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Guest speaker: Professor Richard Broome, President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Members' launch of "Ballarat: 90 Golden Years"

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Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May
Heritage Week display in the Community Hall Barkly Square

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Saturday 20th, 2:00pm at Heritage Week display
Public launch of the exciting new BHS publication: Ballarat 90 Golden Years,
featuring photos of Ballarat from the past ninety years.

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Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May
Heritage walks around Ballarat East departing from the display at Barkly Square,
11.30 am and 2.30 pm. Free for BHS members $5:00 for non members.

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Tuesday 23rd May, 7.00 pm
Ground floor lecture theatre, Barkly Square
Annual Spielvogel Oration
The Devil in the Detail - Kevin Williams
Well known Ballarat photo historian, Kevin Williams, will probe the curios and fascinating details often hidden in a collection of images from the Society’s remarkable photographic collection.
Free for BHS members $5:00 for non-members (supper included).

Meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm AEDT or 7:00 pm AEST at the Ballarat North Community Centre (BNCC).

Meeting Dates and Events for 2023
Date	Site	Speaker	Subject/Activity
14 Feb 2023	Len T Fraser Reserve	Doug Bradby	Walk: Deep Sinking on the Gravel Pits
14 Mar 2023	BNCC	John Smyth	A cut above its class: Main Road, Ballarat East 1850s to 1900
11 Apr 2023	Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections	Lauren Bourke	Exploration and explanation of new space
19 May 2023	Craig's Royal Hotel		Members' launch of "Ballarat: 90 Golden Years"
20–23 May 2023	Barkly Square		Heritage Week
23 May 2023		Kevin Williams	The Devil in the Detail
13 Jun 2023	BNCC	Kiera Lockyer	Researching Jewish families on the Ballarat Goldfields
11 Jul 2023	BNCC	Nina Netherway	Madame Midas: The fascinating life of Alice Cornwell
8 Aug 2023	Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections		Members Night
12 Sep 2023	TBA	TBA	TBA
10 Oct 2023	TBA	TBA	TBA
14 Nov 2023	TBA	Doug Bradby	November 1854: Was Eureka Inevitable?
Dec 2023	TBA	TBA	TBA

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 at 7:00pm 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 Meet at 7:00pm next to the tramway depot on Wendouree Pde
10 May 2022	Robyn Annear	The Nathan Spielvogel Oration "Blood will tell, but often it tells too much." At the Mechanics Institute
14 Jun 2022	Simon Jacks Ian Moyle	Introduction to BRHAE & My Journey Through Family History
12 Jul 2022		*Christmas in July Dinner* at Ballarat Golf Club
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
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


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 Be prepared for uneven ground
9 Mar 2021	John Gibson	Ballarat During World War Two: The Gun Cotton Factory
13 Apr 2021	Marion McGill	*Victorian Mourning Practices*
11 May 2021	Doug Bradby	*Nathan Spielvogel Oration* Centenary of amalgamation of Ballarat East and Ballarat West At Ballarat Mechanics Institute
8 Jun 2021	Peter Vernon	Early Architects of Ballarat (via Zoom)
13 Jul 2021	Trivia Night	*Christmas in July, Local History Trivia* Lake View Hotel, 6:30 pm
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" with the National Trust *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" The Scott family in Buninyong District 1839 to 1849
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
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
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


Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2015
Date	*Speaker/s*	*Subject/Activity*
10 Feb 2015	Dianne Gow	Member's Walk and Treasure Hunt with the National Trust
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
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


Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2014
Date	*Speaker/s*	*Subject/Activity*
11 Feb 2014		National Trust Walk Bakery Hill
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 Smart Woman at Walter Davis in Ballarat
8 Jul 2014	Joan Hunt	Dunlop & Reagan; Discoverers of gold at Golden Point
12 Aug 2014		Tales and Treasures *Member's night*
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, Gillies Street
9 Dec 2014		Christmas function Ballarat Yacht Club


Past Meeting Dates and Events for 2013
Date	*Speaker/s*	*Subject/Activity*
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


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.