May 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Mademoiselle Alliance Natasha Lester. Inspired by a True Story A remarkable Australian talent – The Age A master storyteller – Daily Telegraph How did a young Parisienne mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network […]
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February 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets Cleaved Jane Cafarella. A story of loss, legs and finding family It’s important that genuine stories such as this be published to show the extra-ordinary, day-to-day courage of so-called ‘ordinary’ people – Highly recommended – Hazel Edwards OAM Former journalist for The
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STELLA DAY OUT: Travel Writing | Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett in conversation with Fiona Sweet. | 16 November 3pm – 4pm | Free.
October 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Free Humffray Room Squat John Safran. An unmissable opportunity to hear John Safran recount his time squatting in a celebrity’s abandoned mansion. Enquiries: Any event specific enquires should be direct to Collins Booksellers on Lydiard Free. Bookings Collins Booksellers, Ballart on Lydiard This event takes place on
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October 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm $10 Humffray Room The Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father | The love of a daughter | The secrets that divide them. The international bestselling author of: Scrublands & The Seven The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven. Nell Buchanan and
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STELLA DAY OUT: Writing about the Future | Kate Mildenhall in conversation with Van Badham | 16 November 1pm – 2pm | Free
October 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson. Strap yourself in for Christmas hijinks, done the way only Benjamin Stevenson can.’ Hayley Scrivenor An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery. – Sunday Times When a Christmas show takes a dark turn after a magician’s guillotine
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November 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Golden Thread Tea Cooper. Intricate threads from the past and the present bind together a yellow silk dress, lost gold and a missing grandmother in a twisty historical mystery from the bestselling author of: The Talented Mrs Greenway. Maitland, 1889 When
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September 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Heritage Reading Room From the Top T.L.W. Robb. From Ballarat to Baghdad – an extraordinary life. Traveller – Outlaw – Producer. A moving and inspiring memoir of a young man and his journey from Ballarat, Australia, to the international stage where he and his partner Luis
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July 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Edenhope Louise Le Nay. ‘A moving story about one woman’s unconditional love, the kindness of strangers, and what’s right as well as what’s wrong with the way we live now.’ Amanda Lohrey, Miles Franklin Award-winning author of ‘The Labyrinth’ Marnie is sixty-three and downwardly
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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
