Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
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.
Next Meeting
November 13, 2024
Norman Houghton
Norman Houghton author and historian will be talking about his new book "The Bunny Line". This was the local name for the Ballarat to Buninyong Railway line which ran between 1889 and 1930.
Ballarat Historical Society
Meeting Dates and Events for 2024
November 13, 2024
Norman Houghton
Norman Houghton author and historian will be talking about his new book "The Bunny Line". This was the local name for the Ballarat to Buninyong Railway line which ran between 1889 and 1930.
July 10, 2024
Ross Priddle
Problem Solving and the Incredible Innovations Which Resulted from Ballarat's Rich Underground Mining Legacy
June 12, 2024
John Olsen
The Prison Hulks of Port Phillip
May 22, 2024
Barry Wilkins
Spielvogel Oration: The Glory Days of the Begonia Festival
April 10, 2024
Adrian Hem
Chinese Migrants to the Victorian Goldfields
March 13, 2023
Mark Beacham &
Graeme Davenport
Bottle Collecting in the Local Area: What Can be Found and What We Can Learn from Old Bottles
February 14, 2024
Site Visit
Sturt Street Walk
Stroll along the centre gardens of Sturt Street between Grenville and Drummond Streets to view 25 examples of Ballarat’s amazing collection of street art and memorials.
Ballarat Historical Society
Past Meeting Dates and Events
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February 9, 2010
Dinah McCance
Women's Refuge & Steam Laundry
183 Scott's Parade, Ballarat East
March 9, 2010
Phil Roberts
Ballarat High School
April 13, 2010
Tim Sullivan
Creswick Mine Disaster
May 11, 2010
Angela Carey
The Courier
June 8, 2010
John Lunn
Science Professor at Sovereign Hill
July 13, 2010
Sam Everingham
The Rise & Fall of Cobb & Co.
August 10, 2010
Members' night
September 14, 2010
Barbara Clark
Joyce's Junkatique
October 12, 2010
Jenny Bromley
The Confucius Classroom
Old Golden Point Primary School
