WHAT'S ON

This is a recording of a public lecture that was live streamed to Facebook on 07/07/2020. In this online edition of Talking History, Dr Fred Cahir discusses his book "My Country all gone. The White men have stolen it”: The Invasion of Wadawurrung Country 1800-1870".

This is a recording of a public lecture that was live streamed to Facebook on 04/08/2020. In this online edition of Talking History, Dr Peter Dowling explores images of Ballarat as printed in illustrated newspapers.

This is a recording of a public lecture that was live streamed to Facebook on 01/09/2020. In this online edition of Talking History, Beth Kicinski takes a look at the Phoenix Foundry and the social history hidden in industrial heritage.

This edition of Talking History @ Eureka is a little different. We sat down with Ballarat-based performer Marg Dobson to find out about her research into early women photographers as part of the development of her one-woman performance, ‘Picture Her’. This video will be made available for viewing on 6 October at 5.30pm.

In the final Talking History @ Eureka for 2020, author Robyn Annear explores the story of Harriet Clisby within the broader context of women’s rights and employment in her talk, Words that Burn.

'Vision and Re-vision: rethinking and remodelling women artists' contribution to public and national memory in Australian settler culture', a talk by Juliette Peers.

Dr Lorinda Cramer's talk will explore the way in which sewing on the diggings crossed gender lines and was a key part of daily life for diggers.

Dr Bill Garner explores the history of Mount Pleasant as Ballarat’s first residential suburb and how its distinctive history underpins community identity.

Dr David Waldron explores the surviving historical traces of the practices of cunning men and women (folk healers) in colonial Australia.