The Institute is a major community-owned cultural organisation....
A Brief History
The Institute was established in 1859 in the top floor of the Ballarat Fire Brigade in Barkly Street. On the 28th September, 1860 a doundation stone was laid at the rear of the present building.
According to the Ballarat Star a crowd of 10,000 people attended the ceremony. By 1869 the Institute consisted of four floors, shops on the ground floor, a grand entrance with a library on the second floor and a museum on the top floor.
The lending Library is open to all members of the public for subscription.
Forbidden Fruit, Erica Splindler
Only one man can uncover the secrets and sins of three generations of Pierron woman...In New Orleans, any sin can be had for a price.
Mastered by Love, Stephanie Laurens
Erotically specific yet emotionally touching and infinitely romantic, this electrically charged, danger-tinged romance deliciously concludes Laurens's Bastion Club series.
The Reluctant Hero, Michael Dobbs
When Harry Jones discovers that former friend Zac Kravitz's life is in danger, a debt of honour sends him on a perilous rescue mission to Kargistan
