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Twilight Talks – The Importance of Ballarat East

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Ballarat Mechanics Institute

117-119 Sturt Street,
Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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Wed 7 Oct

5:30pm–6:30pm

$9 - $13

$9 for Ballarat Mechanics Institue members, $13 for General Admission. Tickets also available at the BMI Library and at the door on Event Night.

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This series is hosted by Dr Phil Roberts OAM and features speaker, Doug Bradby.

In the period 1832-1850 the Chartists of Britain tried and failed to extend Democracy to all male citizens. In the 1850's the Chartists of Ballarat succeeded.

This talk will explore how the diggers of Ballarat obtained economic power, how they converted that economic power into political power, and what they did with that power.

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Ballarat Mechanics Institute

117-119 Sturt Street,
Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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