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<div class="feed-description"><h4><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />The Ballarat Historical Society was formed in 1933 as a not-for-profit organisation. Its aims are to preserve and store items of local historical importance and to encourage and facilitate research into the history of Ballarat.</span></h4> <h4><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;">Since 1981 the Society’s collection has been cared for and housed in the Ballarat Gold Museum, now the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, where it forms an important part of the Centre's overall collection. The collection can now be searched on-line by going to the Sovereign Hill website (</span><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/">www.sovereignhill.com.au</a></span><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;">), scroll down to Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections and follow the search prompts.<br />&nbsp;</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong></h4> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.</em></span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">Meetings are normally held at the Ballarat North Community Centre (BNCC) on the corner of Walker and Armstrong Streets, Ballarat North. Members will be notified by email of any changes to this arrangement. On occasion meetings are replaced with excursions or walking tours.</span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">NEXT MEETINGS/EVENTS</span></h3> <p style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">&nbsp;</span></span></em></p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Wednesday&nbsp;</span></em>10th April, 7:00pm</span></span></em></h1> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Adrian Hem<br /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em>Chinese Migrants to the Victorian Goldfields</em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">at BNCC</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&nbsp;~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Wednesday&nbsp;</span></em>22nd May, 7:00pm</span></em></h1> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Annual Spielvogel Oration</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Barry Wilkins</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em>The Glory Days of the Begonia Festival</em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">at Lecture Theatre, Barkly Square</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">Check meeting dates page for details of 2024 programme. Visits to places of interest may start at a different time.</span></h4> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;">&nbsp;</span></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Research:</span></strong>&nbsp;Please direct all research queries to:&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="mailto:ballarathistoricalsociety@gmail.com">ballarathistoricalsociety@gmail.com</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Newsletter:</strong></span> The Society publishes a bi-monthly newsletter entitled: <em><strong>The Lamplight</strong></em>.<br />It presents information about meetings and informative articles relating to Ballarat's history. <br />Newsletters can be purchased by non-members for $4.00. Check the contacts page for the address.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Genealogy enquiries should be directed to the Genealogical Society in the first instance:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au"><strong>www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au</strong></a></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Membership and correspondence enquiries</strong>: <br /></span>P.O. Box 2292<br />Bakery Hill VIC 335</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p></div>

<div class="feed-description"><h4><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />The Ballarat Historical Society was formed in 1933 as a not-for-profit organisation. Its aims are to preserve and store items of local historical importance and to encourage and facilitate research into the history of Ballarat.</span></h4> <h4><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;">Since 1981 the Society’s collection has been cared for and housed in the Ballarat Gold Museum, now the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, where it forms an important part of the Centre's overall collection. The collection can now be searched on-line by going to the Sovereign Hill website (</span><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/">www.sovereignhill.com.au</a></span><span id="ms__id12" style="font-size: 12pt;">), scroll down to Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections and follow the search prompts.<br />&nbsp;</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong></h4> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.</em></span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">Meetings are normally held at the Ballarat North Community Centre (BNCC) on the corner of Walker and Armstrong Streets, Ballarat North. Members will be notified by email of any changes to this arrangement. On occasion meetings are replaced with excursions or walking tours.</span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px;">NEXT MEETINGS/EVENTS</span></h3> <p style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">&nbsp;</span></span></em></p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Wednesday&nbsp;</span></em>10th April, 7:00pm</span></span></em></h1> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Adrian Hem<br /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em>Chinese Migrants to the Victorian Goldfields</em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">at BNCC</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&nbsp;~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><em style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Wednesday&nbsp;</span></em>22nd May, 7:00pm</span></em></h1> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Annual Spielvogel Oration</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Barry Wilkins</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><em>The Glory Days of the Begonia Festival</em></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">at Lecture Theatre, Barkly Square</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">Check meeting dates page for details of 2024 programme. Visits to places of interest may start at a different time.</span></h4> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;">&nbsp;</span></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Research:</span></strong>&nbsp;Please direct all research queries to:&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="mailto:ballarathistoricalsociety@gmail.com">ballarathistoricalsociety@gmail.com</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Newsletter:</strong></span> The Society publishes a bi-monthly newsletter entitled: <em><strong>The Lamplight</strong></em>.<br />It presents information about meetings and informative articles relating to Ballarat's history. <br />Newsletters can be purchased by non-members for $4.00. Check the contacts page for the address.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Genealogy enquiries should be directed to the Genealogical Society in the first instance:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au"><strong>www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au</strong></a></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Membership and correspondence enquiries</strong>: <br /></span>P.O. Box 2292<br />Bakery Hill VIC 335</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p></div>