WHAT'S ON

Talking History @ Eureka is a forum for the sharing of research into the history of the Ballarat region, with a special focus on the colonial period. Talks are held monthly from March to November on the first Thursday of each month at 5.30pm.

A morning of discussion celebrating the African-Australian contribution to Ballarat.

Gordon Monro is an artist who makes images from data. He has used data about the 1854 Eureka Stockade to generate imagery from the mathematical fragmentation of an eight-pointed Eureka star.

Dr Lorinda Cramer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Australian Catholic University. Her research in dress, fashion and textile history focuses on class, gender and material culture. In this lecture she will explore the way in which sewing on the diggings crossed gender lines and was a key part of daily life for diggers.

Craig Barrett’s paintings explore The Berry Consols – a series of abandoned gold mines, just north of Creswick and capture the subtle shifts in colour of the mullock heaps that dominate the area.

LOOBY: A DOCUMENTARY runs for 80 minutes, followed by Q&A with the filmmakers.

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