PAST PROGRAMS

To mark NAIDOC Week, the Eureka Centre presents ‘Facing Up’, a powerful creative collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous performers. Followed by Q&A.

Dr Ian Clark goes on ‘A Ramble through the place names of the Ballarat district’ 

Escape the winter cold these school holidays with The Art of Storytelling at the Eureka Centre Ballarat.

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

Chaired by Susan Fayad, ‘But it’s ugly’: Protecting modern heritage is the final panel discussion in ‘The Trouble with Heritage’ series, exploring contested aspects of heritage.

Chaired by Anthony Camm, Caring and Sharing: The tension between public access and preservation is the third panel discussion in ‘The Trouble with Heritage’ series, exploring contested aspects of heritage.

Mining Mud & Medals highlights the role of the men who served in the Australian Army Tunnelling Corps during WWI, especially those from Ballarat. Yvon Davis will talk about the project and the resulting book. 

Chaired by Jeff Sparrow, ‘Stuck in the Past': Does heritage oppose social change and progress? is the second panel discussion in ‘The Trouble with Heritage’ series, exploring contested aspects of heritage.

Chaired by Kate Just, ‘Where’s MY statue?: Representations of gender in public art and collections is the first panel discussion in ‘The Trouble with Heritage’ series, exploring contested aspects of heritage.