About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
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,...
May 26, 2023
Forum focuses on yes vote
AHEAD of the upcoming Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, members of the Victorian Women’s Trust were in Ballarat earlier this week as part of...
May 26, 2023
Trust honours heritage projects
SIGNIFICANT recent contributions to Ballarat’s heritage have been recognised by the National Trust. The organisation’s Ballarat branch has celebrated five local projects as part of...
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