The Ballarat Mechanics Institute in the state of
Victoria, Australia, has a very extensive
and historic collection of books in the reference section, some of
which are listed on this site,
as well as an up to date lending library of contemporary titles.
Go straight to the books >> Find a book now!
27,000 BOOKS NOW
ON-LINE.
The Ballaarat Mechanics' institute is pleased to announce that
the three year project
to create an interactive database of the complete listing of the collection has been
completed.
There are about 27,000 books and series that are
catalogued, including historic and rare books,
as well as an up-to-date listing of the fiction collection available to members of the
Institute.
Please inquire by email or visit the library for details.
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Twilight
Talks Autumn 2008 .details
here.
New
for 2008 Third BMI
Saturday Book Club Find
out about it here
NEW
FOR 2008 Early
Activities of the Institute database .....details
here
JUST RELEASED... Australian
Plants on CD. Baron Ferd.Von Mueller ..details
here
STOP PRESS Our
new publication Ballarat
Punch at the Mechanics'...
details here
Funding Announcement. This
funding will enable restoration and expanded use of the
theatre and facilities. Details
here.
New
email address bmilibrary@ncable.net.au
Broadband for members
Interactive reference and
fiction databases now updated
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New Issue of the Renowned
BMI Journal just published...
View the details....
Occasional Papers Number 1
..... The text of a talk delivered at
the Institute by Professor Thomas N Mitchell 'Democracy Ancient and Modern'
View the details...
Jennifer Hazelwood's twilight
talk about the early history of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
View the details...
William Bramwell Withers
biography as written in 'Australian Representative men' published in 1887.
View the details..
Nathan
Spielvogel Radio Talk 1944..transcript
NEW Snippets from the Archives
NEW What's New?
Also new for 2008 Rare Book listing (pre-1800)
'When the excitement and
turmoil attendant upon the prolonged
struggle between the miners and the Government of Victoria,
that culminated with the lamentable bloodshed of Eureka, subsided,
the pioneers of Ballarat recognized that a broad based institution
for the "diffusion of all literary, scientific, or other useful
knowledge"
was needed.' **Statement from Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
Jubilee Souvenir 1909
After much discussion, the Ballaarat Mechanics'
Institute was inaugurated,
and a reading room was formally opened on the 25th. of May 1859.
Ballaarat Mechanics Institute 1939
Ballarat Mechanics' Institute
117 Sturt St.
Ballarat 3350 Phone 03 53 313042
email bmilibrary@ncable.net.au
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