fbpx

About: Edwina Williams

Profile
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

Posts by: Edwina Williams

October 5, 2022

Circle round in mental solidarity

BALLARAT Mental Health Collective members are inviting people of all ages to their free Mental Health Month community event at Lake Esmond this weekend. To...

October 4, 2022

City shortlisted as World Cup base

BALLARAT could play a key role in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand. Alongside 34 other locations, the City of Ballarat...

October 2, 2022

Station gains merry museum space

BUNINYONG-Mount Helen Fire Brigade’s new purpose-built station has been designed to serve the community into the future, but it’s also honouring the past. The brigade...

October 2, 2022

Crafty milestone show a pearler

CRAFTS Council of Ballarat members are celebrating thirty years of operation at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens’ Adam Lindsay Gordon Cottage within their latest exhibition. Pearls...

October 2, 2022

Switching up sport for women

WOMEN who have been considering trying or returning to team sport are invited to join the Ballarat Touch Football Association’s new Switch program. Coordinator Sally...

October 2, 2022

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 29 September

The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II - The Queen of Australia - was a grand gathering of the good and the great. THE concourse...

October 1, 2022

Finding your way with Compass

A NEW digital technology class at Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre will aim to help parents and carers learn to operate State school online communications program...

October 1, 2022

Local leaders champion the regions

THE city’s latest cohort of Future Shapers within the Committee for Ballarat’s 2022 community leadership program visited Canberra earlier this month. Attending the Regional Australia...

September 30, 2022

Summit for housing solutions

A REGIONAL Affordable Housing Summit will be held in Creswick on Tuesday, 4 October. Minister for Housing Danny Pearson announced the event which will aim...

September 30, 2022

MP pledges inquiry into school abuse

IF he is re-elected in November, upper house Member for Western Victoria Stuart Grimley has pledged to establish an inquiry into child sexual abuse...

September 30, 2022

Distinguished drive for men’s health

A FINE display of vintage vehicular style moved through Ballarat last weekend, but those involved weren’t just going for a leisurely drive in the...

September 30, 2022

Overpass service to honour sacrifice

THIRTY-six Ballarat men were killed in the first week of October 1917 while fighting in Passchendaele, Belgium during World War One. These servicemen are all...

September 29, 2022

Library proposed for city’s north

A TWENTY-three-million-dollar Library and Learning Centre has been proposed by the City of Ballarat for Wendouree’s Weeramar Park. Alongside traditional and digital library services, the...

September 29, 2022

Green keen on state seat

AT November’s State Election, the seat of Wendouree will be contested by Victorian Greens candidate Ellen Burns. Ms Burns is the owner-operator of local snack...

September 29, 2022

Launch for Liberal campaign

LIBERAL candidate for the seat of Wendouree Samantha McIntosh officially launched her State Election campaign on Monday afternoon. The City of Ballarat councillor, and former...

September 29, 2022

Sign up to support CresFest

KEEN to get your groove on at Creswick’s own folk, roots, and dance festival CresFest in 2023?  Organisers are encouraging people...

September 29, 2022

Three cheers for pressure performers

PRESSURE Cheerleading and Dance athletes have come away from the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation State Championships with gold, silver, bronze and beyond. Eight teams...

September 27, 2022

Early animal disease detection key

A SENIOR veterinary officer with Agriculture Victoria is encouraging farmers in the Golden Plains Shire area to regularly assess their livestock for new or...

September 27, 2022

Building a sustainable future

A FORUM championing environmentally sustainable architecture will be held at the Mercure next month. Targeted at builders, developers, policy-makers, and planners, Building Better Homes for...

September 26, 2022

Tramway’s time to celebrate

FOLLOWING pandemic-induced delays, the Ballarat Tramway Museum will get to mark their fiftieth anniversary next month, and you’re invited to join in the fun. BTM...

September 26, 2022

Rings around the competition

THE nation’s best rope quoits players are set to perform in Sebastopol. Ballarat Rope Quoits Association is hosting the 2022 Australian Rope Quoits Council Championships...

September 25, 2022

Bringing Lawson’s poetry to life

A TRIO of actors are bringing Henry Lawson’s stories alive in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of his death. Hedley Thomson, Jane Gaylor, and...

September 25, 2022

Indonesian life in the spotlight

INDONESIAN visual art is the star of the Federation University Post Office Gallery until mid-October. Paintings, prints, sculptures, and videos by seven women who live,...

September 24, 2022

Super work experience for students

BALLARAT Specialist School staff are always on the look-out for practical and collaborative work experience opportunities for their Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning students. When...

Latest News

May 4, 2024

Scouts venture into four-day hikes

May 4, 2024

Historic cinema returns to town

May 4, 2024

Comic shares the beauty of neurodiversity

May 3, 2024

Triathlete takes top spot

May 3, 2024

Friendly invite to take on tennis