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															The Outlaw’s Daughter
Anna Romer
Notorious bushranger Henry Hawke has spent ten years in chains, but nothing could prepare him for the shackles of desire when he meets Solaine Granger. She’s everything he can never have-a lady, a mother, a woman who believes men like him deserve to hang.
Young widow Solaine has been taught that men like Henry are monsers. But when her daughter is kidnapped and the law fails her, she’s forced to strike a devil’s bargain with the one man who might help her – the dangerous outlaw who haunts her dreams.
But as they flee through rugged Australian bushland together, Solaine discovers that the most dangerous thing about Henry Hawke isn’t his past- it’s the way he makes her feel. He’s an outlaw with nothing to lose. She’s a lady with everything at stake.
Together. they’ll risk it all for love. In 1880 Australia, the rules are meant to be broken.
															Our library stands on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
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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