ABN 57 934 755 725
Reg. No. A 0007322F
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Wednesday 10th July, 7:00pm
Doug Bradby
The History of Victoria Park
at BNCC
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Meetings are generally held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm
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| Meeting Dates and Events for 2024 | ||
| Date | Speaker | Subject/Activity |
| 14 Feb 2023 | Site Visit |
Sturt Street Walk |
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13 Mar 2023 |
Mark Beacham & Graeme Davenport |
Bottle collecting in the local area: what can be found and what we can learn from old bottles. |
| 10 Apr 2023 | Adrian Hem | Chinese Migrants to the Victorian Goldfields. |
| 22 May 2023 | Barry Wilkins | Spielvogel Oration: The Glory Days of the Begonia Festival. |
| 12 Jun 2023 | John Olsen | The Prison Hulks of Port Phillip. |
| 10 Jul 2023 | Doug Bradby | The History of Victoria Park. |
| 14 Aug 2023 | ||
| 11 Sep 2023 | ||
| 9 Oct 2023 | ||
| 13 Nov 2023 | ||
| 11 Dec 2023 | ||
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2023 | ||
| Date | Speaker | Subject/Activity |
| 14 Feb 2023 | Doug Bradby | Walk: Deep Sinking on the Gravel Pits |
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14 Mar 2023 |
John Smyth | A cut above its class: Main Road, Ballarat East 1850s to 1900 |
| 11 Apr 2023 | Lauren Bourke | Exploration and explanation of new space |
| 19 May 2023 | Members' launch of "Ballarat: 90 Golden Years" | |
| 20–23 May 2023 | Heritage Week | |
| 23 May 2023 | Kevin Williams | The Devil in the Detail |
| 13 Jun 2023 | Kiera Lockyer | Researching Jewish families on the Ballarat Goldfields |
| 11 Jul 2023 | Nina Netherway | Madame Midas: The fascinating life of Alice Cornwell |
| 8 Aug 2023 | Members' Night | |
| 12 Sep 2023 | Fiona Tonkin | Ballarat streets named after women |
| 10 Oct 2023 | TBA | TBA |
| 14 Nov 2023 | Doug Bradby | November 1854: Was Eureka Inevitable? |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Site Visit | Steiglitz historic site, including BYO picnic. |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2022 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 8 Feb 2022 | Site Visit | Under the Basalt; a walking tour of Central Ballarat Meet in lane behind The George Hotel |
| 8 Mar 2022 | Raymo Shaw & friend | The Mine Chasers |
| 12 Apr 2022 | Peter Maugh |
Talk & tour of the newly opened Ballarat Tramway Museum |
| 10 May 2022 | Robyn Annear |
The Nathan Spielvogel Oration |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Simon Jacks Ian Moyle |
Introduction to BRHAE & |
| 12 Jul 2022 |
Christmas in July Dinner |
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| 9 Aug 2022 | Members’ Night | |
| 13 Sep 2022 | Neil Wright | Ronaldson Tippet |
| 2 Oct 2022 | Tramway Celebration Day Set up and man a display at new Tram Museum |
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| 11 Oct 2022 | Erin Santamaria | Behind the Scenes update on Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades |
| 8 Nov 2022 | Geoff McArthur | The Umbrella Wars |
| 4 Dec 2022 | Excursion and picnic Buninyong – Union Jack Lead & Cemetery followed by picnic in Buninyong Botanic Gardens |
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| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2021 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 9 Feb 2021 |
Walking tour of Golden Point Meet in the carpark of the Gold Museum at 7:30pm |
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| 9 Mar 2021 | John Gibson |
Ballarat During World War Two: |
| 13 Apr 2021 | Marion McGill |
Victorian Mourning Practices |
| 11 May 2021 | Doug Bradby |
Nathan Spielvogel Oration |
| 8 Jun 2021 | Peter Vernon |
Early Architects of Ballarat |
| 13 Jul 2021 | Trivia Night |
Christmas in July, Local History Trivia |
| 9 Nov 2021 | Terry Natt |
Issues confronting City Planners |
| 5 Dec 2021 | Site Visit | Creswick Excursion Sunday 1.30pm at Creswick Tourist Information Centre |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2020 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 11 Feb 2020 | Dianne Gow |
Tour of "Art Deco Ballarat" Meeting at 6:30pm at the Church of the Little Flower on Wendouree Parade |
| 10 Mar 2020 | Rick Broadway | Photographing the Ballarat CBD in 2016 |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2019 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 12 Feb 2019 | Marion Littlejohn | Twilight tour in th old Ballarat Cemetery 6:30pm at the corner of Drummond & Macarthur Streets |
| 12 Mar 2019 | Jennifer O'Donnell | The Fascinating Narrapumelap Historic Homestead |
| 9 Apr 2019 | Catriona Banks | St Patrick's Collage - A Retrospective |
