Also present Mick and Margaret Woiwod, Doug and Gwen Orford, Keith and Betty BanksColour photographactivities, heritage excursion, kangaroo ground, war memorial tower, russell yeoman

This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and image inquiries Talking Shop: Ballarat in Business and City Life was an exhibition and program of events held at Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Between January and April 2019 the BMI hosted Talking Shop: a world of Peters Icecream cones, milk bars, vintage advertising, historic photographs and ephemera, and contemporary photographs and creative responses exploring Ballarat's shops and businesses. Community events invited the community to contribute their images and memories to the BMI collection, and engage in creative activities. This exhibition was curated by Amy Tsilemanis at the BMI who worked with artists Pauline O'Shannessy-Dowling and Margie Balazic, collector John Kerr and Ballarat businesses, council, and schools to create a 'generative' exhibition where material and collaborations could grow. ballarat, ballaarat mechanics' institute, talking shop, exhibition, event, artist in residence, reading room, 2019

Long wooden table. Four identical Huon pine boards make up the table top. Cedar base and legs. Solid table with circular carved legs.'MI' etched into top corner of table.

Long wooden table. Four identical Huon pine boards make up the table top. Cedar base and legs. Solid table with circular carved legs.32 cm strip of 'weathered' green paint at end of top of table.

White painted, lockable. Two double doors with glass panels on sloped base. White base, 4 arched legs.

Mack Jost Bequest, 2001

Hardcover, No Dust Jacket"Mandy Boyd, 72 Riversdale Rd East Kew"adult fiction short story collection, walsh st library

maps, b&w photographsgeorge augustus robinson, friendly mission

maps, b&w photographs, charts, diagramsmaps reading, aerial photographic maps, global positioning systems, topographical maps, compasses

Gift of anonymous donor, 1928

Red Hardcover book containing fifteen short stories and poems, 288 pages. It contains coloured and black and whi illustrations throughout (Handwritten name written in ink in frontpiece J Handrahan). For authors see photosBook spine is damaged - has brown stains on pages throughout

On a small slip of paper is a note re general history of this edition of the English Reader 'Advanced Reader' published in England in 1873 and used by the Victorian Education Department until it began publication of its own 'Grade Readers' in the 1920s.Small book - Linen on board - binding dark red and embossed decorative border on front cover. Some gilt tooling and lettering. Cream colour lining. 400 pages, organised into five sections includes poetry and prose. Introduction by Sydney Smith.books, school/educational

Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour CollectionDepartment of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour Collection

A Handbook of Visual Speech by J Hounslow Burchett , Principal, The Victorian School for the Deaf , Melbourne, published by The National Institute for the Deaf, London July 1950Blue hard cover, 19cmHx12cmW, 191 pagesvisual speech, j hounslow burchett, national institute for deaf, london, victorian school for the deaf melbourne

2004, general memorabilia