# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Twilight Talks, Season 2: The Importance of Ballarat East - Doug Bradby
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+11:00)
- **Event Description**: 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.

Doug Bradby has spent his life in Ballarat being educated at Urquhart St P. S. and Ballarat High School. He worked as a secondary school history teacher until his retirement and since then he has written 36 Ten Delightful Tales about the Ballarat goldfields. Doug’s grandfather walked from Geelong to the Ballarat goldfield as a ten year old boy in 1858.

More: https://ballaratmi.org.au/talks/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/twilight-talks-season-2-the-importance-of-ballarat-east-doug-bradby/200030602356533
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Ballarat
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
- **lat**: -37.56252
- **long**: 143.85852
- **full address**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Twilight Talks, Season 2: The Importance of Ballarat East - Doug Bradby being held?
  - **A:** Twilight Talks, Season 2: The Importance of Ballarat East - Doug Bradby takes place on Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Twilight Talks, Season 2: The Importance of Ballarat East - Doug Bradby?
  - **A:** Twilight Talks, Season 2: The Importance of Ballarat East - Doug Bradby is organized by Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.
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  - **A:** Attendees have given Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.

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