| 15 May 2019 | Geoffrey Blainey |
The Nathan Spielvogel Oration Australia (and Ballarat too) in World War 2 At Ballarat Mechanics Institute |
| 11 Jun 2019 | Peter Butters Laurel Johnson |
Past Presidents' Night |
| 9 Jul 2019 | Snjez Cosic | A presentation and tour of the Gold Museum's new exhibits |
| 13 Aug 2019 | Members' Night | Tales and Treasures |
| 10 Sep 2019 | Glenice Wood Lake |
AGM "The Land They Learnt To Love" |
| 8 Oct 2019 | Peter Freund |
Creswick of the Lindsays |
| 12 Nov 2019 | Charles Zhang |
The Chinese on the Goldfields |
| 10 Dec 2019 | Doug Bradby | Christmas Celebration 2019 Barkly's Restaurant |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2018 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 13 Feb 2018 |
Checking out Ballarat's famous Bailey's Mansion 7:00pm at the Mansion in Drummond St North |
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| 13 Mar 2018 | Dr. Janice Newton |
Mullawallah, King Billie of Ercildoune |
| 10 Apr 2018 | Neil Leckie | Visit to the Ballarat Ranger Military Museum |
| 8 May 2018 | Prof. Janet McCalman | Nathan Spielvogel Oration Research & reflection on the life courses of Tasmanian convicts and World War 1 diggers. |
| 12 Jun 2018 | Bill Reid | Gold Exploration Geologist |
| 10 Jul 2018 | Peter Freund | Images of settlement in the Donald area |
| 14 Aug 2018 | Members' Night | Tales and Treasures |
| 11 Sep 2018 | John Kerr |
AGM John's Treasures |
| 9 Oct 2018 | Val D'Angri | |
| 13 Nov 2018 | Kevin Williams | Accidental Beneficiaries |
| 11 Dec 2018 | Marion Littlejohn | Christmas dinner at The Barkly Restaurant Main Road, Ballarat 6:30pm for 7:00pm |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2017 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 14 Feb 2017 | Peter Waugh (tour guide) |
Prime Ministers' Walk Botanical Gardens |
| 14 Mar 2017 | Peter Freund | The History of Theatres in Ballarat |
| 11 Apr 2017 | Neil Huybregts | The Life and Times of Dr W B Otway |
| 9 May 2017 | Weston Bate | Special meeting as part of Heritage Month Mechanics Institute |
| 13 Jun 2017 | Lucinda Horrocks | Local film about attitudes to WWI |
| 11 Jul 2017 | Jenny Burrell (Genealogical Society) |
Insight into the World War 1 Project |
| 8 Aug 2017 | Tales and Treasures Members' Night |
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| 12 Sep 2017 | Dianne Gow | Our Year in Review (AGM) The National Trust |
| 10 Oct 2017 | Nina Netherway | Those Familiar Places |
| 14 Nov 2017 | Clare Gervasoni | Visit to Federation University Historical Collection 7:30 pm FedUnit, Mt. Helen E.J. Barker Library (Building L) |
| 12 Dec 2017 | Lake Wendouree paddle steamer with dinner or supper | |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2016 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 9 Feb 2016 | Visit to the Tramways Museum | |
| 8 Mar 2016 | Gary Snowden | Ballarat's Military History |
| 12 Apr 2016 | Anne Doggett | Crying in the Colonies |
| 10 May 2016 | Nina Netherway & Zelda Martin |
Closer settlement: agrarian ideal or economic reality |
| 14 Jun 2016 | Kevin Williams | Capturing the Vision |
| 12 Jul 2016 | Peter Gilbert | A Family Odyssey |
| 9 Aug 2016 | Members' Night | |
| 13 Sep 2016 | Snjez Cosic | Annual General Meeting |
| 11 Oct 2016 | Brett Dunlop | Developing Sovereign Hill |
| 8 Nov 2016 | Barb Dunlop | Royal South Street Society |
| 13 Dec 2016 |
Rowing in Ballarat Lake View Hotel Dinner |
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| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2015 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s |
Subject/Activity |
| 10 Feb 2015 | Dianne Gow |
Member's Walk and Treasure Hunt |
| 10 Mar 2015 | Members night | “Memories from Wartime” Members Night on wartime stories from the Boer War to Afghanistan |
| 29 Mar 2015 (Sunday) |
Visit to Daylesford & District Historical Society | |
| 14 Apr 2015 | Phil Roberts | War commemoration in Ballarat in WWI with emphasis on the contribution of the Lucas girls |
| 12 May 2015 | Bill McGregor Colin Prowse Ewan Jones |
Tailings to Tourism The story of the beginings and development of Sovereign Hill |
| 9 Jun 2015 | Jenny O'Donnell | The story of Bishops Palace |
| 14 Jul 2015 | Roger Trudgeon | Lantern Slide Show - rare images of Ballarat from the Gold Museum and BHS collection |
| 11 Aug 2015 | “Tales and Treasures” Members Night |
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| 8 Sep 2015 | Anne Beggs Sunter | Friendly Societies |
| 13 Oct 2015 | Graham Bulluss | The story of the Ballarat Courier and my part in it |
| 10 Nov 2015 | Visit to Ballarat Library Australiana Room | |
| 8 Dec 2015 | Tour of Loreto College buildings and archives collection followed by dinner |
