am – 01/06/2025 @ 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 which are in gently used condition and some in mint condition –
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25/06/2025 @ 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 you’d been raising another couple’s child – and they’ve
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04/05/2025 @ 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 her medical conditions, the characteristics of her personality
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07/05/2025 @ 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 would a father sue his own daughter? The collision
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09/04/2025 @ 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 is poured, the fireworks ready and the countdown to
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Fundraiser for Ballarat RSL & BMI
$33 per person
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Calling for Pre-loved books
These donation assist in our Library Fundraising Activities
We can take delivery during regular Library operating hours. See website footer.
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
Sunday 6 September at 2pm - Cost $65
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.
