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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 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...

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 from 6...

February 4, 2020

Supporting Golden Plains Shire’s sporty women

VICHEALTH has injected fifteen-thousand dollars into women’s sport in the Golden Plains Shire through their This Girl Can campaign. An initiative that supports and champions...

February 2, 2020

Service and a second home

WHEN not occupied by family and criminal law, sole legal practitioner and Justice of the Peace,...

February 1, 2020

Four strings, four fingers

A DECADE ago, a group of locals used to meet every Thursday night as a choir, before heading to the pub for a drink. A...

January 30, 2020

Prestigious scholarship for lifelong learner

ASSOCIATE Professor Robyn Brandenburg has made a habit of doing things first. She was the first person in her family to attend university, the first...

January 30, 2020

Diverse turnout for inclusive car show

AROUND four hundred cars rocked up to the city’s first Australia Day Motor Show last weekend, hosted by the Vintage & Classic Car Club...

January 30, 2020

Pollies on ground at Lexton

LEXTON’S BlazeAid volunteers were joined on Monday morning by three tiers of government representation. Making a visit to the operation’s camp base and out to...

January 30, 2020

Clever canines help wildlife

NEXT month, your dog could be crowned Ballarat’s smartest pooch. Running the first Ballarat K9 Games on Saturday, 1 February, the team at Southern Cross...

January 29, 2020

Unusual “spectacular” sport on show

UPDATE - 1.30PM, THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY: Due to forecast storms organisers have advised that Saturday's planned matches have been cancelled and there will be...

January 29, 2020

Demos and dancing for Lunar New Year

THIS Lunar New Year, Sovereign Hill and the Chinese Australian Cultural Society Ballarat have brought in the Year of the Rat with plenty of...

January 27, 2020

Shire supports creatives with upskilling

ARTSACTION is set to nurture creative minds and hands, from the shire’s north to the south. A partnership between council and Pop Up Art, ArtsACTION...

January 26, 2020

Beyond building fences

AFTER a bushfire, there’s a group that gets approached by councils to respond to needs on the ground, especially for farmers. The volunteer organisation is...

January 25, 2020

Creating together for greater good

GROWING up as a Girl Guide in a big Colac family, Dianne McGrath developed her strong social conscience early. Working as a teacher and more...

January 25, 2020

From the chanter to Canada

THE bagpipes are taking ten-year-old Angus Le Marshall around the world. Just home from a trip playing at the Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Summer...

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