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Rex’s Snippets | The BMI The Early Days
This is a open file of the minutes of the Institute from the inaugural meeting in 1859 to the annual meeting in 1863. It shows the optimism and the hardships encountered during the formation period and the problems encountered with the later lining of the great hall ceiling and the state of the trusses, the
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The Drinks That Made Ballarat
May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm $106.14 An all-drinking, all-eating exploration of the booze-fuelled birth of colonial Ballarat. Starting with a native botanical cocktail and snacks at Ballarat’s newest distillery, Itinerant Spirits, your expert guides – award-winning food and wine writers Richard Cornish, Max Allen and Ballarats own Zac Hill – will lead
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Rex’s Snippets | Governor Sir Charles Darling
This work is the large painting between the stairs leading to the Humffray Room. It seems it was left over from the BMI Art Union of 1874 and an arrangement was made with the artist Mr Burtt for the BMI to retain it… The frame has been professionally restored and re-gilded, and the painting cleaned by
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Rex’s Snippets | Is it AA or A in Ballaarat?
Extract from the Heritage Victoria Register BMI statement of significance. “The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute in Ballarat was built in two main stages, in 1860-61 and in 1869-70. The Institute had first met unofficially in 1854, with space provided for the first reading room in the Ballarat Fire Brigade building, but a site for a new
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Rex’s Snippets | UNESCO 2010 Honourable Mention
Did you know that in 2010 the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute received recognition from UNESCO? It was in the form of a Honourable Mention in the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. This was to recognise the major renovations to the building that took place in that period, and names Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute
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Rex’s Snippets | BMI Image Collection
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Rex’s Snippets | Building renovations
Did you know that the BMI had a ceiling collapse prior to our major building renovations.Find out more… Renovations Membership Tours
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The art of subtlety | Membership
Yesterday’s subtlety shouldn’t get lost in the hurley burley of today… this little gem, a progressive thought, burried in a much loved tome is as genius then as it is today. Why not become a member of the BMI community, pop into the library and see what it can offer you. We would love your
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Rex’s Snippets | Grand Pianos at the BMI
It seems there may have been at least three grand pianos in the BMI, some were hired for a particular event or performance, but the main problem was getting such a large and heavy object up and down the stairs to the hall, as well as getting the piano from Melbourne to Ballarat, especially before
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