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Michelle Fincke
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Annual Membership Renewals Due - March 1st 2021
If you are an existing FMI library member, please visit us with current ID, and renew your annual Library membership for $10 This year...
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Michelle Fincke
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Introducing our new librarian
The Footscray Mechanics' Institute committee of management is excited to welcome new librarian Cameron Borg to the team. The COVID-19...
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Michelle Fincke
Mar 11, 20202 min read
Meet Neil, the FMI's newest life member
Neil Farren is a member of the governing committee of the FMI. Neil is of Irish ancestry from County Donegal but was brought up in South...
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Michelle Fincke
Dec 8, 20192 min read
From two-room cottage to community hub: how the Footscray Mechanics' Institute blossomed
The Footscray Mechanics' Institute (FMI) is a local, independent, self-funded, self-help initiative. In 1857 the first FMI provided a...
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Michelle Fincke
Nov 30, 20191 min read
Trust Me, I'm A Crime Writer
FMIL member, teacher and well-known author Sherryl Clark paid the Reading Room a visit in October to talk about her new crime novel,...
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Michelle Fincke
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Our beautiful Reading Room is open!
We celebrated the opening of our refurbished Reading Room earlier this year with a party for friends, members and locals. As well as...
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