Talks

09/04/2025 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets War Grieving from a Doctor’s Perspective Grief is a natural response to loss. War Grief is complex.  Ballarat’ s participation in WW1 was substantial: about 4000 men from Ballarat enlisted in World War One and approximately 800 died.  How was this preserved from a…

02/04/2025 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Dr Hardy and the Men of St Paul’s Anglican Church WWI Participants Speaker: Neil Leckie – Co-Cordinator Twilight Talks Neil Leckie is a BMI Member with many years of military service and an interest in The Great War in particular. Neil Leckie Dr Hardy

26/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets The Changing Face of the Canadian Corridor This talk will outline the impact of the goldrush and forestry on the corridor’s native vegetation and waterways. Featuring the long gone Bunny Railway, mining water races, mining infrastructure, forestry and rifle ranges. And focussing on the

12/03/2025 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat’s Growth – Infrastructure Pressures Panel Discussion: Chair, Paula Nicholson, BMI President Paula Nicholson | Chair, Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute Panel Members Terry Natt, Strategic Planning Manager, City of Ballarat Terry has been an urban planner in Ballarat, Sydney, Melbourne and London where he has