PAST PROGRAMS

Norman Houghton explores the history and contribution of the ‘Bunny Line’ to Ballarat from the 1880s to the 1980s

Come in from the cold this winter and celebrate Ballarat Winter Festival by creating your very own wooden peg magnets with winter themed felt characters. 

Explore the many resources of TROVE, the National Library of Australia’s contribution to family research.

Dr Juliette Peers discusses the prominent role of Central Victorian women as artists and supporters of art from the 1890s to mid-20th century and a little beyond.

Join us for a conversation between writer and filmmaker John Safran and historian Dr Sue Silberberg. The conversation will draw on Sue’s deep family ties to Ballarat to explore the Jewish influence on our city’s social, political, and religious landscape in the nineteenth century. A Ballarat Heritage Festival event presented by the Eureka Centre.

Join us for a panel discussion to learn more about a project underway to have the Victorian Goldfields declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, followed by afternoon tea with the panel members.

Ballarat District Irish Association is launching a new project, funded by Public Records Office Victoria, to highlight the contribution of Irish women to Ballarat’s social, cultural, and industrial development. Join us for a panel discussion to find out more about the project and how you can get involved.

Join us for a talk by one of Australia’s leading historians, Professor Marilyn Lake AO as she delves into the achievements of radical colonial reform in Victoria culminating in the first compulsory minimum wage in the world in 1896.

Do you have a soldier in the family? Explore the records at the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia.