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.
April 17, 2023
Spring forward in the Backspace
EARLY-career visual artists who are five-to-ten years into their creative practice and are strongly connected to Ballarat are being encouraged to apply to exhibit...
April 15, 2023
Tradeswomen through the lens
A NEW photographic initiative is putting the spotlight on tradeswomen. The Celebrating Women in Trades project launched at the Australian Centre for Rare Arts and...
April 15, 2023
Monitors out to protect rakali
LAST October, the Lake Wendouree Rakali Monitoring Group was formed and sought to bring together citizen scientists to assess the movements of the native...
April 14, 2023
Look up this dark sky week
INTERNATIONAL Dark Sky Week begins this Saturday, 15 April and is part of a global campaign encouraging people to discover the night sky above...
April 14, 2023
Badminton ref is smashing it
IN the sports pages of any newspaper, athlete achievements are often the most prominent. But behind the scenes, volunteers, officials, and referees are playing a...
April 10, 2023
Group sews dignity for Nepalese women
BUNINYONG’S YAKS Sewing Group isn’t just crafting with fabric, they’re creating change. They’ve been making hygiene and menstrual packs for Nepalese women by sewing shields,...
April 9, 2023
Memoir in league of its ‘own’
FROM a childhood playing on Wendouree’s mullock heaps, to leading the University of Ballarat as pro vice-chancellor of academics, Dr Frank Hurley has plenty...
April 8, 2023
Peer support group for survivors
MEETINGS for survivors of sexual abuse are coming to Ballarat. An initiative of Creswick’s Bloom Well-being and national organisation The Survivor Hub, the MeetUps program...
April 8, 2023
Collective pools support for DV services
A DECADE ago, Kylie Johanson and her two-year-old child fled their home, survivors of domestic violence. Although she had developed the courage to leave, Ms...
April 8, 2023
Statue of war doctor to be unveiled
REGIONAL Arts Victoria’s Women’s Public Art Program will bear fruit at Linton within the next two weeks. A bronze sculpture of Linton-born Dr Vera Scantebury...
April 6, 2023
Cycling relay for good health
A NUMBER of Ballarat cyclists tackled the Murray to Moyne relay last weekend, riding five hundred and twenty kilometres in just over twenty-four hours...
April 5, 2023
Shed’s garden needs a green-thumb
DO you have an interest in horticulture, some spare time, and a desire to help the community? The Linton Men’s Shed are seeking a volunteer...
April 2, 2023
Students bring classical score to life
JANE Austen’s Persuasion is being adapted into a podcast by Ballarat National Theatre, but the 13-episode production will feature artists beyond BNT’s voice actors. In...
April 1, 2023
Freshly-baked cafe for Barkly Square
IT’S the heart of a community hub, and it’s entering a new, delicious era. Following last week’s closure of social enterprise A Pot of Courage,...
April 1, 2023
How to fill the volunteer gap
THROUGHOUT pandemic lockdowns, many, if not most, volunteer programs in Ballarat were shut down, from hospitals to schools to sports clubs. “The impact of that...
April 1, 2023
Brigade’s juniors on fire at states
NAPOLEONS-Enfield Fire Brigade has a bright future ahead, with many enthusiastic and talented young people involved in their junior program. Sixteen of them competed within...
April 1, 2023
New lead for hospital works
A CHIEF redevelopment and infrastructure officer has been appointed at Grampians Health. A site engineer, and construction industry professional of 25 years, Veronica Furnier-Tosco is...
March 31, 2023
Community shines at harmony awards
AS part of Harmony Fest, Ballarat’s Intercultural Recognition Awards were held last week to highlight and celebrate the City’s diversity. The main individuals honoured were...
March 31, 2023
The landscape and the Lindsays
ALTHOUGH Creswick will be pumping with live music this weekend, there are other programmed events on offer to engage curious explorers and visual art-lovers. An...
March 31, 2023
Singing, dancing in the street
CRESFEST’S committee and volunteers are welcoming the world to Creswick this weekend as the second annual festival of live music and dancing kicks off...
March 31, 2023
Local and global talent to shine
DID you know that Britain’s longest lasting female musical duo are coming to Creswick? As part of their 14th Australian visit, While and Matthews are...
March 31, 2023
Local and global talent to shine
DID you know that Britain’s longest lasting female musical duo are coming to Creswick? As part of their 14th Australian visit, While and Matthews are...
March 31, 2023
Dinner confirms some of Ballarat’s greatest
THE Zonta Club of Ballarat formally inducted four people onto their Ballarat’s Great Women honour roll at a presentation dinner last week. LOUD Fence founder...
March 31, 2023
Wins for the Warriors at states
BALLARAT North’s Southern Warriors Martial Arts club made an impact at the annual Shinkyokushin Victorian State Championships in Footscray last weekend. Sixteen competitors, from juniors...
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