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| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2014 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 11 Feb 2014 | National Trust Walk Bakery Hill |
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| 11 Mar 2014 | Lindsay Cox | Ballarat's link with pioneering in the Australian film industry by the Salvation Army |
| 8 Apr 2014 | Bruce Price |
Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour |
| 13 May 2014 | Peter Gilbert |
Golden years of industry in Ballarat |
| 10 Jun 2014 | Zelda Martin |
The Cost of Dressing the |
| 8 Jul 2014 | Joan Hunt |
Dunlop & Reagan; Discoverers of gold at Golden Point |
| 12 Aug 2014 |
Tales and Treasures |
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| 9 Sep 2014 | Anna Kyi |
AGM The Chinese on the Ballarat Goldfields |
| 14 Oct 2014 | Roy Taylor |
The history of television in Ballarat |
| 11 Nov 2014 |
Site visit to the Ballarat Fish Hatcheries, |
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| 9 Dec 2014 |
Christmas function |
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| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2013 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
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12 Feb 2013 |
National Trust | Treasure Hunt No 2 |
| 12 Mar 2013 | Nina Netherway & Zelda Martin |
Those Odd Places in Ballarat |
| 9 Apr 2013 | Neil Leckie | Gallipoli and the Anzacs |
| 14 May 2013 | Bob Pattie | And The Band Played On The history of brass bands in Ballarat |
| 11 Jun 2013 | Tour of the Gold Museum | |
| 9 Jul 2013 | John Kerr | Signs and Wonders |
| 13 Aug 2013 | BHS Members' Night | Tales & Treasures |
| 24 Aug 2013 | Lloyd Jenkins | BHS Celebrations of 80 Golden Years |
| 10 Sep 2013 | Jane Smith (M.A.D.E) | Annual General Meeting |
| 8 Oct 2013 | Bruce Bartrop | Bartrop's Ballarat |
| 12 Nov 2013 | Peter Berlyn | Bridge Street Ballarat A History |
| 19 Dec 2013 | Doug Bradby | Society Christmas Dinner Bunch of Grapes Hotel |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2012 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 14 Feb 2012 | National Trust | Treasure Hunt Walk |
| 13 Mar 2012 | Val d'Angri | Floral carpets of the Begonia Festival |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Frank Golding | The Ballarat Orphanage |
| 8 May 2012 | Lloyd Jenkins | The History of Housing in Ballarat (part two) |
| 12 Jun 2012 | Visit to the Mechanics Institute | |
| 10 Jul 2012 | Gordon Morrison | Colonial topographical drawings and prints |
| 14 Aug 2012 | Member's night | |
| 11 Sep 2012 | Dr Sebastian Gurciullo (PROV) |
AGM Online initiatives and services |
| 9 Oct 2012 | Ballarat Fire Brigade | |
| 13 Nov 2012 | Neil Wright | Ballarat Foundries |
| 11 Dec 2012 | Dinner night at Portico on Sturt |
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| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2011 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 8 Feb 2011 | Tim Sullivan | Re-development plans for the Gold Museum |
| 8 Mar 2011 | Tour of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens | |
| 12 Apr 2011 | Nina Netherway & Zelda Martin |
The Ballarat Skyline |
| 10 May 2011 | Bob Wuestewald | Golden City Paddle Steamer |
| 14 Jun 2011 | Neva Dunstan | Ballarat Cemeteries |
| 12 Jul 2011 | Bill Llewellyn | Shorts with Bill Llewellyn |
| 9 Aug 2011 | Members' night | |
| 13 Sep 2011 | Lloyd Jenkins | AGM The History of Housing in Ballarat |
| 11 Oct 2011 | Michael Taffe | The Avenues of Ballarat |
| 8 Nov 2011 | Phil Parry | Ballarat Historical Society Markers |
| 13 Dec 2011 | Various | Christmas Dinner The Vintage and Classic Car Club |
| Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2010 | ||
| Date | Speaker/s | Subject/Activity |
| 9 Feb 2010 | Dinah McCance | Women's Refuge & Steam Laundry 183 Scott's Parade, Ballarat East |
| 9 Mar 2010 | Phil Roberts | Ballarat High School |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Tim Sullivan | Creswick Mine Disaster |
| 11 May 2010 | Angela Carey | The Courier |
| 8 Jun 2010 | John Lunn | Science Professor at Sovereign Hill |
| 13 Jul 2010 | Sam Everingham | The Rise & Fall of Cobb & Co. |
| 10 Aug 2010 | Members' night | |
| 14 Sep 2010 | Barbara Clark | Joyce's Junkatique |
| 12 Oct 2010 | Jenny Bromley | The Confucius Classroom Old Golden Point Primary School |
| 9 Nov 2010 | Dean McDonald | Bottle Collection |
| 14 Dec 2010 | Vivian Worthington | Pioneer Buses |
The mineshaft chasers are a group of thrill seekers who climb into abandoned gold mines "just for a look". They take nothing but photographs so as a result they have an incredible series of images of hidden unseen areas. Some of their images show artefacts and equipment left behind after the gold ran out.