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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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June 9, 2023

Fire up! Winter fest is bringing the heat

IT might be chilly, but there’s lots to be cheerful about. The City of Ballarat announced its Winter Festival program last week, and it features...

June 9, 2023

Headliners a coup for foto fest

INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed photographic artists Yvonne Todd and Erik Johansson are set to headline the 2023 Ballarat International Foto Biennale. New Zealand’s Todd will present an...

June 9, 2023

Network powers up for clean energy future

THE Committee for Ballarat brought together local organisations, businesses, and schools last week to launch the Ballarat Energy Network project. CEO Michael Poulton said Ballarat...

June 9, 2023

Medal haul at masters regatta

BALLARAT rowers made a splash at the Australian Masters Rowing Championships on the Penrith Olympic course in New South Wales last weekend. Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club’s...

June 7, 2023

Turning the page on school days

ONE hundred and fifty copies of Sebastopol Historical Society’s new book were produced for Sebastopol Primary School’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Put on sale...

June 6, 2023

Hall to launch live music lounge

A NEW series of live gigs at Ballarat Trades Hall is set to champion local musicians. The Solo Lounge will open on Friday, 9 June...

June 6, 2023

All hands on deck for Frolic

WHEN lawyer Carol Grimshaw became chair of Ballarat Frolic Festival’s advisory board, she said she couldn’t have felt more welcome. “I’m a 51-year-old woman, and...

June 3, 2023

Raffle raises thousands for not-for-profits

SIXTY-seven not-for-profit groups across Victoria have benefited from this year’s Rotary Club of Ballarat South-led Community Assistance Raffle. Collectively the organisations sold more than 76,000...

June 3, 2023

Number of women in trade training increases

MORE women than ever before are heading to Federation TAFE to learn a trade according to recently released data. About 340 women studied to become...

June 2, 2023

No more fines for libraries

FROM Saturday, 1 July, Ballarat Libraries will no longer penalise borrowers with fines for the late return of resources. According to the City of Ballarat,...

June 2, 2023

Winter appeal gets underway

WITH the arrival of the chilly season and many people feeling the pinch of increasing living costs, the Ballarat Foundation has launched the 2023...

June 2, 2023

Gallery acquires playful icon

ADMIRERS of the late John Brack’s unique painting style might like to chase up the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s newest acquisition. The Brack family have...

June 2, 2023

Riders jump into Woady trials

MORE than two hundred and sixty horse-and-rider combinations were in action at Smythesdale over the weekend. The 2023 Hewitt & Whitty Saddlery Friends of Woady...

June 2, 2023

Celebrating women of the world game

AS part of Football Victoria’s Female Football Week, Futsal Ballarat hosted a celebration night for local women and girls last week. More than 85 people...

June 2, 2023

Lionesses to roar at heritage game

AT this time each year, the Aussie rules teams at Ballarat Grammar play a traditional game with an old-world twist. This week, the senior Lionesses...

May 31, 2023

Help preserve historic, hidden garden

ESTABLISHED to create an oasis in what was a desert, the Ballarat East Town Hall Gardens were first planted in 1864. Although the original hall...

May 30, 2023

Rotarians help happy campers

THE Centre for Multiculture Youth will send twenty young people on a YMCA Anglesea camp with the backing of Alfredton Rotary. CMY Ballarat-Wimmera has received...

May 28, 2023

Piano fades as artwork grows

THE role of a piano technician is to keep an instrument sounding tuneful and operating at its best. But Ballarat piano tuner and technician Rae...

May 28, 2023

Tour celebrates Chinese culture

STEP behind the scenes of the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, as guides take visitors on a tour of historic Chinese cultural artefacts. Head...

May 27, 2023

Rare access to 150-year-old plants

A SELECTION of historic plant specimens gifted to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute by Victoria’s first government botanist Baron Ferdinand von Mueller are on display...

May 27, 2023

Once in a lifetime exhibit open

IN an Australian exclusive, historic works by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are now on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Gallery director Louise...

May 27, 2023

New drug rehab service set for launch

BALLARAT Community Health will aim to provide improved support services for people with mental ill-health or alcohol and other drug dependencies from this winter. BCH...

May 27, 2023

Visit sparks old-world skills

BALLARAT Steiner School students from grades 4 to 6 got a taste of an old-world trade recently when blacksmith Murray Shanaughan visited the campus...

May 26, 2023

New furnishings for guest house

LAMINEX and Federation TAFE’s building and construction faculty have partnered to improve the comfort of residents staying at Uniting’s Reids Guest House. Bedside units, desks,...