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About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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February 14, 2020

School’s urgent needs met

MEREDITH Primary School was granted ten thousand dollars this summer, having applied for financial assistance from the Federal government’s Local Schools Community Fund. Principal, Steven...

February 13, 2020

Party vibes at rockin’ debut festival

DANNY & the Juniors first sang, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay sixty-two years ago, and they were certainly onto something. The rockabilly and...

February 13, 2020

Lemons launch more than lemonade

IT’S a small stall, just about as local as they come, but it’s having a broad impact. Named Bits & Pieces, it was launched four...

February 13, 2020

Warriors create friendships and active lifestyles

AROUND fifty-five footballers and thirty netballers hit Haddon Recreation Reserve last weekend for Woady Yaloak Football Netball Club’s first junior ‘try out’ day. Assessing those...

February 12, 2020

Digital home for Ballarat WAGS stories

AN online memorial recognising six thousand RAAF trainees that went through the No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School in Ballarat from 1940 to 1945...

February 12, 2020

Wendouree hosts super stage show

A FAMILIAR, friendly face has brought a new group together to entertain the children of Ballarat. On Thursday, 20 February at the Wendouree Centre for...

February 12, 2020

Inspiring change for family homes

HOMEMAKERS of Golden Plains Shire could find the energising style advice they need at the Bannockburn Library. On Wednesday, 19 February from 6.30pm, interior designer...

February 11, 2020

Scotland comes to Vic Park

THE sound of pipes and drums will be heard in the city on Sunday, 23 February when the Ballarat Highland Gathering returns for another...

February 11, 2020

Communities together through cricket

A TWENTY 20 cricket match will be played at Ballarat Grammar on Saturday, 29 February to raise funds for the Ballarat Health Services emergency...

February 11, 2020

Ballarat as it was in “extraordinary” footage

BALLARAT cinema icon, Jack Anderson was a big hearted, spirited, generous man who didn’t like to take centre stage. This is something that artist, filmmaker...

February 10, 2020

Nurses recognised on anniversary

NURSES who served and died in wartime for Australia are to be commemorated at the Arch of Victory on Sunday, 16 February. At the 11am...

February 8, 2020

Socialisation and supplies at shower bus

A FORMER Littles school bus is still in operation in Ballarat, but for the last two and a half years it’s served another purpose...

February 8, 2020

Building bricks and understanding

FINE motor skill development, teamwork and problem solving is at the core of a weekly Bannockburn Library activity for seven to eleven-year-old children. The Let’s...

February 7, 2020

Live, shop, stay, use local

RESIDENTS who have recently moved into the Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New Residents...

February 7, 2020

Enterprise connects Kyra with collectors

VISUAL arts student, Kyra Drummond sold her first painting last year, exhibiting in Oxygen College’s Certificate III graduation show. As this work, Modern Woman went...

February 7, 2020

YESS to fire funds

HUNDREDS of dollars were raised for bushfire relief by St Pat’s Ballarat’s youth group on Sunday. By 3pm, the Youth Every Second Sunday team raised...

February 7, 2020

Live, shop, stay, use local in Golden Plains

RESIDENTS who have recently moved into Golden Plains Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New...

February 6, 2020

Remembering service to the nation

THE twelfth anniversary of the dedication of Ballarat’s National Servicemen’s Memorial was marked last Sunday. At 2.30pm veteran national servicemen, their families and friends gathered...

February 6, 2020

A taste of young talent at regatta

ONE of the state’s biggest rowing events, the Wendouree Ballarat Regatta, hosted athletes from across Victoria last weekend. The packed two-day program on the Lake...

February 6, 2020

More youths need HPV vaccine

IN recent years, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported one in four boys and one in seven girls had not received a...

February 6, 2020

Creating history and a quality education

SIXTY-seven young learners made history on Thursday morning as the first cohort of Lucas Primary School students. Principal, Sue Sawyer said the atmosphere was “special”...

February 5, 2020

Movement and music for mind and body

BENEFITING all types of bodies, physically and mentally, pop yoga at Bannockburn Cultural Centre will be both upbeat and relaxing. Over three Thursdays at 5pm,...

February 5, 2020

Reserve taking glass

BUNINYONG’S glass collection point has been relocated by council to the Recreation Reserve. Now accessible from Forest Street, the Pass on Glass site is a...

February 5, 2020

Back in action at bootcamp in Smythesdale

TUESDAY nights at the Woady Yaloak Recreation Reserve will be more energetic from next month. Part of the Active Golden Plains initiative, four bootcamp sessions...

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